He has a leg up on the competition.
A young Long Island man who lost his leg after being shot three months out of high school is completing the ultimate redemption arc as a champion bodybuilder who has turned tragedy into triumph.
“When I went to the prosthetic store for the first time, I saw so many other young people in there completely losing it and breaking down,” Louis Plumitallo, 22, of Mount Sinai told The Post. “I knew I couldn’t let that be my life.”
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/09/30/us-news/long-island-man-who-lost-leg-in-shooting-accident-now-hailed-as-champion-bodybuilder-i-couldnt-let-that-be-my-life/
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