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Amputee Cycling Association
5104 Mako Drive
Wilmington, NC 28409
Phone 910-352-4735
Fax 910-392-1080
For Details, Contact: Daniel Sheret
Amputee Cycling Association
Phone 910-352-4735
www.ampu-cycle.com
Amputee Cycling Association Press Release
For Release 9 a.m. EDT
June 16, 2004
Amputee Cycling Association announces a 2400 mile cycle trip to promote The Ertl Amputation Surgical Procedure
“I realized I had to go home and throw away my handicap sticker.”
– Dan Sheret, Lower Limb Amputee, following his 52 day bike trek across America in 2003
WHAT:
A 2,400 mile 30 day bike trek from Nashville Tennessee to Bar Harbor Maine
WHO:
Dan Sheret, Wilmington, NC
Director, Amputee Cycling Association
WHY:
Dan Sheret 42 and a below knee amputee of Wilmington NC. continues his mission of bringing hope and awareness to others that suffer from limb loss.
Fresh from a 1400 mile cycle trip from Glasgow Scotland to Prague Czech Republic, Sheret will cycle the 2400 miles to Maine to promote the Barr Foundation and the Ertl Amputation Surgical Procedure.
Barr Foundation President Tony Barr says,
“Dan Sheret, and many amputees like him, whom have the fortitude and desire to become whole again after the loss of a limb, seek out the best surgery possible.
The surgical procedure know as the “The Ertl Procedure ” provides an additional and crucial component to the prosthetic hardware in order to achieve full and complete rehabilitation. Unfortunately, most prosthetists have to deal with what ever the surgeons leave them.”
“The Ertl Procedure provides that extra edge to better assure pain free mobility and the ability to perform remarkable physical achievements.
We have a number of Ertl amps performing remarkable feats with a Ertl”.
Anthony T.Barr
President
Barr Foundation
561-394-6514.
While traveling through 10 states in 30 days, Sheret will share his personal experiences and
will inspire others, with or without physical disabilities to “get off the couch and move on with life” You can follow the journey online at
www.ampu-cycle.com
WHEN:
August 8th, 2004 the trip begins at the Amputee Coalition of America national convention in Nashville Tenn.
