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5 Good Things: 5-Year-Old Becomes Youngest to Get a Bionic Arm

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

A 5-year-old superhero fan born without a left hand now has a bionic arm that looks like Iron Man’s. “Grandmother of Juneteenth” Opal Lee moved into her new house on the lot of her childhood home she had to flee over 80 years ago. A wildlife photographer snapped the first photo of a newborn white bison calf that fulfills a hopeful Lakota prophecy. A potentially habitable planet the size of Earth has been discovered. Plus, the world’s largest 3D printer is building homes made from wood fiber in Maine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there. Today, June 22nd is Positive Media Day. So let's get into some feel good news.

0:07.0

Every Saturday we highlight the good stuff happening, like how a hopeful prophecy has been fulfilled thanks to the birth of a rare animal a photographer captured.

0:17.0

Plus, what have I told you that a home that's as cozy as a log cabin can be built in only a few days.

0:24.2

We've had thousands of people come through this home

0:26.6

and the question is, when can I get one?

0:28.7

From CNN, I'm Krista Boe, and this is five good things.

0:36.0

Five-year-old Jordan Marotta from Long Island

0:38.2

is experiencing the world in a whole new way.

0:52.3

So Jordan is your typical energetic, happy, superhero obsessed, sports playing, five-year-old boy. His mother Ashley told me he was born without a left hand.

0:55.0

And now he's believed to be the youngest person in the world

1:00.0

to receive a bionic arm,

1:02.0

specifically made for the superhero fan by Open Bionics.

1:05.3

Jordan's bionic arm is Iron Man themed.

1:08.2

When he puts it on, he looks like Iron Man.

1:11.0

It's got the red and the gold details, which is really cool.

1:15.2

It's now been one month since he first started using his hero arm.

1:19.3

The first thing he did when we got home was go on his scooter.

1:22.8

Yes, go Jordan!

1:25.8

So I think there was something really cool about

1:28.0

latching on and feeling like he's riding a sc and better at holding things, giving a thumbs up and flashing a peace sign.

1:40.0

If you open and close, you'll get thumbs up.

1:42.0

Now close. Th'll get thumbs up. Now close.

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