US Army Sergeant Brendan Marrocco, who lost four limbs in a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2009, is recovering from a double arm transplant and starting a new lease on life.

"I just want to get to the point that I can be completely on my own and get back to enjoy life," he said.

Double-arm transplant surgery is rare. This was the first successful procedure of its kind to be conducted at Johns Hopkins, in Baltimore, Maryland. Marrocco is also the first US soldier in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to survive losing all four limbs.

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