This Afghan boy’s dance after he was fitted with a new prosthetic leg is making Twitter teary-eyed
Video shared by International Committee of the Red Cross Kabul shows 7-year-old Ahmad celebrating happily after putting on a prosthetic leg for the first time.
Ahmad received artificial limb in @ICRC_af Orthopedic center, he shows his emotion with dance after getting limbs. He come from Logar and lost his leg in a landmine. This is how his life changed and made him smile. pic.twitter.com/Sg7jJbUD2V
— Roya Musawi (@roya_musawi) May 6, 2019
According to the tweet by ICRC Ahmad lost his leg to a landmine explosion
The heartwarming video soon went viral with many praising his “priceless” emotion
Vow,and sometimes we forget the real problems of real people dealing with them on a daily basis. Nothing compares to this happiness and suffering too. So happy for the young man. Bless him and may he stay happy forever.
— Kashif Abbasi (@Kashifabbasiary) May 7, 2019
You can see the happiness in his eyes as well
— Ashish Jalan (@aj_mufc7) May 6, 2019
This is the smile of victory over all odds of life …god bless you dude …. !!
— Jam_R (@Jamshedrana_pk) May 6, 2019
According to the Landmine Monitor Report 2017, at least 100 people lose their lives in mine explosions every month in Afghanistan.
Nearly 653 children were killed between January and September 2018 in the war-torn country, says the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan report