He didn't have a hand for 30 years, but now he does.
"It's like closing down your house for 32 years, then deciding to go back in and take a shower. You turn it on, it sputters a little bit, then it works," the man, David F. Savage from Michigan, said. I imagine Savage is hoping that the hand continues to function well, but "If it stops working, we'll go back in there and get it started again," he said.
This is the third time a man has received a new hand in the United States.