Emotional video from California capturing a woman's reaction when she meets the man who received her dead son's heart in a transplant operation.<br /><br />The footage, captured on September 8 in Ramona in San Diego County, shows the woman listening to her son's heartbeat in recipient David Ponder using a stethoscope. <br /><br />''I received a new heart by transplant. From the first day I wanted to know who my donor was,'' said Ponder.<br /><br />''After a six-month mandatory waiting period I sent my letter to the family.<br /><br />''On August 1 2017 I received a letter from my donor's family. They were having a birthday party for him in remembrance so we went to the party and met the family.''<br /><br />''It was an emotional, wonderful experience,'' he added.
