EAGLE POINT, OR—Though local man Bret Kurtsin has had to overcome many personal obstacles since having his legs amputated seven years ago, it has been said that his greatest achievement may lie in what he has given to others: the inspiration not to lose any limbs of their own.
Many of those who have met him and heard his story credit Kurtsin, who became a double amputee after he was hit by a drunk driver at the age of 20, with motivating them to always retain the full use of both their arms and their legs.“Bret’s story is really uplifting,” said Rebecca King, 17, who heard Kurtsin speak during an assembly at her high school Wednesday.
Others noted that Kurtsin has taught them a lot more than the simple value of never having both legs amputated a few inches above the knee. They said watching him has also inspired them not to have any part of a leg amputated, not to suffer an injury causing leg or arm paralysis, and not to be born with a congenital limb deformity that would in any way make it harder to move around and grab things.
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