BOSTON (AP) β The Boston Marathon bombings took Rebekah DiMartino’s leg, but they couldn’t rob her of her joy as a new bride.
Friday’s season finale of the TLC reality show “Say Yes to the Dress” features DiMartino struggling to keep her balance on crutches while searching for the perfect wedding gown.
Doctors amputated DiMartino’s left leg below the knee last month after she endured 30 surgeries trying to keep it. She’s since been fitted with a prosthetic limb.
DiMartino says standing long enough to try on a dress was one of the most physically exhausting things she’s ever done.
But she says she won’t waste what she calls “a second chance at life.” DiMartino married her boyfriend last spring, and she’s now training for next year’s Boston Marathon.
