A dad whose seven-year-old son thinks he’s a superhero after he saved a man’s life has helped his father find a cutting edge bionic limb.
Little Aaron searched “hero arm for dad” online and found the ideal one.
Trainee vicar Dan Cant, whose arm was amputated after a car crash in 2005, had been on holiday last year when he helped rescue a stranger who fell from a canal boat.
Aaron, then six, had said his father is a “real-life hero” and told him: “Imagine what you could do with two arms.”
The youngster prayed for a new arm for Dan, 42. Then on his tablet, he discovered Bristol-based Open Bionics, which uses 3D printing to make £10,000 bionic limbs called Hero Arms.
With financial support from The Worshipful Company of Glovers, of London, Dan was fitted with a prosthetic built to his shape.
And the first thing he did after testing it was to give Aaron a “proper hug”.
Dan said of his limb: “It is life-changing. It has opened so many options.”
Dan had his right forearm amputated after a collision with a motorcyclist that killed Dan’s fiancee and the biker.
Dan’s injuries were so bad that he medically “died” three times.
He suffered 65 per cent burns and spent seven months in a specialist rehab unit.
He still suffers PTSD but, after learning to walk again, he rebuilt his life and married teacher Leanne, 42, four years ago.
Dan, who lives in Colchester, Essex, with Leanne, Aaron, and step-children Holly, 18, and Jacob, 14, is based at Christ Church parish in his hometown.
He was fitted with his arm this month, and Aaron said: “I am so excited. Daddy can now build Lego with his super arm. He is my hero.”
