Could that really be?

Today I saw something that I knew my eyes could possibly not be seeing.

Here in Honduras you can often see people at intersections trying to earn money by doing different things or by selling something.  They could be "blowing" fire, juggling, balancing different objects, begging, washing windows, etc.  Or they could be selling flowers, fruit, phone chargers, phone cases, stuffed animals, newspapers, toothpaste (best buy of the year for me - a big tube of Colgate toothpaste for $1 - yes!), or about anything else you can think of.  At my intersection there is always a guy sitting in a wheelchair.  I'm not sure how many times I've come close to hitting him because he sits in the middle of a lane sometimes.

Today as I was going to meet some friends I was stopped at an intersection.  I saw this guy in a wheelchair wheel himself into the dangerous area (the place I call where if you move one more inch forward you will be run over by a turning vehicle).  They think this is a good spot to perform because they are out in front of the stopped traffic and many people can see them.  I think they're risking their lives for a few pennies.  Anyway, this guy proceeds to the dangerous area in his wheelchair.  The next thing I know, I see his left foot up above his head!  At first I thought he had a prosthetic leg and was holding it up and waving it in the air.  Nope.  It was his real leg that he could bend at the hip straight up.  Now, I'm a nurse and have seen my share of bendy people, but I had never seen someone able to sit in a wheelchair and pull their leg straight up with their foot above their head.  I was tempted to track him down and ask how he does it.

Sadly, this is how this particular man was earning his money today.  After I stopped laughing at the sight of someone sitting in the middle of an intersection with their leg straight up in the air - it is funny if you think about it, I was hit with what some people will do just to earn a few dollars to be able to survive.