Bride asks man with father's heart to walk her down the aisle

The special moment a bride shared with the man who had received her father’s heart just before her wedding has touched a lot of people online today.

Bride asks man with father's heart to walk her down the aisle

Jeni Stepien’s father Michael was murdered ten years ago and his family made the choice to donate his organs.

Mr Stepien’s heart went to Arthur Thomas, a father-of-four, from New Jersey who had been waiting for a heart for 16 years and was said to be days from dying.

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