New life and limbs for Iraq war amputees (3/8/04)

New life and limbs for Iraq war amputees
High-tech prostheses helping dozens of soldiers

The Associated Press
Updated: 12:58 p.m. ET March 8, 2004


WASHINGTON - It was dark and drizzly in Baghdad on Nov. 25, and Army Staff Sgt. Maurice Craft was patrolling Highway 5 with two other soldiers. A bomb on the side of the road went off.

“I felt like I was being sucked out of the vehicle,” Craft said. “The Humvee filled up with black smoke, and I just started yelling and screaming because from my waist down went numb.”

Dazed, he looked at his mangled left leg, hanging lifelessly.


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