Two first responders who were strangers are now forever connected — not by their jobs, but by a selfless organ donation. New York City Police Sgt. Christopher Romero said he "started experiencing symptoms after receiving blood work" in 2020."Then it was just like a … steady downhill turn with my health," he said.Romero's kidneys were failing. So he went on dialysis."It's like when you get a crack in your windshield — starts out very small and then progressively it gets bigger. And then as it gets bigger, it goes very rapidly. So it got really bad last year," Romero explained.What Romero didn't know at the time was that his second chance at life stood with a college student across the country at the University of Nevada, Reno.Lucas Gorelick said he started doing research into organ donation after meeting someone with a kidney transplant.…