The Saddest Thing

I saw one of the saddest things I have ever seen a few days ago on my way to work. There was a man downtown with no legs. He was standing up, as much as a legless man can stand up, on a skateboard, which he was using to scoot himself around by pushing off against the sidewalk with his hands.

And the thing is, in this city homeless and disabled people have plenty of services available to them. So I am guessing that he could have a wheelchair. But for one reason or another, he has decided to forgo the wheelchair. Maybe he had one but he sold it? Who knows. All I know is that that was a really horrible thing to see.

• Yes, I saw the same thing in Baltimore once and it is a very sad thing to see.

  Makes me wonder how he lost his legs?