A year after the explosion, the 275 people that had survived are still struggling today. A college student of Lowell, Sydney, had been injured badly, endured leg surgeries, complications, and even more surgeries. Her mother Celeste was seriously injured, having to have her legs amputated from the blast. There was a recorded 16 people that lost their legs from the blasts. That wasn't the worst the was the result of the blast, only 16 people out of 275 that were injured had their legs amputated.
Celeste was upset with the cause of the amputation, she doesn't feel whole as a person like all of the survivors that got to keep their limbs. "My legs were blown off and that's huge," she said. "But so many more people suffer in silence because everybody looks at them and sees this whole person." Said in (http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/14/year-after-marathon-bombings-survivors-struggle-with-invisible-injuries/NOJ8kKRewvPxjK7LZ3tjJP/story.html)
Celeste and her family weren't the only ones to be affected by this explosion, the Richard family is grieving for their loss of their 8-year-old son. Bill Richard, the father, told his family after the first two bombs went off, 'We should go', But the next thing they knew, a bomb went off right under their feet. Causing their daughter to lose a leg , his wife her eyesight, his 11-year-old son with PTSD, and their 8-year-old sons life. What happened to this family wasn't the worst by far, but it was tragic. The kids were injured more than the parents because a couple let the children slide in front of them to watch the race, right next to the bombs. A tragic story, a tragic day, a broken heart. No matter what you can do, you can never get a brother back, a leg, or even your eyesight. Moving on is hard, but moving on is your only choice. (A Year since Marathon Attacks, Many of Wounded Struggle - The Boston Globe." BostonGlobe.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.)
Celeste was upset with the cause of the amputation, she doesn't feel whole as a person like all of the survivors that got to keep their limbs. "My legs were blown off and that's huge," she said. "But so many more people suffer in silence because everybody looks at them and sees this whole person." Said in (http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/14/year-after-marathon-bombings-survivors-struggle-with-invisible-injuries/NOJ8kKRewvPxjK7LZ3tjJP/story.html)
Celeste and her family weren't the only ones to be affected by this explosion, the Richard family is grieving for their loss of their 8-year-old son. Bill Richard, the father, told his family after the first two bombs went off, 'We should go', But the next thing they knew, a bomb went off right under their feet. Causing their daughter to lose a leg , his wife her eyesight, his 11-year-old son with PTSD, and their 8-year-old sons life. What happened to this family wasn't the worst by far, but it was tragic. The kids were injured more than the parents because a couple let the children slide in front of them to watch the race, right next to the bombs. A tragic story, a tragic day, a broken heart. No matter what you can do, you can never get a brother back, a leg, or even your eyesight. Moving on is hard, but moving on is your only choice. (A Year since Marathon Attacks, Many of Wounded Struggle - The Boston Globe." BostonGlobe.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.)