Waupaca, Wisconsin -- Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, stands up as part of his exercises with physical therapist Michael Koch at Spine and Sport Physical Therapy in Waupaca, Wisconsin.
Three months earlier, Schachtschneider nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the family's small dairy farm near Ogdensburg, Wisconsin. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.
CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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