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'I AM WISER': Mohammad Malek works out daily in the pool at Loma Linda's Drayson Center. Land mines blew off his legs near his family's home in Kabul, Afghanistan, when he was 15. A benefactor who was moved by the teen's determination arranged for him to be treated in the United States.
'I AM WISER': Mohammad Malek works out daily in the pool at Loma Linda's Drayson Center. Land mines blew off his legs near his family's home in Kabul, Afghanistan, when he was 15. A benefactor who was moved by the teen's determination arranged for him to be treated in the United States. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
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