Amputee Dillon Wilson was devastated when his prosthetic leg fell into the Hudson River while he was jet skiing on Thursday. Wilson lost his leg to an infection in 2015 and was fitted with the $127,000 prosthetic.

"It was like at one time I saw my life fall apart and this was the second time because I knew once it was gone I wouldn't be able to get another one," Wilson told WNYT-TV.

He called emergency responders hoping they'd be able to recover the leg. Then he had to wait.

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First responders from the Corinth Fire department arrived and immediately dove into the water near Spier Falls.

"We were basically told where it was dropped off, we dove there on several occassions to train and we thought we had a chance," Chief Andy Kelley of Corinth Fire Department told the station.

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But the first search wasn't successful, nor was the follow-up search on Friday which lasted for three hours.

The team reassembled on Sunday, this time with the assistance of Hadley-Luzerne Fire, ROG Scuba, Kraken Scuba and Water Horse Adventures. After twenty minutes in the water, they found the leg on the riverbed, about 15 feet below the surface.

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"It was the first leg I've gotten and it was the only one I was going to get, so I'm very fortunate they found it" a relieved Wilson told WNYT.

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The Corinth Fire Department said they were proud to be able to find the leg.

"We're very happy, a lot of camaraderie, we took a lot of pictures to show what a team effort can do, and I'm glad we could assist him," Chief Andy Kelley told WNYT. "It's nice to do what we're supposed to do, we're volunteers and we're hear to help the public."

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