Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing, Rebekah Gregory

In April 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Among those injured by the first bomb was Rebekah Gregory. She had just minutes before placed her 5 year old son onto her feet so he could rest. When the explosion happened 3 feet from her and her son, she shielded him taking all the shrapnel to her back, torso, legs, and left arm. Her left leg was amputated and, even after 70 surgeries, her body still holds pieces of the bomb that nearly killed her. This ...