Experience: I lost my hands after being electrocuted by 14,400 volts

On that day, I was standing on a platform, working on a power line.I was cutting a wire to size and wanted to throw some scrap on to the ground.

The power line above was protected by a plastic insulating cover, I was being very careful, but in that tiny second the wire touched a part that wasn’t wrapped up.

The fact that I’m a double-handed amputee is pretty rare: not many occupational therapists have worked with people like me and we had to keep looking things up online together.

That day when I went to physical therapy, the therapist noticed I was looking pale and asked if I wanted help from a psychologist.

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If I could go back in time, I’d tell myself that the road will be tough, but you have every tool you need to make it through this journey and, in the end, the future is fantastic.