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By Angie Ward May 4, 2021 Happy Star Wars day! It's hard to top the awesome story from last year. 7-year-old Ethan Sappington celebrated his “May the 4th” with a new robotic arm - just like Luke Skywalker! When he was 2 years old, Ethan lost parts of all four limbs after contracting sepsis. At 7 - Ethan, defied the odds, despite only being given a five percent chance of survival and became the youngest person in the U.S. to receive a multi-grip bionic arm. Ethan’s “Hero Arm,” is made by Open Bionics. According to their website, “Each Hero Arm is custom-built using 3D printing an...

By Angie Ward May 4, 2021 Happy Star Wars day! It's hard to top the awesome story from last year. 7-year-old Ethan Sappington celebrated his “May the 4th” with a new robotic arm - just like Luke Skywalker! When he was 2 years old, Ethan lost parts of all four limbs after contracting sepsis. At 7 - Ethan, defied the odds, despite only being given a five percent chance of survival and became the youngest person in the U.S. to receive a multi-grip bionic arm. Ethan’s “Hero Arm,” is made by Open Bionics. According to their website, “Each Hero Arm is custom-built using 3D printing an...