Monica and Yongmin Zhu from California raced against the clock to retrieve some of their son Peter's genetic material after he died.
The parents of a West Point cadet, who suffered catastrophic brain injury following a skiing accident, have won a court battle to preserve the young man’s sperm.
They said it was their aim to fulfill Peter’s dream of being a father to as many as five children. The couple from Concord, California asked the judge in Westchester Friday if the sperm could be retrieved before his organs were harvested for donation later the same day. The decision, the family’s attorney has said, was bittersweet, asking for the privacy of the Zhus to be respected."As you would expect, it is a very bittersweet result for the family and, out of respect for their privacy, we cannot discuss further at this time," Joe Williams said in an email to the Associated Press.
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