Amputation: The Beginning Of A New World Of Opportunities |
Posted: March 24, 2017 |
“Don’t Lose Hope, Be Optimistic”: Amputation is not the end” Battle, wars, and unwanted mishaps, these events irrespective of the magnitude, have been the reason for a lot of disappointments, claimed a lot of lives, slowly suspended happiness & peace, and lead to depression. The loss was such that it couldn’t be gauged by any physical measurement scale. But, in this whole scenario of miseries and grievance, there were some men with undoubtedly indomitable courage who rose up after the nightfall and worked hard for the sunrise. Peoples like them, with the heart and soul of a warrior, fight against all the odds and raise an unforgettable example of courage, hard work, dedication, optimism, and the ‘never give up’ attitude. I will share an example of few such honorary individuals who with their inspiring story of all the up’s and down’s in life, taught us that with a positive attitude a man can achieve anything even after rising up from the grave.
John McFall John McFall, a British Paralympic Sprinter, lost his leg when he was only 19 years old. He started his career after his right leg was amputated above the knee, he took to running again and with his hard work, dedication, and the will to get over his disability, he won a gold medal in 2007 Paralympic. McFall is known as the fastest man in the world in the class of 100 and 200 meters category. Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius, also known as Oscar Pistorius or the ‘blade runner’ is a South African athlete. If we can ignore the dark incident (the murder case of his girlfriend for which he’s convicted as the murderer) there’s a lot for us to learn from this athlete. Oscar, who lost his legs after amputation due to a condition called fibular hemimelia, accomplished a lot after that. Though his career was short but during that span, Oscar earned more than a dozen medals. Oscar uses a prosthetic limb which is known as the ‘Flex foot cheetah’ which was there whenever he triumphed. Greg Gadson Greg Gadson or Lieutenant Colonel Greg Gadson, was a US army personnel as you might have guessed. For something around four years, between 1985 to 1989 took to playing football for the US Military Academy. But, on a dreadful night of May 7, 2007, while traveling in Baghdad met an accident, a roadside bomb blast which claimed his legs. He was visited by his teammate Mark Sullivan in the hospital who was also the assistant coach of the New York Giants, he expressed his desires to take his family to watch a game of the Giants. In 2007 Gadson was invited by Sullivan to attend the game, things were not good for the giants and they were doing pretty bad in the whole season. So, Sullivan asked Gadson to address the team and Gadson did exactly as he was asked for. His speech fired up the team and the Giants won six straight games after that. Gadson served as the honorary co-captain of the Giants in the NFC Championship where the Giants won and defeated the New Englands Patriots in the Super Bowl.
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