Tugce Albayrak, the German student teacher who was beaten by a baseball bat after defending two girls, died on Friday after her parents agreed to pull the plug of her life support.

Albayrak's parents have donated her organs, as what the family of an Iranian woman did after she was hanged for killing her rapist also did.

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Albayrak died on her 23^rd birthday, two weeks after she came to the rescue of two teenage girls who were being harassed inside the bathroom of a fast food chain in Offenbach, Germany, on November 15.

Her bravery cost Albayrak her life because the harasser, an 18-year-old man identified as Sanel M. - now held by police - hit her head with a baseball bat when she was alone at the restaurant's car park. Security camera footage showed the baseball bat strike was so strong that Albayrak's head banged on the ground and she laid motionless after the hit.

She slipped into coma because of the head injury. When doctors told her parents that Albayrak is already brain dead and has zero chances of regaining consciousness, her mother and father agreed to unplug her from the life-support machine on her natal day.

On Saturday, candlelit vigils were held in different parts of Germany after Albayrak was unhooked from life support and died. One such vigil that attracted a huge crowd was in the Turkish district of Kreuzberg. The victim had Turkish ancestry.

Albayrak's courage earned her the admiration of Germans who offered hundreds of candles, flowers and prayers for the student teacher. German President Joachim Gauck is considering recognizing her Good Samaritan act through a posthumous award, reported U-T San Diego.

Gauck has received more than 100,000 signatures for him to grant to Albayrak the national order of merit to recognize her valor.

"Where other people looked the other way around, Tugce showed exemplary bravery and civil courage and came to the aid of a victim of violence," the Independent quoted President Gauck in a written statement.

Two weeks after the incident, public outrage continues in Germany, even as the police seek witnesses to come forward, including the two girls for whom Tugce Albayrak gave her life.

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