Parents hope late son's fatherhood dream realized

A court will rule on a California couple's petition to use their deceased son's sperm after the 21-year-old cadet at the US Military Academy at West Point was fatally injured in a skiing accident last month.

The grieving parents' initial petition to harvest their son's sperm was approved by the Westchester County State Supreme Court on Feb 27, when Peter Zhu was declared brain dead at Westchester Medical Center, four days after his trauma on the ski slopes.

On Thursday, the court will decide whether the parents can keep the sperm and "help Peter realize this dream of bringing a child into the world", as claimed by his parents Yongmin and Monica Zhu in their initial court filing.