Yes, that's half a guy up there, being placed on his cart by his son as they head out on a tour of Beijing.
The very fine
Spluch finds this
news item at Xinhua, and translates for us:
Quote:
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On 9 March 2004, this 46-year-old man was hit badly by a truck causing the bones below his abdomen to be crushed in Shenzhen, China. Doctors spent 7 months trying to rescue him from death and they succeeded. Due to the lost of the lower half of his body, his height has been reduced from 1.62 meters to 0.78 meters and now weights only 33 kg.
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Apparently they were able to transplant enough skin to cover all the exposed bits, and then they literally built him new plumbing for both liquid and solid waste.
I'm not sure how much time I would spend in public, if it were me. I'd just wobble in front of the monitor. But it's remarkable that the guy lived at all, much less to the point where he could get around with help.