Special effects company designs working mermaid tail for double-amputee. March 12, 2009— -- When a 4-year-old boy approached her at the beach to ask why she had no legs, Nadya Vessey ...

Double amputee Nadya Vessey will soon be able to swim like a mermaid with a specially-made tail that will let her propel herself through the water. The keen swimmer is to be fitted with the ...

To her surprise they agreed, creating a prosthetic tail from wetsuit fabric and plastic moulds. Miss Vessey, from Auckland, New Zealand, said: "I never had a fantasy to be a mermaid. I am still ...