Mike Corcoran, a hip disarticulation and hemipelvectomy specialist, says treating American military amputees was different — with a few exceptions, they were leaving war behind. The Ukrainians here don't have that option.
Oleksandr Fedun, 24, holds onto railings as he practices walking on his prosthetics at Medical Center Orthotics & Prosthetics in Silver Spring, Md., on February 2, 2023. MCOP is working with several charities and organizations to help fit Ukrainian soldiers with prosthetics after they've been injured in combat."The enemy reconnaissance did their job and they mined the roads," he says.
"The goal is to give him his life back," says Mike Corcoran, one of the founders of MCOP, and a prosthetics for over 30 years."We're giving them the equipment to live a normal life. They're tools, but they're not advancing him beyond what he lost," says Corcoran, leaning over a workbench covered in prosthetic feet.
Since Russia invaded a year ago, it's believed that thousands of Ukrainians have lost limbs in the war, though the government in Kiev hasn't publicly confirmed the number killed or wounded. Corcoran says treating American military amputees was different — with a few exceptions, they were leaving war behind. The Ukrainians here don't have that option.Oleksandr Fedun stands next to a prosthesis designed with the colors of the flag of Ukraine in the workshop.
When tried to get up and run toward them he found his legs were useless. Stabbing the ground with his commando knife, he dragged himself toward them for about 30 yards. Then his men reached him and started pulling him by the arms, not realizing that a heavy anti-tank mine was still attached and banging against his right leg, which was visibly broken. His left leg was gone.
"For half a year, you don't have a leg and you never believe you would walk. And finally, you can stand up on your own and you can walk — psychologically it's very hard to adjust to," he said.Ruslan Tyshchenko, a Ukrainian sapper, says the first thing he wanted to do when he got his prosthesis was sit with his legs crossed.
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