OTTAWA Just over two years after losing both legs in the Westboro bus crash, Marcie Stevens is set to take the next steps in her recovery process by participating in Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. The Ottawa woman will attempt to walk two kilometres on her prosthetic legs Sunday morning, raising money for the Ottawa Hospital s Emergency Department and Rehabilitation Centre. In an interview on Newstalk 580 CFRA this week, Stevens described walking with her prosthetic legs as, walking on stilts. You re basically walking straight leg, so you re waddling like a penguin. It s trying, as a bilateral amputee above the knees when you walk with prosthetic legs you are using 300 per cent more oxygen, said Stevens. So it s basically like running a marathon just walking.
The Ottawa woman will attempt to walk two kilometres on her prosthetic legs Sunday morning, raising money for the Ottawa Hospital s Emergency Department and Rehabilitation Centre
Posted: May 13, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 13
Bus crash survivor to participate in Ottawa Race Weekend on prosthetic legs
CBC News Ottawa3 hours ago
1:55Marcie Stevens, who lost both legs in the January 2019 bus crash at Westboro station, is planning to take part in Ottawa Race Weekend, travelling two kilometres by wheelchair and on her prosthetic legs.1:55
After losing both legs in the horrific 2019 bus crash at Westboro station, Marcie Stevens is preparing to mark a major milestone in her recovery.
This Sunday, Stevens will be lacing up her running shoes and attempting to walk two kilometres on new prosthetic legs along the Trans Canada Trail, near her new accessible home in Stittsville, as part of Ottawa Race Weekend.