At first glance, he’s just another football player. At second glance, there’s something very different about him.

His name is Shaquem Griffin, and he was ?only 4 years old when doctors amputated his left hand a day after his mother found him in the kitchen attempting to cut off his fingers. Why? The young Griffin has amniotic band syndrome, a congenital birth defect, and whenever he touched anything his hands would feel scorched with pain.

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