Mom Run Over By Two Tube Trains Gets Bionic Arm That Reads Her Mind

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A revolutionary bionic arm will help a mother who had to have both of her limbs amputated after a terrifying accident on the London Underground "get a piece of her life back."

After losing her balance and falling down the space between the train and platform edge at High Barnet station in September of last year, Sarah de Lagarde was struck by two Tube trains.

She was hit by a Tube pulling in, which caused her injuries to escalate.

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A train had just left the station when her right arm and leg were crushed.

Before someone heard Ms. de Lagarde, a resident of north London's Camden neighborhood, and called for assistance, she shouted out for help for 15 minutes.

The horrifying incident, which occurred while she was driving home from work, resulted in the mother-of-two being evacuated to the hospital and admitted to a specialized ward.

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Her arm and leg were tragically amputated, but she will now be the first person in the world to utilize an AI arm that can read her mind.

She asserts that the $319425 (£250,000) bionic arm's software can learn her "most frequent" actions and will eventually "make them easier for me to do."

According to The Times, as she becomes "20 percent robot" and "80 percent human," her brain will have the ability to operate the arm.

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‘The socket will attach to my upper arm and it will have sensors which detect my muscle twitches,’ she said. 

‘And the software will convert those impulses into arm movements.’

She added: ‘I have seen videos where the hand is able to hold an egg with three fingers or pick up a coin from a table.’

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Ms. de Lagarde just began training for her new arm, which was built by the Leeds-based business Covvi.

When her family was informed that it is difficult to obtain above-the-elbow prostheses and would need to pay for a "decent functioning arm" privately, they began raising money for the bionic arm.

She claims that after the page garnered more than $370533 (£290,000), her girls are now 'really thrilled' to witness the new technology in action.

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Even those donating $3 made her feel extremely emotional, she said to The Times, expressing her gratitude for everyone's great kindness.

Three months following the incident, Ms. de Lagarde stated the following on her fundraising page: ‘2022 was on track to be the best year of my life.’

‘I was enjoying my job, I went on outdoor adventures with my kids and climbed Kilimanjaro in August, and then about a month later my year took a dark turn.’

She stated that she was able to take her family on their first trip together since she was injured in her most recent update on the page, which was posted in April of this year.

She said: ‘It’s completely out of my comfort zone but I feel strongly about reclaiming the things I used to enjoy so much before the accident.’

‘7 months ago I was able-bodied and climbed Kilimanjaro. 6 months ago I was in a hospital bed, thinking I would never, ever be able to walk, let alone hike again.’

‘And now I’ve proved myself wrong. My grin couldn’t be bigger.’

In addition, Ms. de Lagarde made an appearance on Good Morning Britain, where she expressed her gratitude for being alive despite the 'awful' event that had occurred.

She told the ITV show: ‘It makes you realize how precarious your life is and instead of worrying about the smaller things in life we should be focusing on the things that really matter.’

‘And for me, it was saying “I love my family, I love my husband, I love my children” and that sentiment should override everything else so don’t sweat the small stuff.’