“Basketball Girl” Got New Legs.

• Aramax
  March 19th, 2007 at 2:04 pm

  Im impressed… and she has no pants.

  >_>

• Denita TwoDragons
  March 19th, 2007 at 2:07 pm

  I’m in tears here…what a brave little girl…

  –TwoDragons

• Stockholm
  March 19th, 2007 at 2:20 pm

  Looks a bit like homestar runner with her modified legs. I’m horrible.

• Rhea
  March 19th, 2007 at 3:15 pm

  A bit creepy.

• Clockout X
  March 19th, 2007 at 5:03 pm

  I know what you mean, Stockholm.

  Her new legs remind of the Kraftwerk robots. :-/

• Lenny Nero
  March 19th, 2007 at 5:05 pm

  I’m going to hell for this one… but, she looks just like Nana from Nana’s Everyday Life comic.

  http://manga.clone-army.org/posters/nana_poster.png

• Mokuwai
  March 19th, 2007 at 7:09 pm

  Her first picture reminds me of Bob Wieland, who lost his legs in Vietnam and “walked” in a similar fashion across the U.S. He’s a very famous public speaker.

  Here’s a video about him

  http://www.nationwidespeakers.com/video/356

• Ali
  March 19th, 2007 at 8:08 pm

  @Stockholm

  O_o

  That’s just evil!!

• Dave
  March 19th, 2007 at 9:14 pm

  Made me think of the guy in Shallow Hal who walked on his hands… Rene Kirby I think.

  Pretty amazing that she is able to get around like that on the basketball. One of the articles I saw about her said she’s worn out six basketballs thus far. Does she have enough leg left to move the prostheses? From her position on the ball it doesn’t look that way.

  I also remember seeing photos once of a boy with no legs who got around by scooting on a skateboard, pushing with his hands.

  Ok. My turn to be non-PC:
  What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs lying on the front porch?
  Matt.
  What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs in the water?
  Bob.
  What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs hanging on the wall?
  Art.
  What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs waterskiing?
  Skip.
  What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs under your car?
  Jack.

  Ok. I’ll stop. But those are the jokes I’d be telling if I were in her shoes. (Uh oh. I’m in trouble now!)

• Alex
  March 19th, 2007 at 9:50 pm

  You guys are terrible! I, for one, are glad that the girl seems much happier with her new prosthetic legs than hobbling around on a basketball.

• Denita TwoDragons
  March 19th, 2007 at 11:17 pm

  Thank you Alex! I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t feel the need to make awful jokes. C’mon, people, how would you feel if it was YOU missing your legs…?

  –TwoDragons

• Ali
  March 20th, 2007 at 12:49 am

  I have a question regarding those legs…she doesn’t seem to have muscles to propel those prosthetic legs. How is she going to move around?

  Perhaps with crutches to help?

• Denita TwoDragons
  March 20th, 2007 at 1:37 am

  Yes, the legs just keep her at “normal” height, and she’ll have to use the crutches. I think she doesn’t have any leg muscles at all, so until medicine advances a bit further (which it will likely do, of course…) then she’ll just have to make do with crutches.

  But seeing as she was so incredibly proficient with a basketball and two brush handles, then I doubt she’ll be slow on those new legs!

  –TwoDragons

• Aramax
  March 20th, 2007 at 2:18 am

  I didn’t make any comment about her legs… just her lack of pants.

• Dave
  March 20th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

  C’mon, people, how would you feel if it was YOU missing your legs…?

  How do you know I’m not missing my legs?

• Chad
  March 21st, 2007 at 1:17 am

  wow am I the only one thinking what in the hell were those parents thinking strapping their kid to a basketball. and now that I think of it how exactly did they strap that kid to the basketball anyhow? duct tape? wtf! poor kid wow….but yeah put some pants on her jeesh theres gotta be a wicked draft.

• Sid
  March 21st, 2007 at 9:05 am

  They need to book her for the next “Dancing with the Stars” to show up that gold digging Heather Mills.

• Tom p
  March 22nd, 2007 at 9:12 pm

  wow shows how lucky we are

• Betsy S.
  June 11th, 2007 at 12:00 pm

  The picture above shows the work in progress - they did “finish” the legs with a cosmetic outside once they were working! There are some “after” pictures at the end of the slideshow in the URL I posted above

• Betsy S.
  June 11th, 2007 at 12:01 pm

  hm lemme try again on that URL:

  http://www.metacafe.com/watch/292284/basketball_girl/

• Dharm
  July 14th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

  I wanna say that life can change in any second. We all feel so proudy and always look on our beauty, enjoyment, money and other facilities of life. Life can change any second…. accidents can happen with anyone at any time…. think this, what if we be in this situation as this little girl is. She need no sympathy but she need encouragement and we all have to learn with this little girl who easily give up with life. And i am proud on her parents who supported her and let her to be independent.
  Bless u little girl. Wish u live a long happy life with self respect. Never give up this is the way to live a life with respect.

• Dharm
  July 14th, 2007 at 11:28 pm

  I read all the comments above. Except few i m seeing many of them are making joke for this little girl and looking for the pant. And some advertising their websites.
  Are you peoples idiot or have no sense or heartless? Surviving in life is not easy. 60% of peoples in the world living in poor conditions. You got something good in life because of your parents then you are joking others. Life changes so instantly. Respect a life, either it is urs or someone else, life never comes again and again. Sitting in air-conditioner rooms doesn;t let u what is a real life. You looking the girl pant or commentinng robot legs or so on…. you can;t see the happiness on this little girl face after standing on artificial legs. Even she know this is not her real legs but these legs giving her confidence that now she can walk again.
  Shame on those all guys and girls who made fun of this little girl here on this blog.

• Alex
  July 14th, 2007 at 11:54 pm

  I agree with you, Dharm - people can be too glib sometimes.

• bri_fari
  August 23rd, 2007 at 4:44 pm

  theres a lot of people like her in kingston jamaica that roll around on like a skate cart.they got that way from occupational accidents in the sugar mills.

• delroy
  September 17th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

  How brave guys! Congrats ! Continue making fun of a poor amputee girl. Shame on you.

• Chloe :)
  February 18th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

  I Think This Is AN Amazing Story & Im So Happy She Got Legs To Lead A Normal Life!!

  This Is Just One Thing In Our World That Has Had Happy Affect With No Other Meening That For Helping A Child In Need …
  I Hope.

• Rene Kirby
  February 19th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

  Well I’ve looked at this and there are a few of you that need to be in a accedent. Sometimes I can’t believe how heartless some people are. I believe these
  so called heartless people are more handicapped than the disabled, and I’m probable more able than these heartless B a s t e r d s. So go run a red light, or stop sign. or just do everyone a favor and jump off a cliff. From SHALLOW HAL Just call me Walt

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