Amiri Afifa, a 24-year-old Afghan woman who lost one of her legs to a landmine at age 4, visited an orthotics and prosthetics maker in western Japan this summer to be fitted with an artificial limb for the second time."Does it hurt here?" prosthetist Hiromi Omori of Nakamura Brace Co. asked Afifa at the company's workshop in Ota city, Shimane Prefecture, while adjusting the socket of the new leg.Omori watched Afifa, who had looked nervous at the beginning, become noticeably relaxed and smile when she walked with the leg, which had been specially crafted for her."So happy. Arigato," Afifa sa…READ FULL ARTICLE
