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A WILD RIDE - Doctors twice threatened to amputate Bilancia’s right leg — once after he shattered his knee and broke his tibia and fibula in the 2002 motorcycle mishap, and then again in 2008 when he developed sepsis in the knee. Here, an external stabilizer holds three pins through his knee and two screws in his tibia to help his leg heal after the crash. (Photo Courtesy of Matt Bilancia)


A WILD RIDE

A WILD RIDE - Doctors twice threatened to amputate Bilancia’s right leg — once after he shattered his knee and broke his tibia and fibula in the 2002 motorcycle mishap, and then again in 2008 when he developed sepsis in the knee. Here, an external stabilizer holds three pins through his knee and two screws in his tibia to help his leg heal after the crash. (Photo Courtesy of Matt Bilancia)

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