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Georges Exantus

In this Jan. 20, 2013 photo, professional dancer Georges Exantus, right, performs with Modeline Gene Arhan during a show in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Exantus thought he’d never dance again. The earthquake three years ago in Haiti’s capital flattened the apartment where he was living where he spent three days trapped under a heap of jagged rubble. After friends dug him out, doctors amputated his right leg just below the knee. Three years later, the 32-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. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haitian amputee makes comeback on dance floor

Trenton Daniel, Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Georges Exantus thought he'd never dance again. He was lucky just to be alive...
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