Today in History - August 14: Epic operation gives injured firefighter a new face
Volunteer US firefighter Patrick Hardison underwent the world's most extensive face transplant surgery in New York on August 14, 2015.
Fourteen years earlier, when Hardison entered a burning home on a rescue search, the roof collapsed on him and his firefighter's mask burned onto his face.
He was left with disfiguring burns across his entire face, head, neck, and upper torso. He lost his eyelids, ears, lips, and most of his nose, as well as his hair, including his eyebrows.
After Hardison underwent more than 70 surgeries, doctors offered him a facial transplant. The donor was a young cyclist, whose family donated his liver, kidneys, and both eyes to help other patients.
During a 12-hour operation, Hardison received a new face, scalp, ears and ear canals, and selected portions of bone from the chin, cheeks, and entire nose.
These photos shows the recuperation Hardison after his facial transplant surgery in New York.
One of the world's most dreaded terrorists was captured in the North African city of Khartoum on August 14, 1994, after eluding international law enforcement agencies for two decades.
Venezuelan gunman and bomber Illich Ramirez Sanchez, known as 'Carlos the Jackal', was responsible for a spate of deadly shootings, bombings and kidnappings throughout Europe during the 1970s and 1980s.
One of Australia's biggest sporting scandals took place on August 14, 1984, at Brisbane's Eagle Farm involving the race horse Fine Cotton.
Fine Cotton was a ring-in, where a fast horse is substituted for a slow horse and those with the inside knowledge can bet with bookmakers at inflated odds.
The plan was meant to fleece millions of dollars from bookmakers but instead ended up with everyone losing their money and three men in jail.
Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt etched his name into Olympics history when he captured a third straight 100 metres gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games on August 14, 2016.
Bolt, widely considered the greatest sprinter of all time, retired the following year.
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