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-The '''Liver Run''' was a 27-mile journey transporting a human liver, completed by the [[Metropolitan Police Service|Metropolitan Police]] from Stansted Airport in [[Essex]] to the Cromwell Hospital in [[London]] on 8 May 1987.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/the-liver-run/|title=The Liver Run {{!}} UK Emergency Vehicles|website=www.ukemergency.co.uk|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref>
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-== Background ==
-A [[telex]] came in from Hull to the [[Metropolitan Police]] (MPS) motorway control on the [[M11 motorway]], saying that an organ was being flown into [[Stansted Airport]], and would need to be at the [[Cromwell Hospital]] by 12:30. Officers from the Metropolitan Police were sitting in their [[Rover SD1]] 3.5 Patrol cars on the M11 just outside [[Harlow]], [[Essex]]. An [[Essex Police]] car went onto the runway at Stansted to collect the liver, then drove to the M11 slip road to hand it over to Graham Fordham, one of the Met Officers featured in the run.
-A helicopter was not used to transport the liver, because the day before, an MPS helicopter had crash-landed, and all helicopters were suspended from use.<ref>{{Citation|last=RawCrimeChannel|title=Police Stop! - The Liver Run|date=2015-09-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-pUaxDVsk|accessdate=2018-05-31}}</ref>
-== Route ==
-The police entered the M11 at 11:54, facing little congestion. They got up to speeds of up to 120&nbsp;mph. As the motorway ended and became the M15 (now North Circular [[North Circular Road|A406]], under construction at the time) the police travelled onto the [[A12 road (England)|A12]] [[Eastern Avenue, London|Eastern Avenue]] and passed [[Wanstead]]. They faced heavy congestion along Cambridge Park. They proceeded onto the former [[A11 road (England)|A11]] (now A106) High Road [[Leytonstone]], where they reached speeds of up to 60&nbsp;mph, and sometimes used the wrong side of the road. They continued along the A11, facing congestion at Gardener's Corner near [[Aldgate]]. They faced even more congestion along Embankment, with their average speed dropping to 5&nbsp;mph an hour. PC Les Crossland recalled being "a little bit lost over West London". They passed [[Buckingham Palace]] and drove towards [[Hyde Park Corner]], where they cut straight across the junction onto South Carriage Drive. The officers arrived at the hospital at 12:25 to deliver the organ for Aliza Hillel, an Israeli woman.<ref name=":0" />
-== Re-runs ==
-In 2014, ''[[For the Love of Cars]]'' did a re-run of the journey, after a [[Rover SD1]] found in an old garage in Essex was set to be restored. The show's stars Ant and Phil, with [[Special Escort Group (Metropolitan Police)|Met Police SEG]] outriders, did a re-run. It took them over an hour to complete the journey, compared to the impressive 30 minutes in 1987.
-== TV ==
-The run has been shown on a ''[[Police Camera Action!]]'' special in 1996. ''Police Stop!'' did a special episode on it to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 1997. Unlike the Police Camera Action show the year before, the entire journey was shown.
-== References  ==
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-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-pUaxDVsk
-[[Category:Medical emergencies]]