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After surviving kitchen table amputation, Gazan teen injured in war gets artificial leg in Colorado

Ahed Bseiso fled with her sister in search of medical care after Israeli bombing prompted harrowing at-home amputation

Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
By | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Dr. Omar Mubarak, right, smiles while watching Ahed Bseiso, 18, takes some of her first steps with a newly fitted prothetic leg donated by the Hanger Clinic at the Swedish Medical Center on Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Englewood. Bseiso was injured by an Israeli shell in December and subsequently had her leg amputated by her uncle, an orthopedic surgeon, at home. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Dr. Omar Mubarak, right, smiles while watching Ahed Bseiso, 18, takes some of her first steps with a newly fitted prothetic leg donated by the Hanger Clinic at the Swedish Medical Center on Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Englewood. Bseiso was injured by an Israeli shell in December and subsequently had her leg amputated by her uncle, an orthopedic surgeon, at home. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
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Ahed Bseiso, a Gazan teenager, survived an Israeli bombing iand then an emergency amputation. Now, she's in a Englewood prosthetic clinic, a world away from the war, as she tested out her new leg.
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