Brave James Young has every right to be smiling in these lovely family photos. The double amputee has been transformed from the bionic man into a bionic dad and husband.
After years of struggle he can settle into the new roles with his wife Ashley and their 14-month-old daughter Elara. Nearly eight years ago his life was changed for ever by a freak accident on a night out with friends.
James, then 22, fell under a Docklands Light Railway train in East London after stepping too close to the tracks as it pulled in.
He said: “I lost my left foot at the scene, it was never found. “A couple of hours after arriving at hospital, surgeons were forced to remove the remnants of my left arm in order to save my life.” He was put in a medically induced
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