KCTV: Identical Twins Recovering Following Heart Transplants in Kansas City

A pair of identical twins share a special bond in more ways than one. Don and Ron Crigler, from the St. Louis area, both received life-saving heart transplants at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute. 

KCTV talked to the Crigler twins and Dr. Jessica Heimes, heart transplant surgeon at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, about their unique story.

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