The Palm Springs Springs fertility clinic, which authorities said was targeted for terrorist acts this month, said it would reopen at a temporary location on Tuesday.
At American Reproductive Centers, patients can be seen at a temporary location at Elmirador Medical Plaza across the street from their original location at the Indian Canyon Drive clinic. Clinic team members say they are optimistic that operations will eventually resume at the location damaged in the May 17 bombing.
Doctors said the first responders likely saved thousands of embryos at the site.
The clinic building in downtown Palm Springs was damaged when a car bomb exploded in a parking lot behind the facility. The 25-year-old bomber was killed in the explosion, shattering windows and damaged buildings due to blocks around the explosion site.
Four people suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The embryos stored in cryopreservation tanks inside the clinic were saved by authorities responding to the explosion. The fire chief and FBI agents were admitted to protecting the embryos when they entered a damaged building after the bombing.
FBI agents Chris Meltzer and assistant Palm Springs Fire Chief Greg Lyle entered the clinic and reestablished power to power the incubators, making sure the cryogenic containers in the lab were not damaged.
They also recovered medical records, Mills said.
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