Family Father with Power

Karl-Heinz Ammon is the father of a family and loves to build things for fun. He likes working in the yard, on the house or romping around with his two daughters. His wife is constantly astonished by everything that her husband can do. Renovating the kitchen in a day, for example, just to surprise his wife, is no problem for Karl-Heinz Ammon and his myoelectrically controlled DynamicArm®. Karl-Heinz Ammon lost his left arm in a work accident in March 2001. At that time he was working as a baggage handler at the Dusseldorf airport. As he was trying to help his co-workers with a problem, the weight of a loading bridge crashed down on his left arm. The fire department needed almost an hour to release his arm from its position and its amputation could not be avoided.

No Limits

Karl-Heinz Ammon did not despair of his situation. True to his philosophy of life: “Everyone’s fate is written on the wall”, he took his life in his own hands. His girlfriend at that time – now his wife – provided him with tremendous support.

Three times she had to ask him – that’s how they’d arranged it – whether he would like to marry her before they both finally agreed to get married. Today the two of them are the proud parents of two daughters. After his accident, Karl-Heinz Ammon’s boss offered him a job that he could do despite his handicap. Karl-Heinz Ammon now works in airport catering and packages perfume, alcohol and cigarettes for duty-free shops.

Karl-Heinz Ammon loves his hobbies. He takes good care of their yard and house, both of which look great. His wife is especially happy that her enthusiastic fisherman is able to stick his worms back on the hook by himself. The only time his prosthesis does not help him, is when he is swimming. But that – Karl-Heinz Ammon admits good-naturedly – was not going so well before the accident either. He wasn’t about to win any world records anyway. He has other plans. “I’d like to learn to dive,” he said, smirking. “I’m definitely going to book a diving course on our next vacation.”