A teenage boy in Northampton, England, had both his feet stitched back on in a 12-hour operation which was believed to be the firth of its kind in britain. Seventeen-year-old Peter Holmes's feet were cut off when he was cleaning a soap-making machine and the blades accidentally started up. The nurses packed both feet in ice to stop the tissue deteriorating. After receiving anti-infection treatment, Peter was sent to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire 60 kilometres away, where eight surgeons performed the operation