By Ridgely Ochs, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Apr. 11--State Sen.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Alex Koehne had a love for life and always wanted to help people. So when his parents were told that their 15-year-old son was dying of bacterial meningitis, the couple didn't hesitate in donating his organs to desperately ill transplant recipients.

In a sad story of the best of intentions turned to tragedy, four organ recipients have been diagnosed with cancer as a result of organs they received from a 15-year-old donor who unknowingly had a rare form of the disease.

By FRANK ELTMAN By Frank Eltman The Associated Press GARDEN CITY, N.Y. Alex Koehne had a love for life and always wanted to help people.

By Ridgely Ochs, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Mar. 30--When 15-year-old Alex Koehne died one year ago today at Stony Brook University Medical Center, his parents decided to donate his organs because he was the kind of boy who always wanted to help others.