One-armed man learning to live again - by welding

What an inspiration...

Brandon Whatley lost his arm in a car accident, but he's working hard to learn the welding trades. Here's to his future.

"A shower of sparks cascades like white-hot rain as Brandon Whatley stares intently through the visor of his face shield. Chest braced against an angle iron, his gloved left hand gripping an electrode holder, Whatley is arc-welding a vertical bead along the joint between two plates of 3/8-inch steel.

Like the other students in his welding class at Central Georgia Tech, he's not having an easy time. "It should look like a row of dimes," he mutters, pulling back from the workpiece and lifting his visor.

But the joint is lumpy.

Whatley grew up right-handed, but he now works exclusively with his left. The right sleeve of his work shirt hangs empty. Unlike the other students in his welding class, Whatley has no right arm..."

Welding is hard enough with two arms.