Formula One Team Offers Helping ‘Bionic’ Hand to British Teen

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Matthew James was born without a left hand. He wanted a new bionic hand, but his family couldn’t afford one. So James asked Formula One racing team Mercedes GP Petronas for help. Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to Matthew James about his creative fund-raising.

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