Tuesday, June 21, 2011

NY amputee first civilian to get hi-tech, military-grade bionic leg

From the NY Daily News:Lee Majors has nothing on this guy.A 42-year-old New York amputee beamed as he bounded up a Manhattan sidewalk Wednesday after receiving his final fitting for a bionic left leg."It's the closest I've ever felt in 25 years to being able-bodied," crowed Joe Tucker (pictured), who lost his leg above the knee in a motorcycle accident in the Bronx in 1995.The battery-powered