[AMP-L] Giving Up Not an Option for Wars' Amputees

[Wayne Renardson]

via the Houston Chronicle: 

SAN ANTONIO - Capt. William Lyles slowly makes his way down a 
carpeted stairway, carefully planting one sneaker firmly on the floor 
before taking another step.

This move takes about a second for a person who has legs. But for 
Lyles, a double amputee using a pair of prosthetic knees run by 
microprocessors, sensors and a gyroscope, it requires serious 
concentration and a full minute to walk down 12 steps.

A Green Beret, Lyles embodies the spirit of amputees at Fort Sam 
Houston's Center for the Intrepid as they battle to recover from 
their injuries, often finding inventive new ways of doing things they 
once took for granted. Yet he also epitomizes a grim and 
unanticipated toll of today's insurgent wars.

The rest of the story, with photos, here: 

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Wayne R.