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Sarah Ping

Triple amputee begins world-first solo and unsupported sail across Pacific

Triple amputee veteran, Craig Wood, has set sail from Mexico to begin his 80-day challenge sailing 6,000 nautical miles (11,112km) across the Pacific Ocean (Gareth Davies) - (Gareth Davies)

A veteran who lost both legs and his left arm serving in Afghanistan has begun his challenge to become the first triple amputee to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean.

Craig Wood, from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, was 18 years old and only three months into his first tour when he suffered life-changing injuries from a roadside bomb in Sangin, southern Afghanistan, in 2009.

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