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Gregory Dimitri Gadson (born February 19, 1966) is an American actor and motivational speaker; and a retired colonel in the United States Army and former commander of the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir garrison. [ 1] He is also a bilateral above-the-knee amputee. He served in the U.S. Army for 25 years of active duty as a field artillery officer.
Life and career. Byrnes was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 22, 1948. [ 1] His mother was a homemaker, and his father was a municipal accountant. [ 1] In 1968 he was drafted and served in the Vietnam War for a year in the 196th Infantry Brigade. [ 2][ 3] He has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, since the mid-1970s.
Education. New Horizon School. Spouse. Sarah Easterday 1992. . . ( m. 1994, divorced) . Kenneth Easterday (December 7, 1973 – February 12, 2016) was an American man born with the rare disability, sacral agenesis. To improve his mobility, his legs were amputated at the hip when he was just six months old.
Clark, born with caudal regression syndrome, earned a standing ovation from the ‘”America’s Got Talent” audience and the show’s judges The post Zion Clark, born without legs, wows ...
Sullivan is a four-time US champion in the 100 m. She was among the first bilateral above-knee amputees to compete in the Paralympics in ambulatory track when she ran in the London 2012 Paralympic Games, setting a new American record of 17.33 seconds and finishing 6th in the World. [citation needed] In November 2015, Sullivan received the ...
In 1978, Hall was critically injured after being involved in a car crash. An 18-wheeler truck struck and crushed his car. The crash also caused the gasoline tank of the car to explode, causing burns over 65% of his body. He almost died in the crash; both of his legs were amputated afterwards. Hall now comfortably uses prosthetic limbs, allowing ...
Children. 4. Website. nickvujicic.com. Nicholas James Vujicic ( / ˈvuːɪtʃɪtʃ / VOO-itch-itch; [ 1] born 4 December 1982) [ 2][ 3] is an Australian-American [ 4] Christian evangelist and motivational speaker of Serbian descent. Vujicic has tetra-amelia syndrome, a disorder characterised by the absence of arms and legs. [ 5]
Kurt Yaeger. Kurt Yaeger (born January 3, 1977) is an American actor, writer, director, disability advocate, and professional athlete, who is also a below-the-knee amputee. Recent work includes varying roles on the CBS series NCIS, the HBO/Cinemax series Quarry, Netflix series Another Life, and many other television appearances.