Double amputee walks again due to Bluetooth

[NYVet]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/01/25/bluetooth.legs/index.html


Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill lost both his legs above the knees when a bomb exploded under his Humvee while on patrol in Iraq on October 15, 2006. He has 32 pins in his hip and a 6-inch screw holding his pelvis together.


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Now, he's starting to walk again with the help of prosthetic legs outfitted with Bluetooth technology more commonly associated with hands-free cell phones.

"They're the latest and greatest," Bleill said, referring to his groundbreaking artificial legs.


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What are his long-range plans?

He just wants to make it back to his home state of Indiana and work for a charity or even help the NFL's Indianapolis Colts.

"They do a lot for the community," he said.


He added he simply wants "to give back."

"To, you know, just carry on a normal life. Go home, see my girlfriend, see my family."

[jody]

1. Each and every troop who saw combat whether physically wounded or not shows more courage than Bush,

Cheney, Rumsfeld and their ilk.