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Watch: Paralympic athlete Blake Leeper encourages 2-year-old trying out prosthetic legs for first time The incident happened when Leeper was at the Scott Sabolich Prosthetics & Research centre to get his new prosthetic legs fitted.  Updated: December 24, 2020 11:17:58 am "The best thing I saw today," read the caption of the viral clip. Paralympic star Blake Leeper’s heartwarming gesture of encouraging a two-year-old child, who was trying to walk with his prosthetic leg for the first time, has won praise online. In a video, the eight-time Paralympic inte...

Right now, the double amputee’s biggest challenge is actually off the track. Blake Leeper ran his first competitive race in 2009 at the Endeavor Games in Edmond. Minutes after winning, he was invited to join the U.S. Paralympic team and started competing international. “We were all disabled together. It was a club that I belonged in,” said Leeper. Leeper’s speed showed he belonged in another club as well, competing against the world's fastest able-bodied athletes. After qualifying for the World Championships in 2018, the World Athletic Association, a division of the IOC, told Leeper h...

and it's "gma's" fourth of july party. we're rockin' independence day this morning. we have barbecue, country music, mickey and minnie. and wait, is that the hoff? with fireworks? only on "gma." good morning, america. great to be here with you on this independence day. dan abrams, amy robach, paula faris, all doing holiday duty and happy. we have a great crowd outside. and as you just put it, the hoff is back. >> yeah. you can't lose. yeah. >> i think not. >> any day is a good day for the hoff, not just fourth of july. we'll also have the latest on the high-profile trial of georg...

s.e.a.l.s, the man who trains them for their top secret missions. the last time she was here, wanda sykes says sed this. >> i'm over the top. there's nothing i can't say. >> which is exactly why we've invited her back. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. in a moment breaking news on a spectacular fire in kansas city, missouri. an entire city block is in flames. early reports is that a car hit a gas main which turned into a leak causing an inferno. firefighters are balgtzi ibattl blaze as i speak. a dramatic day in court for oscar pistorius. the man the world knows as bl...

invited her back. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. a dramatic day in court for oscar pistorius. the man the world knows as blade runner. he and his girlfriend were in live and couldn't have been happier. he said he thought he was shooting an intruder in the house. prosecutors say that steenkamp locked herself in the bathroom after a heated argument and pistorius shot her dead. each side will try to make their case in that pretoria courtroom reeva steenkamp was laid to rest in an emotional ceremony. listen to her uncle. >> we are here today as a family. but there's only...