Heather Abbott: After Seriously Injured from the Boston Marathon Bombings, She Will Soon Be 'Living the Life the Way [She] Used To' (Video)
After multiple surgeries since being seriously injured at the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, Heather Abbott was faced with a choice. She either could try and save her badly mangled foot or amputating her leg below the knee. She chose the latter because she knew that her foot was unlikely to ever again be functional, and that her leg would be shorter than the other. She spoke from her hospital bed at a news conference at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston.