‘Limbs for Life’ launches prosthetics work in Haiti

 
BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL | Modified: February 8, 2010 at 4:24 am | Published: February 8, 2010   

GUTHRIE — Piles of manufactured body parts fill cardboard boxes at a warehouse outside Guthrie, waiting to be shipped to the needy in Haitis.

Craig Gavras picks up a leg and points to the metal knee and the plastic foot.

photo - Craig Gavras, executive director of Limbs For Life Foundation, inspects a prosthetic leg donated to the foundation at their warehouse in Guthrie, Oklahoma February 03, 2010. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
Craig Gavras, executive director of Limbs For Life Foundation, inspects a prosthetic leg donated to the foundation at their warehouse in Guthrie, Oklahoma February 03, 2010. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman

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"All this can be used again,” he said.

Haitians will use it again. This month Gavras will lead a team of technicians and volunteers to give prosthetics to Haitians who lost...
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