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US Ambassador Mark Lippert Wearing 'Amazing' Brace After Knife Attack

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US Ambassador Sports 'Amazing' Brace After Knife Attack
Mark Lippert/Facebook
ByDAN GOOD
April 06, 2015, 11:56 AM

— -- U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert is drawing attention for the dynamic splint he is wearing on his arm while recovering from a March knife attack.

The brace features an exoskeletal design, allowing him to move his fingers and hold objects.

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PHOTO: Mark Lippert, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, speaks during a press conference
Mark Lippert, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, speaks during a press conference before being discharged from Severance Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2015.

According to Lippert, 42, the brace was created by Seoul’s Severance Hospital.

Lippert was slashed by a knife-wielding attacker March 5 in the South Korean capital of Seoul. He received 80 stitches.

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