The family that freezes together …
I find this creepy.
An increasing number of [cryonics company] Alcor’s 800 living members are signing up to have their entire families frozen in liquid nitrogen soon after their deaths.
Last year alone, six couples signed themselves and their children up on the slim chance they could be brought back to share another lifetime together.
And:
“We had one girl who was signed up on the very day she was born,” Jones said. “Her mother had all of the paperwork ready to go, and the day that child was born, she was a member.”
How much does it cost? $150,000 for the whole body and $80,000 for just the head. But the bit I really like is the financial planning involved. Costs are normally covered out of life insurance. Says certified financial planner Rudi Hoffman, “I have a number of folks, because it is affordable through life insurance, they can fund the entire family suspension.”
