Dying Cuban prisoner finds new life in Miami
After a debilitating condition had him paralyzed and on the brink of death, a former Cuban political prisoner took his first steps at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
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BY JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ
JCCHAVEZ@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM
Nearly seven months after arriving in Miami in a wheelchair — wasted to the bone from malnutrition — former Cuban political prisoner Ariel Sigler Amaya has taken his first steps after a long stretch of paralysis.
Sigler, 47, walked for a few minutes at Jackson Memorial Hospital this week, a victory for someone who was on the brink of death.
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