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Girl With 3D Printed Hand Throws First Pitch At Giants Game

Hailey Dawson, a courageous 8-year-old, calmly walked to the mound and tossed out the pitch.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — There’s always a ceremonial first pitch before San Francisco Giants baseball games, but few have been as special as Sunday’s.

Hailey Dawson, a courageous 8-year-old, calmly walked to the mound and tossed out the pitch. What made it so special was that Hailey lost a hand to a rare birth defect called Poland Syndrome and now uses a bionic 3D printed hand created for her by the doctors and researchers at the University Of Nevada-Las Vegas.

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