Ordinary Angels: History vs. Hollywood Episode
In this episode, we compare the
Ordinary Angels movie starring
Hilary Swank (
Million Dollar
Baby) and Alan Ritchson
(
Reacher) to the real story of
hairdresser Sharon Stevens, who rallied a
community to help a little girl in need of
a liver transplant. Ed Schmitt's daughter
Michelle Schmitt was born with biliary
atresia, a rare disease that affects the
liver. The real-life story behind Ordinary
Angels reveals that Michelle Schmitt's
older sister, Ashley Schmitt, was born
with the same condition and had undergone
a liver transplant several years prior.
How true is
Ordinary
Angels? In this video, we answer
questions regarding the movie's historical
accuracy: Was Sharon Stevens an alcoholic?
Did Sharon Stevens get Ed Schmitt's late
wife's hospital debt erased? Is Sharon's
friend Rose based on a real person? Did Ed
try to drive his daughter Michelle to the
airport in the record-breaking snowstorm?
Find out how these questions and others
size up to the Ordinary Angels true story.
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