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Muneera Habib Mansoor was at a garden party in Kabul in 1997 when she stepped on a land mine. Her first leg was blown off, the second had to be amputated. Najmuddin Helal drove over a land mine in 1982 and lost both legs. Gulandam Karami, a widow with three children, stepped on one last year as she was taking her goats to pasture. She lost both legs at the hip, and is only just now learning to walk on prosthetics. She is progressing well, but worries that her new legs - shod in bright red Adidas - will not be able...
...they don't stop at giving people prosthetic limbs. The ICRC's Ali Abad Ortho Center in Kabul provides jobs, employing only the disabled. "We discriminate 100% here," says Alberto Cairo, an effusive Italian who heads the orthopedic program. "If you want a job here, cut off your leg." He pauses to pet the center's resident collie, which limps because it was hit by a car. "Actually, don't do that. We don't have enough jobs as it is." Cairo nods at a young man serving tea with a prosthetic right hook. He also wears a prosthetic left...
...Kulalert’s] condition was non-life threatening; he had a cut lip and was complaining of pain in the leg,” said Cambridge Police Department spokesman Frank T. Pasquarello...
...that happens, I feel like I can do some things, create for some people [and for myself].” UP AND UNGER Senior captain Brad Unger returned to the Harvard rotation against New Hampshire, seeing his first action of the season after suffering a stress fracture to his leg in preseason play. And Unger did not disappoint. In a sparse thirteen minutes of play, the big man contributed. Unger tallied nine points, four rebounds, and two assists on a night when the Crimson needed a spark. With sophomore standout Jeremy Lin and Housman combining for four points...
...squad boasts few weak points. Beyond Caputo, junior Andrew Flanagan—who the NWCA ranks sixth at 165 lbs.—was sidelined for the first meet due to a high ankle sprain. Last year it was the same sprain on his other leg that cut short his season. But the junior looks to make his return in the next few weeks. “We’re working well together and getting better,” Warren said. “While we had a couple of injuries in our first match, most of the guys...