Thirty-six-year-old amputee, David Daley, is determined to support his family and himself despite having to live with one leg. “Cause, I tell myself, I don’t want to sit and beg,” he told The Jamaica Observer Central. Daley who was born in Newell, St Elizabeth, came under scrutiny when family members saw from early that one foot was longer than the other. Another abnormality was that his right foot had four toes.

Alarm further set in, when doctors informed Daley’s family that if he continued to walk using both feet, he would eventually suffer adverse effects on his spine. He spent time receiving treatment at the Mona Rehabilitation Centre in Kingston from he was nine years old and then the heart-breaking decision was taken to remove his right foot. Daley was then given a prosthesis (artificial leg) but in time he found the artificial limb unbearably uncomfortable, so he stopped using it.The way Daley tells it, one day he became inspired to ride a bicycle when he saw a one-legged man selling newspapers while riding.(Jamaica Observer)…[+]