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Teen loses prosthetic hand left on bike
(AP)
Updated: 2007-08-29 11:33
LONDON - Teenager Jack Baker had only planned to visit his girlfriend for
10 minutes. So he parked his motorcycle outside her home and left his
prosthetic hand gripped to its handlebar.
When he came back outside two hours later, the hand was gone, apparently
taken by a thief or a prankster who found it more interesting to make off
with than the bike.
"I came out and found the hand was gone. I thought it was my girlfriend's
parents messing about, but they said it wasn't them," said Baker, 19.
"I went for a look around, but I couldn't see my hand anywhere. There
were no kids about and no one to ask if they had seen it. I ended up
jumping on my bike and going home."
The hand disappeared last week in Bristol, the city in southwestern
England where Baker lost his right arm in a head-on crash with a bus in
May.
The prosthetic hand allowed him to ride his new, specially-adapted
motorbike, and Baker said he may not be able to afford the 450 pounds
(US$903, euro662) it will cost to replace it.
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