Japanese boy leaves for U.S. for heart transplant

Japanese boy leaves for U.S. for heart transplant

NARITA, Japan - Takaya Yoshii (L), a 12-year-old boy suffering from heart disease, prepares to leave Narita airport June 20 for the United States for a heart transplant. Yoshii from Chiba, east of Tokyo, was headed for the University of California in Los Angeles, where he will wait for a donor. Takaya's mother, Kazuyo Mori, 33, accompanied the boy.

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