By 2011, Chenoweth had been dealing with her own limb loss for nearly eight years.

CNN: Strutting their stuff for limb loss awareness

Living with limb loss requires a certain toughness.

CNN: Strutting their stuff for limb loss awareness

Over the past two years, Strut Your Stuff has inspired people to go out in their community for the first time without a cosmetic cover, reveal to co-workers that they're living with a prosthetic, or even leave the confines of their own homes, which they hadn't done since their limb loss.

CNN: Strutting their stuff for limb loss awareness

As tragic and violent as the circumstances of their injuries were, the 14 people who lost arms, legs, hands or feet as a result of the attack represent a fraction of who undergo amputation in the United States on any given day -- roughly 500 people, according to figures from the Amputee Coalition, the nation's largest limb loss advocacy and support group.

CNN: Strutting their stuff for limb loss awareness

Better to hang together than to risk a serious loss of reputation relative to competitors by going out on a limb and being wrong.

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