The arm is called the i-Limb. The prosthetic device company Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics, donated, nice to hear people still helping people as the victim of the attack is only 18 years old.
Pretty scary account of how he heard the alligator go crunch and swallow his arm! He is indeed lucky to be here and swimming in the canals where alligators lurk I’m sure will no longer be an option or desire. BD
“Getting a helping hand” took on a whole new meaning for Kasey Edwards Monday when he received 
a new, high-tech hand to replace the one he lost to a hungry alligator in June.
The high-tech prosthesis, covered with lifelike “skin” and able to rotate at the wrist, replaces one that was covered with a golf glove and had to be rotated manually. The 18-year-old Floridian lit up like a kid at Christmas when his prosthetist presented the technological marvel to him during an interview with co-host Matt Lauer on TODAY.
“At that point I didn’t realize that I had lost my arm,” said Edwards, whose only thought was to swim back across the canal to his friends and help. But the gator, having polished off its appetizer, came back for the main course. It hit the young man in the stomach, cutting him and knocking the wind out of him. But Edwards fought back.
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