It"s 1994, and Californian couple Reg and Maggie Green (Alan Bates and Jamie Lee Curtis) have taken their children Nicholas and Eleanor on vacation to Italy. A blissful time for the family turns tragic when, on a dark Sicilian road, Reg tries to flee a gang of carjackers. Gunfire ensues, hitting Nicholas in the head, killing him. His devastated parents donate the boy"s organs, so that others may benefit from his loss. When they return home to California, they realise they have caused a media frenzy with their generous act.