London’s Story

London Harrell was a senior at the University of Central Florida with a particular gift for making people feel seen. She had a laugh that filled rooms, a soft spot for underdogs, and a running list of people she wanted to check in on that week. Friends describe her as the person who remembered your grandmother’s name.

In March 2019, London was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Her family spent the next days at her bedside making impossible decisions in a world that suddenly had no map. Her parents would later describe it as the moment they understood exactly how much one conversation — the one about a Medical Power of Attorney, the one most families never quite get to — can matter.

London was an organ donor. Her gift restored sight to two people. In her absence, her family made a promise: the kindness she showed strangers would not end with her. In June 2019, they founded the Live Like London Foundation.

Today the foundation walks beside families facing the worst days of their lives — covering medical travel, connecting families to specialty care, helping with funeral expenses, and educating the next family on the importance of Advance Care planning so they never have to learn it the way we did.

London’s legacy isn’t a statue or a plaque. It’s a community of people — many of whom never met her — showing up for each other. A painted purple rock on a park bench. A boat on Lake Murray. A quiet check that meets a family at a kitchen table. Live like London.