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For these Boston Marathon bombing survivors, the road to healing meant helping others

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Paul Norden and Jacqui Webb were among the thousands watching the marathon and were right near the second bomb when it went off.
Ten years after the killed three and injured hundreds, those who survived the day are still healing. 
Paul Norden and Jacqui Webb were , standing with friends. Webb told CBS News that she remembered the first moments of the attack.
“We were waiting for our friend to run by and we heard the first blast go off,” Webbs said. “You saw what was a mushroom cloud. I turned to start going towards the street, and I remember the barricade being there and thinking like, ‘How am I going to hop that?’ And that’s when the second blast went off.” 
Webb and Norden were right next to the second bomb. Webb’s injuries took months to recover from, and because she was near the tree, there was debris and bark that took half a dozen surgeries to remove. Webb’s care was in part covered by donations from the Greg Hill Foundation, an organization that helps New England families . 
“They came to my hospital within 48 hours and had a check, and that I think was the most impactful gesture that happened the entire marathon bombing.

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