Thank you, Manley Pointer.
---
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
> Now copycats are taking inspiration from
the
> classics. From Sunday's
> Washinton Post:
>
> Thefts of Teen's Prosthetic Legs Leave
Mother
> Scratching Her Head
> Lisa Huff went into her teenage daughters'
bedroom
> on Tuesday to grab a
> cheerleading uniform and found the room trashed,
the
> work of thieves
> apparent. But no jewelry was taken; no
electronics
> were gone.
> The only items missing were two prosthetic legs:
one
> cosmetic, the other
> specially designed for running. The legs belong
to
> Huff's younger
> daughter Melissa, a 16-year-old high school
softball
> player who lost a
> leg when a car hit her two years ago.
> The athletic prosthesis had been donated as
a
> replacement for one that
> was stolen from the Huff's Temple City, Calif.,
home
> last November. In
> the first break-in, thieves stole cameras and
other
> valuables along with
> the leg, which cost $16,000. Then in
December,
> someone broke into the
> house and stole the family's Christmas
presents,
> Huff said. And now
> this. The cosmetic leg was worth $12,000.
> Huff said she cannot imagine why her daughter
is
> being targeted. "It's
> something going on with her," Lisa Huff said
of
> Melissa, who is using a
> wheelchair while the family figures out what to
do
> next. "We don't know
> what, because we didn't think she had any
enemies."
> One decision has already been made, Huff said:
"An
> alarm system went in
> today."
> -- Sonya Geis
>
>
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