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Lawyer: Sungeun Grace Lee wants life support

Originally published: October 6, 2012 1:41 PM
Updated: October 6, 2012 10:14 PM
By MACKENZIE ISSLER mackenzie.issler@newsday.com

Sungeun Grace Lee has terminal brain cancer and

Sungeun Grace Lee has terminal brain cancer and her doctors at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset say she has repeatedly expressed desire to be removed from the ventilator, which would end her life. Her parents, Man Ho and Jin Ah Lee, devout Christians, have gone to court to seek a restraining order. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Oct. 4, 2012) (October 4, 2012 7:17 PM)

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Saying she wanted to make peace with her family and her God, a terminally ill woman fighting for the right for a Long Island hospital to remove her from life support has decided to stay on a ventilator, her lawyer said Saturday.

Sungeun Grace Lee's court-appointed lawyer, David Smith of Garden City, said his client informed him of her decision when he visited her Saturday at North Shore University...

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