"I'm really glad I stopped. I would do it again," said Harvey Creasey, a junior.

That stop happened in 2014 at an information table at Virginia Tech. That's where this story begins.

"It all started because I was just walking to class like a normal day," Creasey said.

Like any other day on campus, Creasey was stopped by people at a table asking him to sign up to join a bone marrow registry. He's worked informational tables on campus before and knows how aggravating it can be when a student ignores the people there and just keeps walking. He stopped, started listening to what they had to say, and decided to sign up.

The team was taking cheek swabs and signing students up for a bone marrow registry in the rare chance they matched with someone in need. Little did he know he would end up saving Christopher Court's life.

Court, from New York, had a form of blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia. His saving grace was a student from Virginia Tech. Creasey's marrow matched perfectly with Court's.

This week the two met for the first time at a hospital in New York where donors met their recipients. Court is now cancer-free.

"He's definitely a hero in my heart. He's part of our family now so he'll be with us for the rest of my life," Court said.

"It was incredible. He looked great, he felt great, it was just really amazing to see that," Creasey said.

What started as a quick stop on campus ends with one man's hero and a life saved.

And Creasey hasn't even graduated college.

If you'd like to help someone improve their life and live longer sign up for the Be The Match registry at join.bethematch.org.