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A rare bacterial disease led to the amputation of Shalini Saraswathi’s limbs when she was in her 30s. At 36, she took up running and is now preparing for the Paralympics to be held next year. She is also a motivational speaker and blogger with her own original series on Firework.
She was hitting on the marines that were taking care of you. i look at my bank account. $30,000 is missing. that was the darkest days. i told the psychiatrist to get away. i told doctors to get away from me. didn't want to go therapy. >> reporter: at some point after his wife left him he decided to lift himself up and out of the darkness. he went skydiving and decided to live again. he tells his story to these sixth graders in washington, d.c. they are helping him raise money for his surgery. >> right now i look forward to getting married in november. it's taken a while. [ applause ] >> report...
significant reduction in the american standard of living." their words, not mine. but when you break it down, the reality gets even more troubling. during the recession, the average income slipped by about 3%. but after the recession when the economy was supposed to be picking up, take a look. the average income dropped by nearly 7%, down to $49,909. incomes fell more after the recession ended than they did during the actual recession. as the senate begins debating president obama's jobs bill, perhaps this explains why so many people are angry. and also explains, in part, why occupy ...