My family and I are going to pay $28K each to freeze our bodies in liquid nitrogen tanks after we die. We hope to wake up in the future.

Sat, 03/18/2023 - 06:46

Dennis Kowalski of the Cryonics Institute — Dennis Kowalski has signed up to be preserved in a chamber that reaches freezing temperatures after death.
Cryonics Institute

Dennis Kowalski is head of the Cryonics Institute, which preserves people after they die in the hope they'll be revived in the future.
The remains are stored in liquid nitrogen tanks that reach -320 degrees Fahrenheit. The service costs $28,000.
Kowalski told Insider he decided from an early age that cryonics made sense, even if coming back isn't a guarantee.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dennis James Kowalski, a 54-year-old resident of Milwaukee and the president of the Cryonics Institute. It has been edited for length and clarity.