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'This was his second leg lost': Missing limb returned to owner
Deputies of the Sonoma County sheriff´s office searched for the owner of the prosthetic and eventually found him.
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The owner, Dion Calloway, said he lost the prosthetic at an altitude of 3,048 meters while skydiving and could not find it after landing. (www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/File)
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ecently, a lumberyard worker in California spotted something surprising lying on the ground: A single prosthetic leg wearing a blue Nike shoe, but no trace of any other body parts, artificial or otherwise.
Deputies of the Sonoma County sheriff´s office searched for the owner of the prosthetic and eventually found him, according to CNN.
The owner, Dion Calloway, said he lost the prosthetic at an altitude of 3,048 meters while skydiving and could not find it after landing.
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“I’ve jumped with the prosthetic before, but a rush of air got inside this time and it just flew off,” Calloway explained as quoted by The State.
Dion has done more than 500 skydiving jumps and he told police he regarded losing his prosthetic leg with humor as he lost his original one, the leg he was born with, in 2017 in similar circumstances.
“Great guy, full of humor who said he lost his first leg in a freak skydiving accident two years ago but that hasn´t held him back. He jokingly quipped that this was his second leg lost while skydiving,” the police office posted on Facebook. (sop/kes)
