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Venezuelan amputees adjust to new life after quakes

The 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude quakes killed over 6,300 people and injured almost 18,000 more. (Photo: AFP)

CARACAS - Teenage athlete Dennis Castillo spent 28 excruciating hours trapped under the rubble in quake-hit Venezuela, with a beam crushing her left leg as she waited to be rescued.

The 17-year-old has since had her leg amputated, joining hundreds more Venezuelans who lost limbs during the devastating twin tremors on June 24.

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