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Double-amputee Tony Hudgell will be able to walk without crutches

BBC News 24 Mar 2025
Tony Hudgell had both legs amputated after being abused as a baby by his birth parents. .
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Double-amputee boy will soon not need crutches to walk

BBC News 24 Mar 2025
Tony Hudgell had both legs amputated after being abused as a baby by his birth parents ... .
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‘I was taking on a monumental challenge’: racing driver Billy Monger on why being a double amputee hasn’t slowed him down

Yahoo Daily News 23 Mar 2025
For Monger, who has been a double amputee since losing both legs in a horror motor-racing crash in 2017, the challenge seemed almost insurmountable ... Last Christmas, Monger became the first double amputee to appear on Strictly.
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Venezuelan migrant dreams of US national amputee soccer stardom

The Elkhart Truth 22 Mar 2025
Juan Carlos Vargas lost a leg in a road accident but that did not stop him from undertaking a perilous journey from his native Venezuela to the United States ... .
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Kitten Becomes a Double Amputee After Being Hit by a Car—Look at Him Now

Newsweek 22 Mar 2025
After being hit by a car and left in the road, it wasn't clear what the future held for Wheels, but now following the surgeries he refuses to be held back ....
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Schuyler man hiking 1,200-mile trail to raise awareness of amputee struggles

Journal Courier 21 Mar 2025
Littleton resident Tom Jalinski will begin hiking the entirety of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail next month in an effort to raise awareness of the challenges faced by amputees like him ... .
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This MUN researcher is hoping to use A.I. to change the lives of amputees

CBC 21 Mar 2025
... intelligence to power prosthetics for amputees.
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A Lexington teen lost his leg in a car crash. A fellow amputee is helping ...

The State 21 Mar 2025
Despite the loss of a limb, multiple surgeries and a month in the hospital, Lexington’s JJ Haselbarth is optimistic about his future ... .
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'A leg to stand on': Ghana amputee making DIY prosthetics

Urdu Point 21 Mar 2025
<p>Wa, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Mar, 2025) People in Ghana's rural and impoverished north can often get caught in a grim medical catch-22.</p><p> With few ...
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Ukrainian amputees learn adaptive skiing

Lebanon Express 20 Mar 2025
HOODOO SKI AREA — Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Shvachka lost his left leg to Russian tank fire outside Kyiv. Three years on, the latest step in his physical and mental rehabilitation recently unfolded under a brilliant blue sky on a ....
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Caretaker rescues amputee, son with disabilities and service dog from Washington County house fire

WPXI 19 Mar 2025
CROSS CREEK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A Washington County family’s home was destroyed in an early morning fire Tuesday. Patricia Boggs says she woke up at 3 a.m. and saw the flames were rolling ... He’s an amputee who uses an electric wheelchair ... ... ....
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Ukrainian war amputees visit US to learn adaptive skiing

News & Record 18 Mar 2025
HOODOO SKI AREA, Ore.Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Shvachka lost his left leg to Russian tank fire outside Kyiv. Three years on, the latest step in his physical and mental rehabilitation recently unfolded under a brilliant blue sky on ... .
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Amputees

McDowell News 18 Mar 2025
The ski program's goal is to improve the veterans' physical and mental health and teach the Ukrainian ski coaches how to use adaptive ski equipment so they can share that knowledge with the war-torn country's thousands of amputees. The group ... .
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Ukrainian war amputees learn adaptive skiing in US

McDowell News 18 Mar 2025
HOODOO SKI AREA, Ore.Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Shvachka lost his left leg to Russian tank fire outside Kyiv. Three years on, the latest step in his physical and mental rehabilitation recently unfolded under a brilliant blue sky on ... .
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