Boy with autism builds world's largest Lego Titanic replica

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Boy with autism builds world's largest Lego Titanic replica
10-year-old spent over 700 hours building model

By ERIN GABRIEL, CNN

(CNN) - The world's largest Lego replica of the doomed Titanic liner was built over 700 hours -- 11 months -- by a 10-year-old boy from Reykjavik, Iceland, who is on the autism spectrum.

It will make its American debut Monday at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Brynjar Karl Bigisson, now 15, built the replica with 56,000 Lego bricks. It's 26 feet long and 5 feet tall.

Brynjar remembers playing with Legos for hours when he was 5. "I sometimes built from instructions, and sometimes, I used my own imagination," he said...

https://www.clickondetroit.com/health/boy-with-autism-builds-worlds-largest-lego-titanic-replica
 
Inspirational and also perhaps ironic as anecdotal information suggests those with autism may be drowning risks as they may be drawn to water regardless of their ability to swim.
 

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