William Pike: Embracing the challenge

November 2015

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November 2015

William Pike says losing a limb has enriched his life. Photo: Supplied
Losing a leg has enriched William Pike’s life. Matthew Pike (no relation) asks him how Lying in a hospital bed reassessing his life goals, William Pike couldn’t have imagined that, in many ways, his life would become even better than before. The then 22-year-old teacher had found himself in the wrong place at the wrong […]
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