Elderly couple save £65,000 to be cryogenically frozen when they die – as teen’s landmark courtcase paves way for sci-fi burial
Chrissie de Rivaz and her husband John, of of Porthtowan, Cornwall, hope to be brought back to life in the future
A COUPLE have saved £65,000 to have their bodies frozen and brought back to life.
Chrissie de Rivaz and her husband John have made plans to be preserved scientifically using cryogenic technology.
Chrissie, 76, was speaking after a High Court judge ruled that the wish of a child to have her body frozen should be respected.
The girl, 14, supported by her mother, had wanted to be frozen after death, in case a cure was found in the future.
Chrissie, of Porthtowan, Cornwall, said it was something that she and her husband had planned for a long time.
She said: "The idea originally came from my husband.
"He talked about it quite a lot and I thought yuck, it sounds horrible and I just don't want to know.
"But then he sent me literature, I read it through and I thought it is not quite so horrible after all. In fact they are very caring with their patients.
"That was about 25 years ago and I have been signed up ever since."
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Chrissie said that although she acknowledges there is only a small chance of technology one day being able to revive her lifeless body in the future, she said she felt it was one worth taking.
She added: "I know it is a very slim chance, but however long you live is never long enough."
She has saved up the £28,000 to be preserved when she dies, as has her husband John.
Added to the additional costs to fly them to the US after their deaths, the total is close to £65,000.
Mrs de Rivaz said she does not want to persuade anyone else to do it and believes it is a personal choice, but is one she wants to take.
She added; "I can't see any reason to just send me up the flume and I hate the idea of being buried in the ground, so why not take this chance to come back again?
"I have three sons and they do think we are bonkers.
"But they are very supportive and know it is what we want to do. It has to be your decision and they know that.
"Hopefully they will be able to bring John back too or I won't know anybody.
";But if not, I think I will survive on interest.
"I think of how much we love looking back at history and archaeology. I think the interest in the future will be even stronger.
"I hope to live for a lot longer as I am, but there is that chance if I take this choice."
It comes a day after a terminally ill 14-year-old girl became the first British child to be frozen in the hope she could be be brought back to life in the future.
The heartbroken dad of the teenager claims she "brainwashed" into taking part in the incredible process.
The budget cryogenics factor where the teenager's body is now packed is set to take in 100 more Brits.
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