Finding a new normal after the Boston bombings

For survivors of the Boston attack, life now is a grueling readjustment

Paul Norden (left) and his brother J.P. (right) both suffered limb-loss and major blast related injuries in the Boston Marathon bombings.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

PAUL NORDEN NEEDS a break. He is winded, sweating heavily after a stint on a stationary bicycle and the slow walk to a padded treatment table. It is hard work for Norden, who lost his right leg that Monday afternoon in April.

"I used to say, 'I'll never go to a gym,'" he says with a weary smile. "Now I'm stuck here."

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