You Want a Piece of Me?

Homeless Corey Black thought he'd struck gold when he says he was offered $10,000 to sell his kidney.

Corey spends most of his time at the downtown library, playing video games or checking his MySpace.
Mike Giglio
Corey spends most of his time at the downtown library, playing video games or checking his MySpace.
Corey Black did his own follow-up blood pressure work after testing too high during his evaluation at St. Luke's Hospital. He considered lying about the results.
Mike Giglio
Corey Black did his own follow-up blood pressure work after testing too high during his evaluation at St. Luke's Hospital. He considered lying about the results.

Once the money runs out, Corey heads back to the library. On the patio outside, he is attacked by two of Mary's friends. They pull his hair and punch his face. Then they grab the game cartridges from his pocket, rip his wallet off its chain and run away.

mike.giglio@houstonpress.com

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  • liz 01/10/2010 10:29:00 PM

    if you really think a guy who takes a myspace iq test seriously that your as dumd as he is. he cant hold on to a job or a girlfriend and all he does is use people and play stupid childish games. he is nothing more than a child who cannot get his life together. but than again its not because its hard its because he doesnt think he needs to. he thinks he can just use people like the two girls he tried to date at the same time yet lost both of them because hes a retard, if he knew anything he would realize what he did im glad hes a homeless piece of shit.

  • liz 07/31/2009 7:28:00 PM

    ok 1) he didnt steal his girlfriends disability check he stole his body guards check 2) im his girlfriend so she wouldnt be sitting with him in the library with him.

  • liz 07/31/2009 7:28:00 PM

    ok 1) he didnt steal his girlfriends disability check he stole his body guards check 2) im his girlfriend so she wouldnt be sitting with him in the library with him.

  • Brendon Hunt 07/30/2009 4:54:00 PM

    His Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/riokou

  • Giselle 07/22/2009 10:51:00 PM

    Does anyone know where Corey is now? I'm curious about what happened to him.

  • C Griffin 07/22/2009 6:48:00 AM

    The sad part of this story is that Corey was used as a tool to discuss the ethics of organ donation. Corey's story deserved to stand on its own, without the anecdote about possibly donating a kidney. My wife gave her father a kidney, and it has been very hard on her. Everyone falsely assumes that the person who donates feels no pain and walks away unscathed as though nothing had ever happened. 7 months after the surgery, my wife still struggles with a lack of energy. Her father is better, but she is worse (than before the operation). When you have a 2-year old son and are trying to finish school, this becomes an extreme burden. If a market were to form around organ donation, there would still be a few (not nearly as many--but a few) individuals willing to help out others for little or no money (including the poor). There will always be compatible loved ones whose desire to donate exceeds the desire to receive money.

  • boiferous 07/21/2009 10:02:00 PM

    Final Fantasy XII is not for the DS. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings is for the DS. And it's not called a "nintendo" - it's a DS. And I really doubt he's one of the youngest people on the streets. Teen runaways, homeless children - all far younger than this fellow, and there are more than you'd like to hear.

  • jon 07/21/2009 9:26:00 PM

    watch megan fox topless http://celebfry.com/megan_fox_jennifer_body_photo.html

  • Lorenzo Miranda 05/09/2009 8:36:00 AM

    HELLO MY COMMENT IS ABOUT MR.COREY BLACK AND HIS FAILED ATTEMPT AS A KIDNEY DONOR AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. I FELT VERY BAD FOR HIM,I SUPPOSE BECAUSE I'M CURRENTLY HOMELESS MYSELF. ALTHOUGH BEING HOMELESS ISN'T AN EXCUSE TO SELL YOUR INTERNAL ORGANS. BUT I CAN RELATE TO HIS NEED FOR DESPERATE SURVIVAL BY (ALMOST) ANY MEANS. I WILL NOT JUDGE ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE ARTICLE, IT'S NOT PLACE. I WILL STATE THE OBVIOUS, THERE'S A NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE TO ALMOST EVERY SITUATION THAT COMES ALONG IN LIFE ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. IN YOUR ARTICLE THERE WERE DOCTORS WHO AGREED FOR COMPENSATION, THERE WERE THE DOCTORS WHO THOUGHT OF REGULATING AND COMPENSATION VIA GOVMNT.THEN THERE WERE THE DOCTORS WHO FELT IT WOULD BECOME A SERIOUS ETHICAL ISSUE. ETHIC'S, IN MY "OPINION" THAT'S BEING HYPOCRITICAL. I MEAN DON'T GET ME WRONG, WE NEED DOCTORS AND NURSES,AND I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THEM. BUT IF THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE THOUSANDS AND POSSIBLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SAVE A LIFE THEN I BELIEVE ANYONE OF SOUND BODY AND MIND SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT AN ORGAN UP ON THE MARKET. TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE; MY MOTHER HAD AN BLOOD CLOT REMOVED FROM HER BRAIN IN 2007. SHE SURVIVED THE SURGERY, THANK GOD. HER INSURANCE WAS CHARGED ALMOST 30K FOR 3.5 HRS. OF WORK. YOU CAN AVG. THE DOCTORS HOURLY WAGE. JUST IMAGINE IF THIS DOCTOR PERFORMS THIS TYPE OF SURGERY TWICE A MONTH FOR A YEAR. DOCTORS EARN THEIR PAY BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SCHOOLING THEY'VE GAINED AND THAT'S GREAT. BUT YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS. I MEAN IF ANY DOCTOR MAKES A COMMENT LIKE "IMMORAL AND UNETHICAL ISSUE CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR A DONOR", THEN SHOULD THEY BE CHARGING WHAT THEY CHARGE? WHO DECIDES THE PRICE OF LIFE? MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT COULD BE A SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE, (DO AS I SAY AND NOT AS I DO). HERE'S SOME IRONY FOR YOU. A WOMAN CAN CHOOSE TO TAKE A LIFE, VIA ABORTION;( WHICH I AGREE WITH, ONLY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD TELL A WOMAN WHAT SHE CAN OR CANNOT DO WITH HER BODY, BUT DISAGREE ALSO BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUPER BAD KARMA). YET COREY OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER CANNOT DONATE AN ORGAN FOR "SOME" TYPE OF COMPENSATION TO "SAVE" A LIFE. I KNOW IT GOES DEEPER THAN THAT, BUT IT'S THE WAY I PUT OUT THERE. AFTER ALL MY BLAH,BLAH,BLAH HAS BEEN SAID AND DONE, MR."K" AS I WILL CALL HIM...HIS RELATIVE SURVIVED AND THAT'S ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS. SO UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOD IS LOVE AND LOVE IS GOD. REGARD'S, LORENZO

  • Denis Kelly 05/02/2009 7:16:00 AM

    I don't think there is any thing wrong with selling a organ, if it is going to help both parties than do it, People are trying to get by and stay healthy, Hospitals won't help you if you have no money, so let he best man win.

 

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