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Wales Online
Wales Online
Ben Barry, SWNS & Stephanie Wareham

Dad who lost his limbs when he was electrocuted hugs his little girls for the first time after double hand transplant

An amputee dad has told of his of first "strange" hug with his daughters after double hand transplants - which he's now had tattooed to match the rest of his arms. Jamie Mines, 39, was thrown 13ft from a half-finished metal roof when 33,000 volts of electricity surged through a tin sheet he was holding, in 2016.

The scaffolder spent ten weeks in intensive care supported by twin daughters Savannah and Isabella, who were five-months-old at the time. Jamie lost all of his limbs - but six years on received a double hand transplant and hugged his little girls for the first time.

He's now also had the hands tattooed so they match the rest of his already-inked arms. Jamie from Frome, Somerset said: "Holding their hands and taking them to school it is lovely - there are so many things I can do with them now.

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