Five-year old youngest to have flex-foot artificial legs


	Five-year old youngest to have flex-foot artificial legs

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4-11-2009 9:14 AM

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4-17-2009 1:57 PM

ShannonGB

Good for her, she might even be able to run faster than her sister with those things!

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LITTLE battler Ellie Challis has a real spring in her step — after 
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The five year old — who lost her limbs in 2005 when she almost died 
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They are the same type as the legs used by disabled athlete Oscar Pistorius 
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Ellie first touched the hearts of Sun readers in 2006 when she was pictured 
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Boss Bob Watts custom-built a pair of the flex-foot legs, which had never 
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And within seconds of having the limbs fitted Ellie was running around 
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