Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. It was not a close call for us today. The most amazing story that we saw, hands down, involves a courageous young u. S. Army sergeant severely wounded in iraq and the amazing surgery that gave him arms two real human arms. The operation on 26yearold Sergeant Brendan marrocco of new york was performed in december but today, we got our first look at the results. David martin has the story. Reporter when Brendan Marrocco moved his arms today, he made medical history. I feel like im getting a Second Chance to start over after i got hurt. Reporter he was gesturing with transplanted arms not prosthetic arms, but real arms from an anonymous donor who had died. It feels amazing. Its something that i was waiting for for a long time, and now that it finally happened i. I really dont know what to say because its just such a big thing for my life and its. Its just fantastic. Reporter amazing and fantas
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