:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(745x222:747x224)/robin-roberts-gma-022025-a11d29543b9e414d9b363ac9c73fc486.jpg "Robin Roberts Praises ‘Superhero’ Stem Cell Donors on 12-Year Anniversary of GMA Return")
By Cara Lynn Shultz – People –
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It’s been 12 years since Robin Roberts returned to the Good Morning America anchor desk following a stem cell transplant from her sister Sally-Ann — a donation that she said gave her “the gift of life.”
“Faith, family and friends have brought me to this moment,” Roberts, now 64, said when she returned to GMA on Feb. 20, 2013. During that appearance, she shared her and Sally-Ann’s medical journey, where her sister donated stem cells to help treat myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a rare blood disorder where blood cells don’t form properly.
