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Soccer / One-Legged Player #1032132

CBS Evening News for Monday, Oct 01, 2012
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(Studio: Scott Pelley) Report introduced.

(Concord, Massachusetts: Jim Axelrod) High school soccer player Nico Calabria††, who was born without a right leg and hip and plays soccer on crutches, featured; photos shown of him at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro at age 13, skiing, diving and playing volleyball; scenes shown of him wrestling and his soccer goal that has become an internet hit. [CALABRIA – says his disability doesn’t define who he is; says the forearm crutches give him the opportunity to be as mobile as he wants to be; says he just wants to be seen as an equal.] Nico’s debut with the US Amputee Soccer Team noted.

Reporter(s):
Pelley, Scott;
Axelrod, Jim
Duration:
00:03:10

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