Nicholas Green was seven and on holiday in Southern Italy with his parents, Reginald and Margaret, and his younger sister, Eleanor when he was shot on the evening of September 29, 1994. Robbers who mistook the family for jewelers fired at the car; a bullet struck Nicholas in the head while he was sleeping in the back seat. He was taken to a local hospital, where his injuries proved fatal.

Reginald and Margaret Green decided to donate their son’s organs and corneas. Seven people, including four teenagers, received his organs. The donations sparked widespread public attention in Italy and are credited with a major and lasting increase in organ donation there, a phenomenon often called the Nicholas Effect. There have been no reports of arrests or named suspects in the shooting.

If anyone has details about the attack or remembers the family’s route on that night, please share what you know.