James Harrison never thought he was doing anything special.
"No problem, no hardship," he said.
This was a man with an aversion to needles. A man who sat down for one anyway, 1,173 times.
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And according to his daughter, he always told people the same thing.
"He always said it does not hurt, and the life you save could be your own."
— Tracey Mellowship, his daughter
As a boy, his life was saved by strangers he never met.
As a man, he helped save millions of babies who would never meet him.
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Most of them will never know his name.
But each of them owes a little of their life to the man with the golden arm.



