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Professional dancer Georges Exantus sleeps as his prosthetic limb lays on the floor in his bedroom in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Exantus thought he'd never dance again. He was lucky just to be alive. 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. Exantus says he has learned to ignore the long stares and quiet whispers, products of a longstanding stigma in Haiti for people with disabilities. Before the quake, few resources existed to accommodate Haiti's disabled, and many regard people with disabilities as misfits.
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Exantus lifts weights in his bedroom in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Exantus bathes as he prepares for a concert in Port-au-Prince.
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Exantus walks out of his home to his wedding ceremony in Port-au-Prince.
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Exantus puts a ring on the finger of his bride Sherly Henrisme Exantus at their wedding in Port-au-Prince.
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Professional dancer Georges Exantus, right, performs with Modeline Gene Arhan during a show in Port-au-Prince.
See a series of stories from Haiti about amputees getting new prosthetic limbs after the earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010.
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Modeline Gene Arhan is some sexsheeeeee hotness!
More power to him! He looks so happy as he dances.
I wonder if the sheer number of people with amputations now will begin to change the way Hatians view those with disabilities...
How incredible the gift to walk is, let alone dance! We all take so much for granted until the storm of life hit. Then our eyes are opened and hearts begin to understand what many around us struggle with each day. Which we never realized. We gain empathy and more compassion,sometimes no other way.Those who live in the United States and were never affected by the earthquake have probably long forgotten about it.
But for those affected personally, the affects linger on, like this man. The joy on this his face says it all.From great tragedy to triumph.The difference having his ability to stand back up and not have to use crutche again is amazing.
Only those who have struggled after not being able to walk normal, can truly understand. I have no doubt many people's lives and perspectives have changed.That is what happens when life throw us curves. I wish this brave man and his new bride a happy and prosperious future.