innovator of the bionic limb and a double amputee himself. how the cutting edge technology can offer new hope to the amputee victims coming up next. welcome to the next list. today a special edition of the next list. you have the devastating bombings at the boston marathon that left more than 260 people wounded and at least 13 amputees. the idea of waking up to the news that you have lost a limb just unthinkable. one man has a unique solution that could provide some real hope. you re about to meet hugh herr, innovator, scientist, and can inventor of prosthetic limb that is move like flesh and bone. he is helping the victims of the boston marathon in a way only he
welcome back to the next list. i am dr. sanjay gurupi at that. the amputee victims in the boston marathon bombings have a long road of recovery ahead. they may be able to gain insight and even hope about their own struggles after hugh s own remarkable story of tragedy, recovery, and ultimately success. it is interesting because i grew up in a devout men night family and our neighbors were amish, and there is kind of a suspicion within those communities of technological progress. so it is fascinating now that i am pushing the boundaries of technology. i started mountain climbing when i was seven years old. i grew up in a very adventurous family. every summer we would go on these extended road trips across north america. sometimes across canada into
0 and here to lend support and praise for a safer world. i want to thank you so much for being with us today on cnn and thanks for all the well wishes to us. we appreciate it. newsroom will continue in about half an hour. it is time i said good-bye and thank you so much for joining us. hey, there. i want to begin with the latest on the boston bombings. much of the attention has turned to the surviving suspect and thursday he was moved out of the hospital and in to a jail facility. but you know, we don t want to forget the people hurt that day. at least a dozen of the victims had limbs amputated. we ll get a sense of their new normal. i paid a visit to one of the best facilities in the country. kesler institute for rehabilitation. it takes time. about six weeks postsurgery for a new amputate to take this first step. one of the most important things is that this wound around the amputation has to heal up completely. this incision line over here. and after that s done, they have to sh
0 boylston street seems to be back to normal. the investigation does continue. i want to thank you for joining me this hour. i will be back with more on the investigation and what life is like in boston today in just an hour, 3 p.m. eastern. your money starts now. the boston bombings, letters containing ricin, a foiled plot to attack a train bound for new york. i am christine romans. this is your money. online we face a different terror, the terror of seeing your wang account fall to zero or your savings swept away. we got a little taste this week. a hacker got into the twitter account, two explosions at the white house and barack obama injured. that tweet, a fake tweet, was up for just a few minutes before the account was suspended. the market responded in an instant. look at the drop. the dow fell about 145 points or 1%. even though the market bounced right back, it was a scary drop for investors. experts say over the past few months we have seen the number of cyber attacks sky roc
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley reporting from boston. pelley: good evening, 2,000 people are being urged to evacuate ahead of a wildfire moving rapidly through forests in colorado. so far, 118 buildings have burned and 60 square miles have gone up in smoke. that fire is 15 miles outside of fort collins, one of many burning across the west tonight. barry peterson is in fort collins this evening. reporter: the fire is so big it s making its own weather, flames creating winds that drive it one direction and in an instant turn the fire another. 400 firefighters have been rushed in along with tankers and helicopters to drop water and fire retardant. the fire is so fast sometimes roaring through trees at 20 miles an hour it cannot be out run. i m happy i m alive. reporter: rosemary silano saw 200 foot flames coming at her house. it was minutes. i had less than five minutes to get out. reporter: some of her neighbors had less time. they literally le