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Haitian amputee makes comeback on dance floor
The 2010 earthquake in Haiti's capital flattened the apartment where Georges Exantus was living and he spent three days trapped under jagged rubble. After friends dug him out, doctors amputated his right leg just below the knee.
Three years later, the 31-year-old professional dancer is back on the floor, spinning away as he does the salsa, cha-cha, and samba. A prosthetic leg doesn't hold him back. If some see him as something of an outcast, his friends find him an inspiration. He’s not one for self-pity; he was determined to dance again, and did.
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