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Sister meets man with her brother's transplanted face (video)
Source: BBC
A woman, whose brother was killed in a traffic accident, has met the man who was given his face in a pioneering transplant operation.
Footage from Channel 9's 60 Minutes programme in Australia shows the moment Rebekah Aversano sees - and touches - the face of her dead brother.
The recipient, Richard Norris, from Virginia, US, was severely injured in a shotgun accident 15 years ago.
Until the operation he had rarely gone outside and lived as a recluse.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32929019
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