Duane Spangler had never met the conservative Chattanooga activist Patrick Hampton before saving his life a few weeks ago.
Outside of reading and liking some of Hampton’s fiery Facebook posts over the years, Spangler knew nothing about Hampton, the columnist and a former leader at the now disbanded civic group Hamilton Flourishing.
But Spangler, 57, said he knew his own kidneys.
So when he learned his former organ wasn’t waking up in Hampton’s body, after the kidney transplant in March, Spangler rushed to the store.
Peanut butter M&M’s were what his kidney needed. That candy had always been his favorite treat and his kidney would remember, he said he thought.