Pennsylvania bride given away by man who received her dad's heart

PITTSBURGH -- "It has been the best day of my life," a Pennsylvania bride said of her wedding day.

Jeni Stepien is now officially a married woman, and she told CBS Pittsburgh the day wouldn't have been possible without Arthur Thomas.

"You can never imagine what that would be like unless you actually do it because so many emotions involved in what you're doing," Thomas said.

Arthur, fondly known as 'Tom,' traveled from New Jersey to walk Jeni down the aisle at St. Anselm church in Swissvale, since her father couldn't be there.

Jeni met Tom for the first time on the eve of her wedding, when she felt her father's heart beat for the first time in 10 years. Michael Stepien was murdered in Swissvale back in 2006.

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