The Outlook Podcast Archive - My Hands Were Reattached After Attack

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Simonne Butler is a woman from New Zealand whose boyfriend attacked her with a samurai sword, and cut off both her hands. Doctors managed to reattach them, and she eventually learned how to use them again. Simonne tells Jo Fidgen about her ordeal and how she now helps victims of domestic abuse.

Image: Simmone Butler
Credit: Calypso Paoli

Published on Thursday, 23rd February 2017.

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