My Hands Were Crushed In A Metal Rolling Machine | BORN DIFFERENT

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ON THE morning of 6 August 2020, Wells woke up with no idea that this would be the day his life would change forever. Wells was involved in an accident at work after being assigned to a machine he'd "never operated before". Wells said: "The next thing I know, my hand just gets pulled in. As a reaction, I reached with my right." Both of his hands were pulled into the machine and "crushed in seconds". While being treated at the hospital, Wells's wife, Lacey, gave birth to their son. The gravity of the situation was not lost on the new parent: "Everybody imagines their son immediately getting placed in their hands and I missed that." Doctors initially tried to save Wells's hands but after weeks of painful skin grafts, Wells eventually opted for amputation. He was soon provided with his first set of prosthetics, which are "body-powered", enabling him to open and close his hands by moving each arm forward. These and his other electronic prosthetics have enabled Wells to regain many abilities. Despite everything he's been through, it is clear that Wells has found his purpose in continuing to be the best son, husband and father that he can be: "I just want to be happy... and I want my son to be happy and my wife to be happy."

A GoFundMe has been set up to help with Wells’s ongoing medical costs - the page can be found here: https://gofund.me/75e31af6

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Videographer: Daniel Jones
Producers: Tom Buckman, Georgia Embling, Hannah Beaugeard
Editor: Emma Mitchell

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