Running down a dream: Leg amputee makes U.S. track team - USATODAY.com: HICKSVILLE, N.Y. — When Amy Palmiero-Winters was in high school, she would work the closing shift at her family's drive-in restaurant in Meadville, Pa., then head out for a run, with her friend Stacy Hatzo driving alongside.'We would talk about anything and everything, solve all the world's problems,' Hatzo says.
But never could they have conjured the story line that has Palmiero-Winters, now a 37-year-old divorced mom, still running in the late-night hours, her two sleeping children at home with a babysitter, her prosthetic lower left leg and determination carrying her beyond limits anyone would dare suggest.
