Nicholas Green

Nicholas Green (September 9, 1987 – October 1, 1994) was an American boy who was shot and killed in an attempted car robbery while vacationing with his family in Southern Italy. Robbers mistook their family car for a jeweller's. When Nicholas died, his parents chose to donate his organs. Five people received his major organs, and two received a cornea transplant. The incident is credited with generating a significant increase in the rate of organ donation in Italy.

Death

Nicholas Green, his sister, Eleanor Green, and their parents, Margaret and Reginald Green, were having a holiday in Calabria Southern Italy. On the night of September 29, 1994 his parents were driving on the A3 motorway between Salerno and Reggio Calabria. They stopped at an Autogrill, where two men started following their car believing they were jewellers. The men pulled up alongside the Greens' vehicle and shouted something in Italian, which the Greens did not understand. Reginald Green accelerated, at which point the men fired shots into the rear of the car. He accelerated a second time, and once again the men shot into the back of the car. After the pursuers gave up Reginald stopped the car, and at this point he and Margaret realised that Nicholas had been shot in the head. They drove directly to the nearest town, but the hospital was not equipped to deal with Nicholas' injuries. The police took the family to Villa San Giovanni, where they transferred to a ferry which brought them across the Strait of Messina to the port of Messina. From there, the police took them to a specialist head injuries unit at a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead the next day.

Nicholas Green (disambiguation)

Nicholas Green was an American child killed in a shooting.

Nicholas Green may also refer to:

Nicholas Green (judge)

Sir Nicholas Nigel Green (born 15 October 1958), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Green, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

He was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, the University of Leicester (LLB, 1980), the University of Toronto (LLM, 1981) and the University of Southampton (PhD, 1985).

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1986. He has been a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2013.

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