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Joe McMichaels, 62, rolls down Main Street in Los Angeles. I got hit by a truck, he says. It happened two years ago. My leg is gone forever.

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( Francine Orr / LAT / October 18, 2005 )

Joe McMichaels, 62, rolls down Main Street in Los Angeles. I got hit by a truck, he says. It happened two years ago. My leg is gone forever.

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