"I still get choked up. They saved my leg. I am very, very grateful," Ronald Fierro told The Post.
"They did tests and determined that three of my limbs had a pulse, but my right leg was a flatline. There was no blood flow. My toes and heel were turning black and I started to realize I could possibly lose my leg," said Fierro, 73, who suffers from diabetes.
"He had about a 1 in 3 chance of losing his leg if he did nothing," said his surgeon, Dr. Nicholas Russo. "Given Ron's medical conditions, the infection of his wound and the severity of his peripheral arterial disease, it is truly a Christmas miracle that he is bringing Christmas to life again this year for so many children."
"I don't play Santa. I am Santa," he said.
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