‘Tis the season for giving and it’s come just in time for a 20-year-old cancer survivor in Oregon whose prosthetic leg was stolen out of his car earlier this month.
They are offering up to $2,500 cash reward through the Crime Stoppers of Oregon program "for information that leads to the recovery of a stolen prosthetic limb."
Root also has a "spare" prosthetic leg that he uses sometimes, but it isn't as comfortable, and he also relies on crutches.
Earlier this month, Root went out for dinner with friends in downtown Portland and left the prosthetic leg in the trunk of his car.
Irene Veldstra voiced her dismay on the GoFundMe account her brother started to raise funds to replace Root's stolen leg.
Persons:
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Organizations:
NBC News, osteosarcoma
Locations:
Oregon, Portland