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<p>The sacrifices that parents make to ensure that their children have access to greater opportunities often includes the decision to send them away. For Alex Montoya, that decision was one that completely changed his life.</p>
<p>Originally from Medellin, Colombia, Montoya was born in 1974 as a triple amputee due to a birth defect. At the age of four, Shriners Hospitals for Children offered to help him move to the United States and get prosthetics.</p>