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Beckwith began her YouTube channel, Footless Jo, during her recovery from amputation in 2018. [3] In 2019, the channel became more prominent following a video she released titled, "How I Said Goodbye to My Ankle". That video went viral and garnered over 8 million views. [2] Footless Jo focuses on amputation, disability, and mental health.
[2] [9] In 2011, she was the first female leg amputee to run in the Great Wall Marathon in China, completing the 10k event in 1:49. [ 10 ] Reinertsen has broken the women's above-knee amputee marathon record several times [ 11 ] but does not currently hold it.
Mandy Horvath (born June 10,1993) is a Colorado based American bi-lateral above knee amputee, creative writer, public speaker, actress and mountaineer. She is notable as the first female bi-lateral amputee to summit the Manitou Incline, Pikes Peak (twice), the Statue of Liberty stairwell to the crown, and Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, without the use of prosthetic equipment- using her arms and ...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa’s right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to ...
The video of her amputation went viral and caught the attention of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), a US organization that provides free health care to thousands of injured and ill ...
Lock radioed in details to help other officers arrest the woman, his family said. The suspect, 26-year-old Juliza Aguilar, is charged with assault of a federal officer, court records show.
St. John had her right leg amputated below the knee when she was 5 years old. Despite these challenges, she went on to excel as an athlete, a scholar, a mother and a businesswoman. She is the first African-American to win medals in Winter Paralympic competition as a ski racer, and the first African-American to medal in any paralympic event. [1] St.
Supannee Kittirattana, 57, was on her way to the southern city of Nakhon Si Thammarat when her left leg became caught in the walkway around 8:27 a.m. Thursday (7:27 p.m. Wednesday ET), said Karant ...