Crash student offered a leg

“I’d like to be there when you need me.”
This was the message Andrew Tsai and his family received from Stuart Weiner, the director of Nouveau Prosthetics and Orthotics.
Tsai, 19, the Francis Lewis High School senior whose right leg was severed and left leg partially cut off following a domino-effect car crash on February 27, has been offered a prosthetic leg free of charge to help him recover and reclaim his life.
“We make it a part of our practice to reach out to the community,” Weiner told The Queens Courier. “This was a young athletic individual cut down in the middle of his track career. I feel that with my 28 years of experience I could help him get back on his feet and doing what he loves.”
According to Weiner, the offer of the prosthetic limb has not yet been accepted, and the process is contingent upon Tsai’s medical condition and his desired activity level.
The incident that severed Tsai’s leg occurred on February 27 as Tsai was walking on 58th Ave. and Utopia Pkwy.
According to police, just minutes earlier Zongling Zhu, 48, was involved in an accident at 58th Avenue and 188th Street. She fled the scene at high speeds and her Toyota Sienna minivan rear-ended a second car, which then sent a third vehicle onto the sidewalk, pinning Tsai against a wrought-iron fence.
Tsai is currently in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital, where doctors are trying to reattach his left leg.
Zhu has been arrested and charged with felony assault, reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting it and faces up to 25 years in prison, if convicted. She was taken to Booth Memorial Hospital with a broken leg.
School officials are planning a fund-raiser to help Tsai and his family with medical bills. Additionally, donations from the semi-annual blood drive will aid in Tsai’s recovery.
Weiner himself has also offered to speak with Tsai’s teammates to help them better understand the process.