Calling all Members in the Roanoke, Virginia area!
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Hi All,
I came across a great story today. Its about Lyman Connor a General Electric engineer. His story began last October, when he was in a serious cycling accident in his hometown of Roanoke, Virginia. He rear-ended a car that suddenly stopped in front of him, resulting in his receiving injuries that included nine skull fractures; a broken hip, jaw, clavicle and several ribs; a punctured lung; plus the loss of his sense of taste and the sight in one eye.
When he was leaving the hospital after a week of recuperation, he met a boy in the elevator, who had obviously been crying. When Lyman tried to cheer him up by pointing out his own injuries, the boy replied that at least Connor had both hands, and held up a wrist stump where one of his hands should have been.
At the time, Connor didn't know how to respond. Other things that the boy said, however, suggested that his family couldn't afford to buy him a bionic hand. Upon returning to his home, Lyman decided to build one that they could afford.
Well, this is exactly what Lyman did but he now can't locate the boy! The full story is here, Engineer designs DIY bionic hand for boy he met in an elevator http://www.gizmag.com/diy-bionic-hand/33281/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers%26amp;utm_campaign=23c1fe49c3-UA-2235360-4%26amp;utm_medium=email%26amp;utm_term=0_65b67362bd-23c1fe49c3-76676071
So if anyone has a way of tracking down this boy, please row in and if able to locate the boy Lyman can be contacted at Lyman.Connor{AT}gmail.com I have left the @ out and replaced it with {AT}
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