NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - It’s Thursday afternoon, and Adam Sivia is right where he feels most at home: the gym. He’s locked in, training on the bench press, part of his regular routine. At first glance, ...
WEST HAVEN -- Nothing can get in the way of longtime city maintenance worker Tyrone Douglas and his job -- not even two amputations below the knee and prosthetic legs. So when Douglas spent a year ...
A former Gurkha soldier who lost both his legs in Afghanistan has become the first double above-the-knee amputee to reach the top of Mount Everest. Hari Budha Magar arrived at the world’s tallest ...
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Oscar Pistorius, double-amputee and former Olympic sprinter convicted in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Personal Birth date: ...
A former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. and his family received the key to a new, adaptive home thanks to the nonprofit Home for Our Troops Christopher Byers lost both of his legs below the knee while serving ...
A Gurkha veteran who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan has set a new record becoming the first double above-knee amputee ...
Rex Ellebracht, center, in black, helps run a limb loss support group at LMH Health, where he also serves as a peer advocate for people who have their limbs removed. Rex Ellebracht has been doing ...
When Army veteran Dan Nevins was forced to medically retire from the military after losing both his legs in combat, he thought he’d be financially taken care of by the country that he served. But ...