When Sarah de Lagarde slipped at High Barnet underground station in September last year she was run over by two tube trains, losing both an arm and her leg. After months in hospital, learning to walk again and a fundraising campaign, Sarah has become the first person in the world to operate a new bionic arm which can read her mind. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 I was trying to board the train and I slipped and fell against the train, crashed, broke
00:08 my nose and my two front teeth and sustained a cut under my chin but fell backwards into
00:13 the gap between the train and the platform.
00:16 The train departed and crushed my right arm and then I continued to call for help, tried
00:23 to desperately save myself but nobody heard me, nobody came to my aid and then the second
00:29 train came in and I believe claimed my leg and at that point I was really very close
00:36 to dying and luckily somebody eventually heard me and called for help.
00:41 Every time I use it, it adds data to the database which means eventually I can make more movements,
00:47 it becomes smoother and faster and eventually my big dream would be to be able to either
00:53 ride a bicycle with it or a car and if I'm allowed to that would be absolutely awesome.
00:59 It's a very peculiar feeling, it's more like having your hand in a big glove and it's heavy
01:09 but at the same time it feels like an extension of yourself.
01:11 I gave my kids a hug and I was actually a bit worried about it because it was a beautiful
01:18 moment but at the same time I thought, okay the arm should better behave and not squeeze
01:22 them too much.
01:24 They think it's super cool, they think that I'm a superhero and my littlest one who's
01:31 eight brought me to school once and introduced me to her classmates and saying like, that's
01:36 my mum, she's a robot, she's cool.