In 2000, he abandoned his studies at Beijing University when he learned that thousands of Henan peasants were dying from AIDS after having sold their blood to local traffickers.

Depending upon the age, health, and fitness level of the individual, people can die from losing half or two thirds of their blood a loss of roughly one third of the blood volume is considered very serious.

And I want you to think about that when you think about those young men and women who are over in places like Iraq, spilling their blood in the sand, and ask yourself, What is their last thought of home?