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On September 20th, Katie walked down the aisle in two leg braces flanked on either side by her father and her trainer Mike Barwis. Katie told Today that she was more nervous than she expected.
A whale bit off Ahab's leg, and he stands on what's left of the bone. The sound of his ivory limb echoes on the deck. Ahab experiences a constant, piercing pain in his groin that represents the world's suffering. [2] 1964 Barquentine: Gormenghast series: Mervyn Peake: One-legged, hunchbacked dwarf. [3] 2003 Christopher
Purdy was born in Las Vegas in 1979. When she was 19 years old, she contracted Neisseria meningitidis, a form of bacterial meningitis. [1] The disease affected Purdy's circulatory system when the infection led to septic shock; [2] both of her legs had to be amputated below the knee, she lost both kidneys along with hearing in her left ear, [3] and her spleen had to be removed. [1]
Ajith C. S. Perera (1956–2020), a Sri Lankan disability rights activist and former cricket umpire, who was paralyzed when a tree fell onto his moving car. [15] Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), former president of the United States who, at the age of 39, was partially paralyzed by polio [16]
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Paralyzed due to a fall in 2005. [22] Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999) – Soul singer/songwriter, paralyzed in a stage accident in 1990. [23] Guy McElroy (1948–1990) – American art historian and curator [24] Elena Mukhina (1960–2006) – Soviet gymnast and 1978 World AA Champion, paralyzed as a result of an under-rotation in a practice ...
Marrianne Rooprai’s personal story of recovery has inspired other paralyzed people across the world Marrianne Rooprai’s story of recovery is absolutely inspirational She was one of the first ...
Moving from St. Louis University to Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, he continues his efforts to stimulate paralyzed muscles and it is there that he begins to work with Nan and other paraplegics. Due to how recent Nan's paralysis is, her leg muscles are strong enough to partake in Dr. Petrofsky's experiments.