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elleng

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Sun Feb 5, 2017, 11:21 PM Feb 2017

Boston Bombing Survivor to Marry the Firefighter Who Rescued Her.

'When Roseann Sdoia was gravely injured in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, Michael Materia, a firefighter, was the responder who took her to the hospital. They were strangers at the time, but he has rarely left her side since.

In December, the two decided to get married. And on Wednesday, they took on an entirely different kind of challenge together: walking up the 1,576 steps to the observation deck of the Empire State Building in Manhattan to raise money for the Challenged Athletes Foundation — an organization that has played a major role in Ms. Sdoia’s recovery.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/us/boston-marathon-survivor-marrying-firefighter.html?

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Boston Bombing Survivor to Marry the Firefighter Who Rescued Her. (Original Post) elleng Feb 2017 OP
Just when I think all's lost Glamrock Feb 2017 #1
Awwww....she is marrying her hero... Pachamama Feb 2017 #2
Good for her and for them both! mnhtnbb Feb 2017 #3
thanks for sharing this. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2017 #4
+1, the world can never get enough of love uponit7771 Feb 2017 #5
Aawww... Very nice story. Thanks, Elleng. Hortensis Feb 2017 #6
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