- PLEASE WELCOME REBEKAH AND PETE.
HI, YOU TWO.
WHEN YOU SEE STUFF LIKE THAT,
DO YOU--DOES IT BRING IT ALL BACK?
I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, DOES IT ALL COME BACK TO YOU?
- YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THAT PICTURE OF NOAH,
THAT IS WHAT REALLY GETS ME EVERY TIME,
BECAUSE SEEING HIM,
YOU KNOW, HE WAS IN MAGAZINES AND ALL OVER THE NEWS
IN THAT WHEELCHAIR AND--
- YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT PICTURE. - YEAH.
AND I CAN DO THIS, NO PROBLEM,
BUT, YOU KNOW, NOAH'S IS A DIFFERENT STORY,
SO I'M-- I JUST THANK GOD EVERY DAY
THAT HE'S OKAY.
- YEAH, IT'S AMAZING
BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, RIGHT?
- HE WAS.
- AND HE JUST GOT SCRAPED UP. - YEAH.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT HE WAS STANDING UP
AT THE TIME BECAUSE HE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND,
KIND OF PLAYING SCIENTIST AND LOOKING FOR ROCKS.
AND THE--YOU KNOW, THE BLAST WENT OFF.
SO IT'S A MIRACLE THAT HE'S HERE.
- HE WAS PROBABLY SHIELDED LIKE--
AND YOU--YOU HAD A BIG CHUNK OUT OF YOUR ACHILLES,
YOUR TENDON, RIGHT?
- YEAH, IT TOOK A BIG CHUNK
OUT OF THE BACK OF MY RIGHT LEG,
A 90% ACHILLES TENDON TEAR,
AND THEN I GOT SHRAPNEL IN MY OTHER LEG, IN MY ARM,
AND BURNS ON MY LEG AND MY BACK.
- BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE PLANNING ON RUNNING
THE BOSTON MARATHON NEXT YEAR.
- I'M GONNA TRY TO, YEAH. - GOOD FOR YOU.
GOOD FOR YOU.
[cheers and applause]
THAT'S--THAT'S AMAZING.
YOU'RE RUNNING ANOTHER RACE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?
- I'M GONNA TRY TO RUN A 5K ON SUNDAY.
MY--ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS' DADS HAS M.S.,
SO IT'S A M.S. RUN, AND HE ASKED ME TO RUN IT.
AND I SAID, "ABSOLUTELY."
- CAN YOU RUN? CAN YOU...
- I CAN--
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN RACING NOAH AROUND A LOT
THE PAST WEEK OR SO, SO, YOU KNOW,
IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF A LIKE A WALK/RUN, BUT...
- YEAH.
SO AND THERE'S-- WHAT'S HAPPENING--
HOW-- WHAT'S THE PROGNOSIS HERE?
- WELL, RIGHT NOW, I HAVE AN EXTERNAL FIXATOR ON MY LEG,
AND IT--ACTUALLY, THE RODS GO INTO MY BONES,
AND WE HAVE TO TURN DIALS EVERY DAY
TO KIND OF PUT MY FOOT BACK UP
TO A NEUTRAL POSITION FOR WALKING.
SO WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH FUNCTION I'M ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE
IN MY FOOT OR LEG.
THE DOCTORS HAVE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW,
"HOLD TIGHT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."
SO MAYBE BY CHRISTMAS,
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE A FEW STEPS WITH SOME CRUTCHES.
- YEAH, WELL, YOUR TOES LOOK PRETTY.
- THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO BE MANICURED.
I HAVE TO--YOU KNOW, HAVE TO HAVE THE PEDICURE.
- THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, YOUR SON IS HERE. NOAH'S HERE.
WE WANT TO MEET HIM,
SO WE'LL TAKE A BREAK,
AND HE WILL COME OUT AND JOIN US, ALL RIGHT?
- OKAY. - WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
HI, NOAH. HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD. - NICE TO MEET YOU.
I LIKE YOUR BOW TIE. THAT'S FANTASTIC.
HOW ABOUT THIS? YOUR MOM'S PRETTY GREAT, RIGHT?
- YEAH. - YEAH.
AND PETE, GREAT, AND HE'S GONNA--
- YEAH, HE'S REALLY GREAT.
- YEAH.
[laughter]
AND THEN THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED AND STUFF.
- MM-HMM. - YEAH.
[laughter]
HOW WAS THAT WHEN YOU PROPOSED?
HOW WAS THAT FOR YOU?
- IT WAS REALLY NERVE-RACKING.
I REALLY COULDN'T GET MUCH OUT.
- WHO WAS THAT TO?
HE JUST STUCK HIS TONGUE OUT. I'M JUST WONDERING WHO.
- OH. [laughter]
- TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER? - MY MOM.
- SO YOU WERE NERVOUS?
- OH, VERY NERVOUS, YEAH.
I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS,
SHAKING LIKE A LEAF THE WHOLE TIME.
I REALLY COULDN'T GET ANY WORDS OUT.
I GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE, AND, UM, I SAID,
"YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND, AND I LOVE YOU."
AND SHE SAID YES BEFORE I HAD TO STRUGGLE
AND SAY ANYTHING ELSE, SO...
- WELL, HE HANDED ME THIS, SO--
AND SAID, "I LOVE YOU. YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND," SO...
- YEAH, SO YOU KNEW WHERE IT WAS GOING.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. WOW.
- I MEAN, I FIGURED IT WASN'T LIKE, "TAKE ME OUT TO DINNER"
- RIGHT.
[laughter] THAT'S AMAZING.
AND, NOAH, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW'S NOAH DOING WITH ALL THIS?
- HE'S DOING PRETTY GOOD. - YEAH.
- YEAH?
- IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE WHEN WE WALK,
YOU KNOW, INTO PLACES,
AUTOMATICALLY, PEOPLE JUST ASK ME QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, "WHY ARE YOU IN A WHEELCHAIR?"
AND NOAH JUST SAYS, "OH, WE WERE IN THE BOSTON BOMBING,"
LIKE, "NO BIG DEAL."
YOU KNOW, EVERY SIX-YEAR-OLD DOES THAT,
SO HE--I MEAN, HE'LL SAY, "I WISH YOU WEREN'T IN THE"--
YOU KNOW, "WE WEREN'T IN THE BOMBING,
"AND I WISH THAT YOU COULD WALK.
I WISH YOU COULD JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE WITH ME."
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, HE'S PRETTY STRONG.
- WELL, SOON, HOPEFULLY BY CHRISTMAS,
LIKE YOU SAID, AND THEN HOPEFULLY,
YOU'LL GET MARRIED AFTER THAT, SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
I LOVE BOSTON.
I LOVE HOW MUCH YOU HAVE OVERCOME.
AND OUR FRIENDS AT SHUTTERFLY WANT TO HELP YOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
SO THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU $10,000 TO HELP YOU.
[cheers and applause]
[speaking indistinctly]
AND...
[cheers and applause continues]
SO THAT'LL HELP
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT WORKING, RIGHT?
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET MARRIED,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GO ON A HONEYMOON,
SO THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU $10,000
TO HELP WITH YOUR HONEYMOON AS WELL.
[cheers and applause]
YOU WANT THAT?
- [laughs]
UH-OH.
- [speaking indistinctly]
- ALL RIGHT.
SO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US.
AND WE JUST THINK YOU'RE AMAZING
AND WHAT YOU'VE OVERCOME,
AND--AND WE WANT TO CHEER YOU ON.
IF YOU'RE GONNA RUN THE MARATHON,
WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND WATCH YOU, OKAY?
- YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY GONNA TRY TO.
- ALL RIGHT, FANTASTIC. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH SNOOKI AND JWOWW.
[cheers and applause]