A heartwarming story about how an act of kindness has changed a 9-year-old boy's world. With kids like this, the future is looking bright.
Ripping a piece of paper never felt so good. Trent Desantis is a third-grader at the Almaden Country Day School in
"It was definitely a big undertaking. ‘OK a hand. Yeah, yeah, yeah…cause that’s easy,'" said Sara Vender, an Almaden Country Day 8th grader. Vender and fellow student Lynx Chiang led the charge. Armed with online instructions, within a month, they had a trial hand. A few tweaks later, hand number two was complete. It was good enough for Trent to give this prototype a test drive.
Trent is now able to do things most of us take for granted; like grip a tennis ball, make a few jump shots on the basketball court. He's even using the doorknob to open the front door to his home for the first time, all because of his new right hand. And he can now even do some tasks that are more chore-oriented, like holding a leash to walk the dog and emptying the dishwasher.
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