He Lost His Hand While Flying A Kite. This Team Helped Him Write Again. Guess His First Word?

Shivkumar lost his hand due to electrocution while flying his kite. Watch how a prosthetic hand helped him to start writing for the first time in 6 months. And the first word he wrote with his new hand was ...

By Priyanka Jain

June 18, 2014

Shivkumar is a boy from Southern India who lost his hand while flying his kite. Through the Helping Hands and Build-a-Hand program by Odyssey Teams, Inc. he is fitted with an LN-4 prosthetic hand and begins to write for the first time in six months.

Video: Original by Bill John

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