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ELI ROSENBERG HAS HIS STORY FOR US TONIGHT. (áááPKGááá (NATS IMG 8550 AMPUTEE IS SO FAST HE IS HOPING TO QUALIFY FOR THE 2020 SUMMER PARAOLYMPICS IN TOKYO. 1101 I know where I am, but I need to get there, and came back to my car was about right here 1947 KARIM SAYS THE TROUBLE STARTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. (NATS BURLINGTON) HE SAYS HE WAS AT THIS CONVEINENCE STORE IN BURLINGTON GRABBING A SNACK. IT WAS ONLY LATER THAT HE REALIZED IS RIGHT PROSETHIC CUSTOM RUNNING BLADE -- -- PRICELESS TO HIM -- AND WORTHLESS TO ANYONE ELSE -- WAS MISSING! 440 There is not another person in the world who can wear that prosthetic. 443 FOR KARIM -- THE PROSETHICS HAVE BEEN A GOD-SEND SINCE THAT AWFUL DAY IN 2011. HE LOST BOTH HIS LEGS -- AND HALF HIS HAND -- AFTER THE CAR HE WAS RIDING IN CRASHED ON STORROW DRIVE NEAR KENMORE SQUARE. THE FORMER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL STAR -- AT A LOSS. HIS NEW PROSETHIC LEGS THOUGH -- GIVING HIM NEW LIFE. 1022 I remember moving from Point A to Point B with some relative quickness was addicting because for so long I had been confined to a wheelchair or moving slow with a cane or a crutch 1033 (TWO SHOT) 16:40 ALL THAT NOW ON HOLD... TH AND A REPLACEMENT WON'T COST HIM ANYTHING -- GETTING FITTED TAKES WEEKS...WEEKS HE WON'T BE ABLE TO TRAIN. 1112 If I can eventually get over losing my

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Muji Karim knows about overcoming obstacles. But even so, this one hurts.The resident of Medford, Massachusetts, is trying to figure out who would steal his custom prosthetic running blade from his SUV over the weekend.(This information was originally reported by NBC10 Boston & NECN) "It is very disappointing, you go through a lot of emotions," Karim said. "I was upset, wondering who would have taken it. It is literally done custom to me, and me only."Karim, who lost both his legs and half of his hand in a fiery crash in 2011, says the setback couldn't have come at a worse time."This month of March was going to be a huge grinding, mechanics, conditioning so I can be ready," Karim said. "I'm training to go get them. I think my best is as good as anybody."Karim is competing to go to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer.The Games are a long way from where he was in August 2011. Karim remembers waking up in a hospital bed, finding out he had been in a medically-induced coma for weeks.The high school star athlete suddenly faced a new challenge."This was my life and my identity, so you can imagine the sort of mental crisis going on, being this athlete who had just lost his legs," he said.Karim remembers being fitted for his first running blade, the competitive juices flowing all over again."I remember moving from Point A to Point B with some relative quickness was addicting, because for so long, I had been confined to a wheelchair or moving slow with a cane or a crutch," he said.All of this is now on hold.Karim believes the prosthetic running blade was stolen out of his vehicle while he was at a convenience store in Burlington, Vermont, late Saturday.The running blades are sponsored, so the worry isn't about the $10,000-$12,000 cost of a new blade, but rather the weeks it takes to get fitted — weeks that Karim could be training."If I can eventually get over losing my real ones, I can get over someone stealing a fake one, but I would like to get it back and get up and running as soon as I can," he said.For Karim, this is just one more hurdle to overcome."I know where I am, but I need to get there, and I can't get there on one leg," he said.