On June 3, 1904, Carles Drew was born. He grew up in Washington. He was a good athlete. He went to medical school in Canada.

Charles Drew researched and did experiments on blood plasma. Normal blood goes bad fast. If someone needed blood, they’d have to find a donor with the same blood type, and get the blood directly from the donor to the patient. Blood plasma can be stored. Unlike blood itself, which comes in different types, like A, B, AB, and O, there is only one type of blood plasma. And you can get solid or liquid blood plasma. He saved countless lives. Blood plasma was used to save many soldiers in World War 2.

Charles Drew died at 45 on April 1, 1950 in a car accident. He was driving and he fell asleep. He woke up and tried to regain control of the car, but he could not. The book that I read, Charles Richard Drew: Pioneer in Blood Research, was good. It was by Richard Hardwick. Before, I did not know what Charles Drew did but now I do. He was cool.