Face Transplant Recipient: 'i'm Not A Monster'

Face transplant recipient: 'I'm not a monster'

CLEVELAND (AP) - When Connie Culp heard a little kid call her a monster because of the shotgun blast that left her face horribly disfigured, she pulled out her driver's license to show the child what she used to look like. Years later, as the nation's first face transplant recipient, she's stepped forward to show the rest of the world what she...

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