KDKAAt that time, Thomas, who Stepien’s family calls “Tom,” had been waiting nearly 10 years for a heart transplant at his home in New Jersey. Stepien’s father, Michael Stepien, was killed in a 2006 robbery when she was 23. ADVERTISEMENTA Pennsylvania bride who lost her father to tragedy 10 years ago found herself walking down the aisle with the man who received his heart. “Tom received my father’s heart within the next 48 hours.” The Christmas following his transplant he wrote to Stepien’s family thanking them for what they had done. Jeni Stepien was unable to hold back tears when she embraced Arthur Thomas for the first time Friday and felt her father’s heart beating inside him.

Source: Huffington Post August 07, 2016 16:05 UTC