The 2010 earthquake in Haiti's
capital flattened the apartment where Georges Exantus was living
and he spent three days trapped under jagged rubble. After friends
dug him out, doctors amputated his right leg just below the knee.
Three years later, the 31-year-old professional dancer is back on
the floor, spinning away as he does the salsa, cha-cha and samba. A
prosthetic leg doesn't hold him back.
In this Jan.
17, 2013 photo, professional dancer Georges Exantus sleeps as his
prosthetic limb lays on the floor in his bedroom in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. Exantus thought he’d never dance again. He was lucky just to
be alive.
In this July
20, 2012 photo, professional dancer Georges Exantus kisses his wife
Sherly Henrisme Exantus on their wedding night in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.