He survived against all the odds; now PengShulin has astounded doctors by learning to walk again.When his bodywas cut in two by a lorry in 1995, it was little short of a medicalmiracle that he lived.
Took a team of more than 20 doctors tosave his life. Skin was grafted from his head to seal his torso – butthe legless Mr Peng was left only 78cm (2ft 6in) tall.
Bedridden for years, doctors in China hadlittle hope that he would ever be able to live anything like a normallife agan. But recently, he began exercising his arms, building up thestrength to carry out everyday chores such as washing his face andbrushing his teeth.
Doctors at the China RehabilitationResearch Centre in Beijing found out about Mr Peng's plight late lastyear and devised a plan to get him up walking again
