02-23-2008, 04:10 AM
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02-23-2008, 04:47 AM
02-23-2008, 04:53 AM
Another day, another xoB/WaPo image. The official cap says Qian Hongyan, 8, crawls with two home-made props and part of a basketball at Zhuangxia Village in Yannan Province, China. The girl lost both of her legs in a traffic accident in 2000 at the age of three.
"This is kind of a downer depending on point of view," xoB says. Yup. It's sad that it happened; it's sad she doesn't have a better way to get around. But she looks well, doesn't she? Kind of a strange contrast between her well-kept face, dressed hair and clean, nice clothing, and her rudimentary means of getting around.
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She still looks a bit strange, but this is a great advance for young Qian Hongyan. You might remember her in a different configuration, in an
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4K9vd_w2Y
"This is kind of a downer depending on point of view," xoB says. Yup. It's sad that it happened; it's sad she doesn't have a better way to get around. But she looks well, doesn't she? Kind of a strange contrast between her well-kept face, dressed hair and clean, nice clothing, and her rudimentary means of getting around.
She still looks a bit strange, but this is a great advance for young Qian Hongyan. You might remember her in a different configuration, in an
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4K9vd_w2Y
02-23-2008, 04:55 AM