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PBS NewsHour | Iraq War Vet Receives Rare Double Arm Transplant | PBS

Duration: 08:53
Program: PBS NewsHour #10552
Broadcast Date: Jan. 29, 2013

Former solider and Iraq war veteran Sgt. Brendan Marrocco is the recent recepient of a double arm transplant, which took place at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Marrocco lost all of his limbs during a roadside bomb attack in the spring of 2009. Gwen Ifill talks with Dr. Jaimie Shores, director of hand transplantation at Johns Hopkins.

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Post Date: January 29, 2013