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Rebekah Aversano says, "This is the face I grew up with."
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In 1997, Richard Norris's face was blown off in a terrible accident. Five years later, plastic surgeons attempted a revolutionary new type of treatment: a full face transplant. Surgeons have performed this operation since 2005. 23 of the 27 transplants have been successful. In this happily successful surgery, the donor was 21-year old Joshua Aversano, who died in a car accident.
Recently, the Australian news program 60 Minutes introduced Norris to Aversano's family. He met his donor's sister, Rebekah.
This video is a clip of segment of 60 Minutes that will on Sunday.
-via BuzzFeed
27 of the 23 transplants have been successful. How is that possible? I think maybe the numbers are reversed.
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