Imagine, a drunk driver slams into your car at such a high rate of speed that it explodes before you can get out.

Robert Chelsea, seventy-year-old father, and salesman, was pulled from the wreckage of a burning car in August of 2013, but not before over 75% of his body was burned, leaving his hands, arms, and face unrecognizable.

But what would you do if no one had ever successfully completed a full-face transplant on someone your age or your race? Would you decide that the surgery wasn’t worth the risk? Or would you volunteer to become the first African-American and oldest American ever to receive a full-face transplant?

More from Robert Chelsea:

Visit the website: https://www.robertchelsea.org

Finding Robert Chelsea:

Instagram: @robertlchelsea88

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