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Fire Survivor Uses Exoskeleton to Return Home in Hong Kong

4/17/2026

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In Hong Kong, Fanny Mok, 59, returns to her Tai Po home after a November fire that killed 168 people and displaced over 4,000 residents.
She uses robotic exoskeleton legs to reach her 13th-floor home.
From April 20 to May 4, flats are accessible for three hours.
Betty Ho, 61, on the 15th floor, described collecting decades of items in that short window, as many residents are in temporary accommodations.

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Story summary

In Hong Kong, Fanny Mok, 59, returns to her Tai Po home after a November fire that killed 168 people and displaced over 4,000 residents.
She uses robotic exoskeleton legs to reach her 13th-floor home.
From April 20 to May 4, flats are accessible for three hours.
Betty Ho, 61, on the 15th floor, described collecting decades of items in that short window, as many residents are in temporary accommodations.