[AMP-L] Amputee Athletes Give Others Hope

[Wayne Renardson]

via the Austin, Texas American-Statesman

Greg Dotson loves Duke basketball and also lovesto tell about the 
time two years ago he won 500 bucks by sinking a halfcourt shot at an 
Austin Toros game.

Carlos Garcia loves the Fighting Irish and bristled when I asked him 
when Notre Dame was bringing back Division I football.

These dudes live for sports. Our two-hour visit Tuesday was more 
about having laughs and talking sports than it was about my 
interviews with two young men who have gone through amputations.

Dotson and Garcia work at Orthotic & Prosthetic Technologies Inc., a 
7-year-old company whose owner, Aaron Foreman, custom designs 
artificial limbs for his clients. The business also provides a 
consulting service, and Dotson and Garcia are among five workers who 
go to local hospitals to counsel patients about the reality of 
amputation. They quickly found that some of these patients were 
really into physical fitness before losing one or more of their 
limbs.

The rest of the story, with photos, here:


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Wayne R