‘He got his arm because of the Baton Rouge community,’ capital area raises money for teen’s bionic arm

BATON ROUGE – A 15-year-old is thanking the Baton Rouge community for raising the money needed to purchase him a bionic arm.

John Francis is like many teens his age. He likes video games like Minecraft and Guild Wars, activities like Taekwondo and riding bikes and playing instruments like the xylophone and snare drum. With his new bionic arm, all his favorite activities are just a little easier.

“It’s something as simple as holding multiple things at once that I feel like a lot of people never think about because it’s second nature to them,” John Francis said…

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