it was a gamechanger i was just depressed im hoping that by seeing what im doing and by seeing how far ive come in my journey that they too can see that they can do it as well she said i was just incredibly amazed and i looked at them and i told myself i want to be like them she said i will be walking she said i wanted my legs back she said she saw fellow amputees walking around not requiring the use of wheelchairs or other devices from this point on i will be up i was viewing the world from a totally different angle in september 2005 llanes of yuma arizona was in a store parking lot putting bags in the back of her sport utility vehicle she credited her love of her father and the hanger clinic double aboveknee amputee boo show more courtesy yvonne llanes it felt absolutely spectacular she said this week she shared her mobility story to motivate and inspire other amputees at hanger clinics double aboveknee amputee boot camp in oklahoma city the same event she participated in in april 2015 at the request of her father the married mother for four told abc news that she hoped to start running and that she wanted to show people that they should never give up on their dreams it was so powerful i was mad at the world was mad at everything and everybody she was 36 years old after llanes was hospitalized and received rehabilitation she started using a wheelchair she was hit from behind by another car and pinned between the vehicles then keeping a promise to her father she attended the boot camp in oklahoma doubleamputee military veteran graduates from police academy she spent nine years and seven months in a wheelchair i was sad 151 yvonne llanes a double amputee is seeing the world differently these days and she says its beautiful yvonne llanes of yuma arizona stopped using her wheelchair after 10 years and i wanted my life back she told abc news in january doctors had to amputate her legs above the knee llanes now 48 and living in san antonio texas said she began standing taking her first steps with the use of prosthetics when i finally decided to rise and get up out of my chair and start my mobility journey i saw that life is indeed beautiful and i dont want to waste any more time she said abc news susan schwartz contributed to this story it is possible to get up again