1 Dad Wore a T-shirt Asking For a Kidney to Disney World — and His Prayers Were Finally Answered

Update: Robert Leibowitz, the man from New Jersey who was spotted wearing a t-shirt asking for a kidney at Disney World over the summer, finally found a donor. After seeing Rocio Yanira Sandoval's now-viral Facebook post featuring a photo of Leibowitz and realizing he had the right blood type, Richie Sully, a dad from Indiana, immediately took a 14-hour bus ride to New Jersey to get tested. And it turns out he was a perfect match.

"I think that I am still in shock, just the fact that it is real," Leibowitz told Channel 9 in an interview. "I am a single dad. I love them more than anything in the world and they are my rocket fuel. That's what keeps me going."

Helping out a fellow dad was Richie's motivation for going through with the surgery. "As a father, I could relate to having kids, and the last thing I would want my kids to worry about every night when they go to bed is how much more time they have with me."

According to Action News Jax, the transplant surgery is scheduled for Jan. 18 in New York.

Original Story: Rocio Yanira Sandoval did something special to help a stranger in need while on a trip to Disney World for his son's birthday. The father described how they came across a man wearing a t-shirt asking for a very specific favor: a kidney donation. The shirt also had words "O Positive" and a phone number on the back.

Sandoval and his son, Juan, decided to spread the word about the request and posted a photo of the man wearing the shirt and pushing his child in a wheelchair to Facebook.

"This man turned around with the biggest smile, so grateful, and said 'Yes, please!'" wrote Sandoval. "He gave us both a hug and said 'Thank you, please share this with the world.'"

Afer the post started to get some serious traction on Facebook, Sandoval learned that the man in the picture's name is Robert. And while he thought the boy in the wheelchair was the person in need of the kidney, it was actually Robert who needed a transplant all along.

Originally Sandoval said: "I can only assume that his child was in the chair. As a parent I'd do ANYTHING for my children, ANYTHING! I can't imagine what this family is feeling. Please take a moment to share this post. I hope they find a donor, I hope this boy makes it, and this family can put this stressful time behind them."

Sandoval explained that although he was wrong about who was getting the kidney at first, it really shouldn't matter who's being helped — since it affects their family regardless of the recipient.

"When I told him I had made the post thinking it was for his son, he was afraid people wouldn't want to become donors, since it's for an adult and not a child," explained Sandoval in his edited post. "This post was meant to help a family, to me it is still a very worthy cause, and worth sharing."

So far there's been no update on Robert's status, but the support from the community shows that Disney World really is a magical place.