{"id":37099,"date":"2020-07-30T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/divers-pull-paralympic-hopefuls-prosthetic-from-ocean-floor\/"},"modified":"2020-07-30T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T04:42:00","slug":"divers-pull-paralympic-hopefuls-prosthetic-from-ocean-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/divers-pull-paralympic-hopefuls-prosthetic-from-ocean-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Divers pull Paralympic hopeful\u2019s prosthetic from ocean floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Divers pull Paralympic hopeful\u2019s prosthetic from ocean floor<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 30, 2020 |<\/span> 12:42am <\/p>\n

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\n Divers from the Long Beach Fire Department Marine Safety team wave after they DeWalt Mix’s lost a prosthetic leg, right, after searching the ocean off Long Beach<\/span>
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\n LOS ANGELES \u2014 When DeWalt Mix lost his prosthetic leg while paddle-boarding off the coast of Long Beach, the local Fire Department dove right in to try to retrieve it for him.<\/p>\n

When rescue divers couldn\u2019t find it on Sunday, Mix all but gave up hope of ever seeing it again. He figured it was ensconced on the bottom of the ocean, having taken with it any hope he had of competing in the javelin throw at the 2021 Paralympic Game<\/a>s in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

They still couldn\u2019t find it on Monday. But, armed with new information on precisely where Mix was when his leg slipped off, they went out for a third day on Tuesday. Soon after, one of the divers sent a message to the Hollywood writer-director-producer\u2019s cellphone.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe texted us a photo of the divers coming out of the water with a triumphant fist in the air,\u201d Mix recalled Wednesday, letting loose a joyful laugh.<\/p>\n

And in one of the divers\u2019 other hands was Mix\u2019s missing carbon fiber and titanium leg. What\u2019s more, it was seemingly no worse for being submerged in salt water for three days.<\/p>\n

The great-nephew of early Western movie star Tom Mix lost most of his left leg in a near-fatal crash with a drunk driver who collided with his motorcycle on LA\u2019s Sunset Boulevard in 2007.<\/p>\n

A state champion in the javelin at California\u2019s Pomona College, he\u2019d largely given up the sport after school, but took it back up following the accident.<\/p>\n

After sitting out the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games with injuries, he had been training relentlessly for this one, figuring at age 41 it may be his last chance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had been biking every day for the past two weeks, but after I lost the leg I had to stop,\u201d he said. \u201cSo the last couple of days I\u2019ve been pretty bummed.\u201d<\/p>\n

He made do those days with crutches as he contemplated ordering a new prosthetic, which could take up to seven months to deliver and cost as much as $20,000, which he wasn\u2019t sure his insurance would cover.
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\nMeanwhile, finding the leg was no easy task.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat area happ<\/a>ens to be pretty challenging because it goes from about 30 feet to about 65 feet in about zero visibility,\u201d said Capt. Omar Naranjo of the Fire Department\u2019s Marine unit.<\/p>\n

He gave a lot of credit to Mix for being able to recall precisely where he was when the leg slipped off as he was climbing back into a friend\u2019s boat in the Long Beach marina.
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\nBut Mix says that\u2019s only part of the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest part of this whole story is the fact that none of these rescue operators gave up,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just amazed at how professional and dedicated they all are.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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