COLUMBIA, Tenn. Greg Kroeker couldn t stop staring at the man with the unusual prosthetic leg in front of him at Lowe s.
The leg has a C -shaped piece of hard-yet-bouncy plastic between the knee and the plastic foot in a sneaker. Hey, my sons are amputees, Kroeker said when he caught the man s eye. Would you mind sharing with me about your leg?
No problem.
Turns out that man, Allen Luke, is a volunteer for Nashville nonprofit Amputee Blade Runners, which outfits amputees with blade prosthetics used for more athletic movements.
And Luke was happy to share with Kroeker, who, with his wife, Suzanne, had adopted two boys from different families in China. Both boys arrived with medical conditions that required leg amputations once they arrived in the States.