India’s lone blade runner, Major (retd) D P Singh needs another leg to run. With a dream to win a medal for the country in the next Paralympics, the 39-year-old former soldier, once declared ‘brought dead’, is currently seeking support from well-wishers to buy a leg - an imported right leg.
Fourteen years ago (July 15, 1999), Major Singh was hit by an enemy mortar while undertaking an attack mission as part of Operation Vijay, during the Kargil War. He had splinters all over his body, damaging his liver, ribs, elbow, intestine, ears, bladder, thighs and legs. He was among the ‘brought dead’ category and was being taken to the mortuary. As luck would have it, a doctor observed some movements and the Major survived. But three days later, his right leg had to be amputated.
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