A Fort Worth police officer whose younger brother has defied the odds his entire life makes a generous donation -- but not in the form of money.
Ofc. Dillon Gor's brother, Travis, has battled countless medical conditions his entire life, including undergoing 15 surgeries.
"He wasn't supposed to make it past birth, he wasn't supposed to make it out of NICU, he wasn't supposed to make it out of ICU," says Ofc. Gor. "He was only going to be home for a little bit, so let's make them as comfortable as possible.
"And he turned 29 last week."
As a way of giving back to Cook Children's Medical Center, the brothers concocted a plan.
Gor says, 'A couple years ago and he was like, 'Hey, we should grow our hair out, and let's donate our hair to the kids at Cook Children's for people that need hair.'"
Ofc. Gor didn't hesitate to join in, but there was one tricky thing he had to navigate -- the department's rule book.
"Chief (Neil) Noakes never actually saw me with long hair, but I'm sure it got to him," says Gor, "but I still followed uniform policy and keeping hair off of my collar."
And he actually did a good job with that, keeping his hair tucked underneath a baseball cap.
"I'd take off my hat during roll call and people were like, 'Where did all that hair come from?'"
After two years, last week was the big donation -- and Dillon's hair ended up registering longer on the Crystal Gayle Scale.
"He donated 14 inches of his hair, and I donated 16 inches."
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