AN 18-year-old hacked off his own leg using a blunt hoe and then a saw
after he was trapped in rubble following an earthquake.
Construction worker Ramlan, from Padang, Indonesia, had been working
on the seventh floor of a new building when the tremors hit the island
of Sumatra on September 30.
He was trapped by a concrete girder which crushed his right leg up to the shin as he tried to flee with his fellow workers.
Xavian Helley, right, of Sparks consults Thursday with Rick Riley of
Prosthetic Consulting Technologies about getting his prosthetic limbs.
Looking on is PCT worker Chris Beattie. Photo by David B. Parker.
What did Eli Manningdo to get his heel ready for the game?
Manning said he wore orthotics and had some extra tape to
support his foot. He even had tape around the outside of his cleats; players
call it wearing "spats."
"Nothing too heavy," Manning said of the tape job.
"It wasn't anything major, just a little extra support." He wore
high-top cleats, but that's not unusual for him.
Was there any pharmaceutical support?
No. Manning said he did not have any shots of cortisone,
painkillers or anti-inflammatories in his foot.
How did the heel feel?
"It felt great during the game," Manning said.
"I felt that I could do everything, run the offense. I didn't tell coach
Gilbride or Coughlin, 'Hey, don't run this' or 'don't do that.' I felt like I
could do everything we had to do."
So after he left the game, did Manning tune out?
Heck, no. "I actually called a timeout," Manning
said. "I don't know if that's legal or not, but I called a timeout on the
sideline in the two-minute drill. I saw the clock running down, and I yelled it
out."
That saved a delay-of-game penalty. "[The official]
might have thought I was the head coach," Manning said.
Will he practice this week?
"Hopefully, it feels great tomorrow morning," he
said after the game. "I don't have any doubt that it won't, so hopefully,
I will be able to get back to practice all next week and work on getting
better."
