Amaya Williams: Star athlete powered by prosthetic legs
Amaya Williams is a player on the Copiague varsity girls basketball team. She trains with them, practices with them, plays with them. The only difference between herself and her teammates? Williams is a double leg amputee.
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Amaya Williams warms up as the team gets ready for a game against Lindenhurst H.S at Copiague High School, Thursday Jan. 17, 2019.
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Amaya Williams puts on sneakers on her prosthetics as she gets ready for basketball practice at Copiague High School, Wednesday Jan. 16, 2019. Among many medical issues, Amaya was born without bones in her legs and by the age of 4 she was a double leg amputee. Today, the Copiague High School student is the first double leg amputee to play for a Long Island high school basketball team, her determination and unyielding desire to persevere and play the sport she loves has inspired an entire district.
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Amaya shoots the second of two 3 pointers she scored during a game against Riverhead High School, Tuesday Jan. 29, 2019. Among many medical issues, Amaya was born without bones in her legs and by the age of 4 she was a double leg amputee. Today, the Copiague High School student is the first double leg amputee to play for a Long Island high school basketball team, her determination and unyielding desire to persevere and play the sport she loves has inspired an entire district.
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Amaya Williams joins her teammates in a pre-game chant at Copiague High School, Thursday Jan. 17, 2019.
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Amaya Williams celebrates after scoring a three pointer with only a few seconds left in the game against Lindenhurst H.S, Thursday Jan. 17, 2019 at Copiague High School. She's high-fiving with Gabby Gibson, and player #35 is Melinda Harris.
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Amaya Williams walks the hallways of Copiague High School where fellow students and teachers celebrated both her birthday and the much talked about three pointer she scored with only a few seconds left in a game against Lindenhurst H.S they night before.
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Abe Mathews, a certified prosthetist and orthotist at Progressive Orhtotics & Prosthetics in Alberston takes Amaya Williams' measurements as she gets ready for a new set of legs, Tuesday Jan. 22, 2019.
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Amaya Williams practices her moves at the Heckscher State Park basketball court, Wednesday Jan. 23, 2019. Among many medical issues, Amaya was born without bones in her legs and by the age of 4 she was a double leg amputee. Today, the Copiague High School student is the first double leg amputee to play for a Long Island high school basketball team, her determination and unyielding desire to persevere and play the sport she loves has inspired an entire district.
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