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Kelly-Ann Mills

Dad snaps BOTH legs while bouncing on trampoline with kids after attempting flip

A man who snapped both legs while bouncing on a trampoline had to undergo three rounds of surgery to walk again.

Robert Harrison was playing around with his children on the trampoline when he felt two "excruciating pops" in his knees as he attempted a front flip - rupturing his tendons in both knees.

After losing feeling in his lower limbs, 38-year-old Robert thought he was paralysed and said he couldn't look down for fear he'd see his bones sticking out of his legs.

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