Majid now older, suddenly taller
Majid Fadhil Sabor, 15, right, puts on a new sock on his left limb before putting on his left prosthetic leg during his final appointment with prosthetist Kevin Spicer at Yanke Bionics in Akron on Monday. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Yanke Bionics prosthetist Kevin Spicer, left, measures one of Majid Fadhil Sabor's new prosthetic legs held by fellow prosthetist Kevin Montini, right, and Mike McGregor, center, a prosthetic lab technician at Yanke Bionics in Akron on Monday. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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Majid Fadhil Sabor, 15, sports his new hairstyle during his final meeting with Yanke Bionics prosthetists Kevin Montini and Kevin Spicer at Yanke Bionics in Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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Majid Fadhil Sabor, 15, right, shakes the hand of Yanke Bionics prosthetist Kevin Montini after Majid's final appointment with Montini and fellow prosthetist Kevin Spicer, left, at Yanke Bionics in Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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Majid Fadhil Sabor, 15, leads Huda and Steve Sosebee of the Palestine Children's Relief Fund back to their car after his final appointment at Yanke Bionics in Akron on Monday. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
August 2008 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 14, of Iraq stands on planks to measure the correction needed to make his right leg the same length as his left leg at Yanke Bionics in Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
August, 2008 --- Prosthetist Kevin Montini CPO, LPO, left, watches as Majid Fadhil Sabor, 14, walks on his prosthetic legs at Yanke Bionics. Majid is back in the United States to be fitted for new prosthetic legs.(Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, winces as Yanke Bionics prosthetist Kevin Montini has Majid pull a compression stocking on his left leg as he is being fitted for a diagnostic socket to create his final prosthetic. Majid's leg is sensitive from surgery. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Palestine Children's relief Fund founder Steve Sosebee of Kent plays with Majid in the Sosebee home. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid plays basketball during an afternoon recess with Jemar Franklin, 9, and other classmates at Holden Elementary School in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, shows off his running skill during his last appointment at Yanke before heading home. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Alisa Mills, right, a certified child life specialist for Akron Children's Hospital shows Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, the mask he will wear that will put him under for surgery. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, laughs as classmates look at a prosthetic foot during a presentation by Yanke Bionics prosthetist Kevin Montini at Holden Elementary School in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid plays with a Hummer remote controlled toy car given to him by an Iranian now living in Akron.(Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid winces during a physical therapy session to improve his muscles and therefore his walking at the Edwin Shaw Hospital for Rehabilitation facility in Hudson with physical therapist Mike Miller. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, (center wearing tie), walks with classmates to lunch at Holden Elementary School in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Akron resident Um Talal, a native of Iraq, kisses Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, while Majid recovers from his orthopedic surgery at Akron Children's Hospital to prepare his legs for prosthetics. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, smiles as he is fitted with a diagnostic socket on his left leg at Yanke Bionics by prosthetist Kevin Montini. Measurements will be taken on the sockets in order to fine tune the fit for the final prosthetics for his legs. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid grows tired as Kevin Spicer, a prosthetist at Yanke Bionics, makes adjustments to his right leg. (Karen Schiely / Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Yanke Bionics prosthetist Kevin Montini checks out Majid's legs before making casts of them to create Majid's prosthetic legs at Yanke Bionics in Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, center, says he feels some discomfort as he talks in Arabic to Huda Sosebee, (left) and Um Talal as Majid recovers from his orthopedic surgery at Akron Children's Hospital to prepare his legs for prosthetics. Sosebee and her husband are caring for Majid while in Akron and Um Talal is her friend. Talal is orginally from Iraq and moved to Akron after the Persian Gulf War. She said that Majid looks just like her son. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Yanke Bionics prosthetist Kevin Montini pulls on a compression sock put on the arm of Lori Decker, 9 during a presentation to Majid Fadhil Sabor's third grade class at Holden Elementary School in Kent about Majid's prosthetic legs. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, pulls a plastic toy out of the water at Plum Creek Park during a Holden Elementary School class picnic in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, puts weight on his left prosthetic leg as he waits for the Yanke Bionics prosthetists to return with the other leg. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Custodian Lynn Curry caries Majid to a side entrance of Barber Elementary School in Akron where he is to visit the third grade class of Ann Merendino. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Na-Young Yu, 8, left, and Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, work on an art project in the art room at Holden Elementary School in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Huda Sosebee of Kent says goodbye to Majid Fadhil Sabor before he boards the plane that will take him to Chicago where he will connect to a flight to Amman, Jordan to join his father. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Dr. Paul Fleissner, right, removes some bone from the legs of Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, to prepare them for prosthetics. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 --- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, of Iraq, is staying with Steve and Huda Sosebee of Kent while he is in this country to receive his prosthetic legs. Snow is a rare sight in Iraq. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, maneuvers the stairs on the deck as he heads down to the backyard to play with Deema Sosebee, 8, at the Sosebee home in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid is hugged by classmates and third grade teacher Gretchen Sues at the end of his last day of school at Holden Elementary in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, makes a playful face at classmate Melisha Vaughn, 9, in the third grade classroom of teacher Gretchen Sues at Holden Elementary School in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, sits in his wheelchair after walking on his prosthetic legs for the first time at Yanke Bionics with the help of parallel bars. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, (right), and Deema Sosebee, 8, race down the hall to get back to their classroom after an OhioReads tutoring session at Holden Elementary School in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, walks on his prosthetic legs at Yanke Bionics with the help of parallel bars. Yanke Bionics prosthetists Kevin Montini, left, and Kevin Spicer, right, are watching his progress. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid takes the wheel at a video car game at Chuck E. Cheese in North Canton. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid is wheeled past Carol Caughron's first grade class after Majid's visit to Barber Elementary School in Akron. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid clutches the parallel bars while trying out his new prosthetic legs at Yanke Bionics. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, sits in his wheelchair after walking on his prosthetic legs for the first time at Yanke Bionics with the help of parallel bars. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, looks at Yanke Bionics prosthetist Kevin Montini as Montini takes a measurement of his leg in order to create a diagnostic socket. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Not a big fan of sweets, Majid grimaces while tasting a frosted cupcake at this send-off party at Holden Elementary School in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid shakes hands with a Cleveland Cavaliers player during their warm-up before a game. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Kevin Montini, a prosthetist with Yanke Bionics, draws a line indicating where the leg for Majid Fadhil Sabor's prosthetic will be placed using this diagnostic socket on Majid's right leg. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Yanke Bionics prosthetist Kevin Montini watches Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, walk during Majid's last appointment at Yanke before heading home. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, aims a rubber band at a local television reporter as Steve Sosebee, left, is being interviewed at Yanke Bionics. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Paul Fleissner (left) examines Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, at the Crystal Clinic in Bath Township. Majid lost his legs in a roadside explosion that killed his cousin in Iraq. He was brought here by the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor waves to the Sosebees, his host family, from the plane that will take him to Chicago where he will connect to a flight to Amman, Jordan to join his father. Photo taken at Hopkins International Airport. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor of Iraq, climbs up the stairs at Steve and Huda Sosebee's home in Kent before receiving his prosthetic legs. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Kaleel Hamed, 11, gives Majid a tour of the worship area of the Islamic Center of Cleveland. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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August, 2008 --- Prosthetists Kevin Spicer, CP, LP, left, and Kevin Montini, CPO, LPO are amazed at how well Majid Fadhil Sabor, 14, maintained his prosthetics legs since receiving them three years ago. He is being fitted for new prosthetic legs at Yanke Bionics. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
2005 -- Dr. Paul Fleissner, left, removes parts of a bone from the right leg of Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, to prepare the leg for a prosthetic during surgery. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid's shadow dances across the blacktop of the playground as he jumps a rope twirled by a student and physical education teacher Shawn Bates during recess at Holden Elementary School in Kent. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 - Deema Sosebee, 8, runs after Majid Fadhil Sabor, 10, during a shopping trip to Chapel Hill Mall in Cuyahoga Falls during his first week in this country. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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2005 -- Majid Fadhil Sabor, 11, during his initial exam by Dr. Paul Fleissner, an orthopedic surgeon at the Crystal Clinic in Bath Township. Majid lost his legs in a roadside explosion that killed his cousin in Iraq. He was brought here by the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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