Man's eye transplant recovery leaves doctors "truly amazed" after live wire accident

A veteran who received the world's first whole-eye transplant recently traded in his old license plate, featuring his injured face, for a new one showing off his recovery. 

Utility line worker Aaron James lost most of his face in a June 2021 work incident when he accidentally touched a 7,200 volt live wire. Doctors performed the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant in May 2023 and now James is back to daily life. 

"I'm pretty much back to being a normal guy, doing normal things," James said in a press release from NYU Langone Health in New York City. "All in all, though, this has been the most transformative year of my life."