A fire changed his life forever. 10 years later, the man with a new face talks joy
Robert Chelsea waited with his sister to be seated at a restaurant in Los Angeles. It was his first time going out to eat since he awoke from a six-month coma — and it would be years before he would receive a rare face transplant.
"He looks like a zombie," a little boy in the restaurant screamed as he ran behind his embarrassed father.
Chelsea laughed it off; he had become used to people being afraid of him or turning their heads away because of his appearance.
Ten years ago this August, he was driving home from church when his car overheated on a freeway in Los Angeles. He pulled over to the side and called roadside assistance. As he waited in his
