Almost three years ago, an Uber driver donated his kidney after learning one of his passengers needed an organ transplant. Now, the two reflect on their chance meeting as a moment of divine intervention. Thirty-three-year-old Tim Letts and 73-year-old William Sumiel Jr. recently joined “Fox & Friends” to share how that car ride changed their lives.

They were both living in New Jersey in October 2021 when Sumiel’s arranged Uber from the vascular center where he was getting dialysis treatment in the Cumberland County city of Vineland. Sumiel told “Fox & Friends” that the vascular center where he was being treated is “about a 40-minute ride” from his Salem, New Jersey home.

Sumiel recalled, “The ride was fantastic. I met this gentleman. He talked back when you started a conversation. A lot of Uber drivers don’t. And so, it inspired me, by friendliness, to tell him about my situation.” At the time, Sumiel shared his dialysis challenges and that he was on a kidney transplant list.

Sumiel said that Letts told him, “God must have put you in my car.” Eventually, Letts said he was in good health and could be a potential match, according to Sumiel. Sumiel said, noting his shock, “We got to my house. And Tim says, ‘If you’ll take my name and number, I’d like to donate a kidney to you.’ I was so nervous. I could hardly remember his name and number.” Sumiel gave Letts the contact information for the transplant center he was registered with, and Letts kept his promise. Weeks later, the two found out they were a match.

Letts, a U.S. Army veteran, told “Fox & Friends,” “I always considered donating an organ. I come from a relatively healthy bloodline. I’m pretty healthy. So, I didn’t see that being much of a challenge.” The transplant surgery happened in 2022. Letts said on “Fox & Friends” he felt motivated to help Sumiel because he could tell Sumiel “gives a lot of quality time of his life to other people.”

Letts questioned, “If a person like that can’t have somebody stand in their corner, then kind of what’s the point of it all? Mahatma Gandhi says to ‘be the change you want to see in the world,’ and Maya Angelou says to ‘be a rainbow in someone’s cloud,’ and those things, they mean the world to me.”

Sometimes, our biggest blessings come when we least expect them. William Sumiel didn’t expect to find his kidney donor in an Uber while leaving dialysis, but he got his help by being kind. At the same time, Tim Letts didn’t have to offer Sumiel his kidney but did so out of the kindness of his heart. There’s no telling how long Sumiel would’ve stayed on the transplant list if Letts didn’t offer his help.

God put these two men together because He knew they needed each other. He knew that Sumiel needed his transplant and that Letts would help. Now, these two strangers are bonded for life.