Lessons for Boston: FPs Can Help Amputees Move Forward

In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon, the media has put a focus on a topic that has been part of my life for nearly two decades -- amputation. More than a dozen people have had amputations since two bombs went off near the finish line of the April 15 race. On a day that started with celebration, lives were changed forever. In that instant, young and healthy athletes on the road to celebration (and spectators who were cheering them on) were shocked to now face the long and challenging road to recovery. I can relate. Just one week before the airplane accident that eventually claimed both my legs, I remember joyfully riding my bicycle up a sunshine-splashed hill, reveling in what my body could do. A week later, I was on a ventilator in my own ICU.
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