Two Brothers Watching Marathon Together Each Lose Leg

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT 8:15 AM EDT, TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2013

Two brothers who were watching the Boston Marathon together on Monday afternoon each lost a leg in the deadly explosion that erupted near the finish line of the race, the Boston Globe reported.

The mother of the brothers, Liz Norden, described to the Globe her interactions with her one of her sons in the aftermath of the blast. Norden did not want to release their names without consulting them first.

"Ma, I'm hurt real bad," one son, aged 31, told her as he was being rushed to Beth ­Israel Deaconess Medical Center in an ambulance. The other son, aged 33, was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

“I’d never imagined in my wildest dreams this would ­ever happen,” Norden told the Globe while waiting outside the emergency room at Beth Israel Deaconess.

“I feel sick," she said. "I think I could pass out.”

Read the Globe's entire piece here.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/two-brothers-watching-marathon-together-each-lose-leg?ref=fpb

[cali]

1. I just read that. Evidently they were standing next to the little boy who was killed

and the younger brother's girlfriend was severely burned.

so sad.

[hlthe2b]

2. Poor mother trying to be there for her sons in two different hospitals...

I hope the brothers are close... They can help each other deal with their loss, recovery, and rehab.