He "lost both arms and part of a leg in an accident...
...when he was 13, in 1980", according to the article's picture caption.
Which I'd read to mean that it wasn't, at least, *necessarily* through any fault of his own.
Why, do you know anything more specific?
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603|Jehovah]