Able Quote by Richard Leakey

At 18 months old, both of my lower legs were amputated so I could be fitted with prosthetic legs and learn to walk.

— Jessica Long

When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital…

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

When I first had my legs amputated, it was hard for me to be positive and feel pretty. Many people don't know that someone…

— Oksana Masters

I was a super active kid, so I've always been aware of where my body is in space, and I think when I had…

— Oksana Masters

I almost had to have my leg amputated because of an infection.

— Dick Dale

I was very close to having my whole leg amputated. It was a life-altering event. It took years of rehab.

— Jay Williams

They amputated my my right leg right below the knee. It was a tough decision, but it had to be done.

— George Mikan

When I saw that show Lost I learned something. Other than one sort of big dude if you're in an airplane crash only models…

— Billy Bob Thornton

If black boxes survive air crashes - why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

— George Carlin

The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.'

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

You say you should have died instead of me. But during my time on earth, people died instead of me, too. It happens every…

— Mitch Albom

For me, people are like the black boxes found in the debris of airplane crashes.

— Svetlana Alexievich