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Aimee Mullins - Athlete, actor and model

From New York, Stephen Sackur talks to Aimee Mullins who had both legs amputated when she was a year old; and hears how she become a champion athlete, actor and highly paid model.

HARDtalk is in New York city. Our guest is a woman who has spent her life challenging assumptions that go with the label "physically disabled". Aimee Mullins had both of her legs amputated below the knee when she was just a year old. She went on to become a champion athlete, an actor and highly paid model. She's been feted as an inspiration across America. Stephen Sackur asks what is the real lesson of the remarkable story of Aimee Mullins?

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