A legless soldier’s request: Look at me!
“I would want people to treat us as they treat themselves. Not look down on us because we’re injured,” Artem Lazukin tells the Oregonian‘s Mike Francis. “When I’ve been around people, I’ve seen them look away. Like I’m not there.”
"I would want people to treat us as they treat themselves. Not look down on us because we're injured," Artem Lazukin tells the Oregonian's Mike Francis. "When I've been around people, I've seen them look away. Like I'm not there."
“I would want people to treat us as they treat themselves. Not look down on us because we’re injured,” Artem Lazukin tells the Oregonian‘s Mike Francis. “When I’ve been around people, I’ve seen them look away. Like I’m not there.”
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