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Crowd Goes Wild for Amputee Completing NYC Marathon on Crutches

Spectators lining the streets to cheer on runners competing in the 2025 New York City Marathon went wild for a man participating in the event on crutches, viral footage shows. Gianni Sasso, an amputee ...
Yahoo

'We fall and we rise': Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo's other end, ...
AOL

‘We fall and we rise’: Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination

While the government in Sierra Leone doesn’t collect data on amputees, the United Nations estimates there are about 500,000 disabled people in the country. Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a ...
The Boston Globe

‘We fall and we rise’: Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo’s other end, and ...