'When I get the arm, I will be able to teach again.'

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CANGE, Haiti -- Teacher Gerome Lausier was in his Port-au-Prince classroom when the earthquake hit, collapsing the school and killing many of his sixth- and seventh-grade students. His left arm and hand were crushed in the rubble.

Doctors had to amputate just below the shoulder to save the life of the left-handed father of three. Lausier, in his late 30s, traveled 40 miles to Zanmi Lasante, a small hospital in Cange, where he has been measured and fitted for a new arm that he hopes will allow him to return to work.