The First Homicide in History
Twenty-seven people are banking on the idea that modern science will someday find or engineer a fountain of youth. Those 27 people, all deceased, are patients of the Alcore Life Extension Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona. Their bodies have been frozen in liquid nitrogen at -320F, awaiting the day when medical science discovers a way to make death and aging a thing of the past. Ten of the patients paid $120,000 each to have their entire body frozen. Seventeen of the patients paid $50,000 to have only their head frozen, hoping that molecular technology will one day be able to grow a whole new body for their head. The process is known as cryonics. Stephen Bridge, president of Alcore, cautions “We have to tell people we don’t even really know if it will work yet.” Never the less, Thomas Donaldson, 50 year member of Alcore, explained to a reporter why he is willing to give cryonics a try. “For some strange reason, I like being alive. I don’t want to die, ok guys.”
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