Natasha Baggett explained what happened at Facebook. The short version is that she was building an accessible desk for a young man in a wheelchair when the saw kicked back and sliced off two fingers and part of her thumb. She called an ambulance, rounded up the dogs, and spent a week in the hospital last May. The whole story is well worth a read. There are (warning) more graphic images of her injury here. Does she have any regrets?
No. And that sounds crazy but I don’t. I had an epiphany while I was recovering and changed a lot of things about myself and my lifestyle. The way I view the world and life in general has changed completely. If my accident hadn’t happened, then I wouldn’t have made those positive changes in my life that I desperately needed to make.
I also have connected with so many wonderful people in the amputee community and it’s brought me a lot closer to friends/family. It’s taught me a lot about the world and opened my eyes to many things I hadn’t realized before. Like how disabled people are treated in society and how inaccessible things are for others (just to name one example). It’s something I am passionate about now and if my accident hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t have realized any of this.
Baggett recently received her new fingers, designed by Naked Prosthetics. See the fingers in action at imgur. -via reddit
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