18th January 1977
NATIONAL ENQUIRER
For Years Doctors Couldn't Help Her, Then . . .
Diplomat's Crippled Wife Watches Psychic Uri
Geller Perform on TV And Cries Out: `It's a
Miracle! I Can Walk Again!'
"It's a miracle! I can walk again, and it's all
because of Uri -Geller!"
Virginia Leitao was ecstatic. The wife of
Brazilian diplomat Vasco Leitao, former
ambassador to the U.S., was describing her
dramatic recovery from a crippling disease.
It occurred suddenly - while she watched
Geller perform on TV.
The Israeli psychic was displaying his ability
to bend metal with thought waves on - a public
television station in Rio de Janeiro.
"I was watching the show with my husband
and some friends at our home and was very
impressed," said Mrs. Leitao, a victim of
arthrosis, a crippling disease of the joints.
"I thought I would try to catch his mind, and I
kept repeating to myself, 'Please help me to
walk, please help me to walk!'"
"I've been to doctors all over this country
seeking help for my condition. I have suffered
terrible pains and have been unable to walk."
"But as I was watching Mr. Geller, I had a
sudden sensation of well-being. I thought to
myself, 'I can walk- and I will walk!'"
"I closed my eyes, put my hands on the arms
of-the chair, and eased myself into a standing
position."
"I was standing on my feet for the first time
in three years without help! I was amazed, and.
crying and happy - all at the same time."
"I took a few tentative steps and had to wave
away my friends who rushed over to help me."
" 'I don't think I'm going to need any help,' I
said proudly."
Mrs. Leitao has been walking without aid
ever since her July 16 recovery.
"For three years I had been under the care of
specialists, and taking drugs to relieve pain -
but I've never felt better," she declared.
Said Ambassador Leitao: "My wife suffered
arthrosis for three years and was in agony
much of the time. We know without a doubt
that Uri Geller's mysterious powers have
enabled her to walk again. I can't explain how.
All we know is that when she saw him on
television she was able to get up and walk. We
have tried many doctors to help my wife - but
none have been able to help her."
One physician who treated Mrs. Leitao, Sao
Paulo neurologist Guilherme Coutinho, told
The ENQUIRER:
"I am astonished at her recovery. I diagnosed
that she had arthrosis. She was unable to walk
for long periods of time. And she required
assistance when she did walk."
"I am at a loss to explain how she can walk
freely now. I cannot speculate on Mr. Geller's
powers - but I cannot deny that Mrs. Leitao is
walking freely now."
- DICK SAXTY
MIRACLE CURE: A grateful Mrs. Virginia
Leitao tells psychic Uri
Geller how she was able to get up and walk
after watching him on TV.
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