"I was born with one limb after being exposed to nuclear radiation"

A man abandoned at an orphanage after he was born with one limb due to Chernobyl radiation said he is living his "dream life" - and loves proving people wrong.

Tim Mason, 27, was born in Moscow, Russia, in April 1997 - 11 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Doctors told Tim his biological mother was exposed to high amounts of radiation following the nuclear accident in 1986, causing his disabilities.

The day he was born, his biological mom left him outside an orphanage, with a note saying she didn't want to raise "a monster".

Aged three, Tim was adopted by Virginia Mason, from Arlington, Illinois, who said she knew she wanted to be his mum as soon as she saw him.