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Limb-itless: Pilot Born Without Arms Defies All Odds - YouTube
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I didn't see my not having arms as being
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a limitation
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Jessica Cox was born without arms due to
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a rare non-genetic birth defect but this
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hasn't held her back from driving a car
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gaining a black belt in Taekwondo
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playing the piano scuba diving and
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becoming the world's first licensed
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armless pilot naturally people saw the
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fact that I didn't have arms as a
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limiting factor but I was there to prove
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them wrong
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now she travels the world as a
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motivational speaker with her husband
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Patrick I describe Jessica in three
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words it would be kind positive and
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unstoppable even as a child having no
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arms proved no obstacle to Jessica as a
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young little girl I was in just about
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everything at 3 my mom had me in
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gymnastics at 6
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I started tap dance lessons 10 I started
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Taekwondo I did modeling I swam at
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starting at the age of 5 I did every
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activity you can imagine she tried
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wearing prosthetic arms from the ages of
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3 to 14 but hasn't used them since
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there's nothing that can substitute the
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tactile ability of flesh and bone and my
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feet have the tactile ability to feel
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whether something was hot or smooth or
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rough and it was just a lot easier to be
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able to make those connections with the
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feeling my feet provided despite her
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adventurous spirit she'd always been
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afraid of flying until she had a
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life-changing experience
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one day a fighter pilot came up to me
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and he asked if I wanted to fly in a
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single-engine airplane that idea wasn't
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something that I was too enthusiastic
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about but he encouraged me my dad
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encouraged me and I gathered up my
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courage I was sitting right beside the
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pilot and he asked if I wanted to
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experience putting my foot up on the
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yoke when I did and I had a feel for
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what it was like to handle that airplane
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I knew I wanted to come a pilot however
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there were a number of challenges to
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overcome who would teach me what type of
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airplane was this realistic with this
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he's safe of course the safe and
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realistic part I didn't even consider
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because I knew if I want to become a
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pilot I was going to do everything I
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could I had to find an airplane that had
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less controls in the average so the
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ercoupe airplane which is in 1945 has
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two less rudder pedals on the floor that
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way I could have my right foot on the
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yoke and left foot on the throttle and
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crisscross fly the airplane safely the
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airplane was not customized in any way
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for me in 2008 her determination paid
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off when she became the first licensed
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armless pilot in the world three years
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three different airplanes three
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different flight instructors 80 hours of
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flying in three different states I was a
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certified pilot was a long ordeal five
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years ago the 32 year old met husband
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Patrick Chamberlain through their mutual
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love of Taekwondo I remember looking
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across the room and seeing him with this
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confused look on his face he later told
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me it's because he thought I had arms
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and they were in my sweater Patrick and
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I work as a team but he loves to cook
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but I do the dishes we balance each
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other out in different ways
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in you good-morning together
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they promote Jessica's motivational
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speaking which he hopes will inspire
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others to overcome obstacles as she has
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there's something you want to do don't
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let anything stop with that you must be
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persistent think about the last time you
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said I had Patrick and I work together
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to be able to motivate people he has a
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very crucial part of my presentation I
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get to be the one in the spotlight and
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in front of everyone but it would not
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happen if Patrick wasn't back there
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eliminating the challenges as a media
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tech and all-around manager we have some
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very interesting adventures on our
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travels it's a constant adventure and
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it's a lot of fun and while children may
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be in their future for now they plan to
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continue inspiring others if we did have
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a child without arms we wouldn't
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hesitate because I've been able to live
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my life just fine without arms as far as
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we know it's not a genetic condition we
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have many years to spend together and
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start a family we've been talking about
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continuing to travel the world and bring
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the motivational speaking to other
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countries and help change some attitudes
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about disability
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