From tragedy to triumph
Subtitle: the story of John Tartaglio
By: John Tartaglio, Andrew Chapin
Contributors: Chapin, Andrew
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: No Limits Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Milford, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780991259205; 9780991259212
Subjects: Amputees; Biography; Necrotizing fasciitis; Patients; Rehabilitation; Amputés; Biographies; Réadaptation; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; People with Disabilities
Description: "In 24 hours, a rare bacterial infection turned healthy 17 year old John Tartaglio to a double-leg amputee, but 15 hours and 59 minutes is all that it took for him to reclaim the life that he had left behind. From Tragedy to Triumph is his story of perseverance over a heartbreaking circumstance as incomprehensible as it is seemingly insurmountable. Amputated up to his hipbones and told he would never walk again, John did not give up on life. Instead, he rose to do what others said he could not. Walking, running, competing, but most importantly living, he proved to them what he had always known- his disability did not define him; he defined his disability."--Page 4 of cover