with 100% odor protection. secret clinical strength. fearlessness. apply daily. friday really is the best day of our lives, isn t it? big time. a busy week in the news world. a look back at the week s headlines. here is our friday rewind. we are boston. we are america. we respond. we endure. we overcome. and we own the finish line. no milestone is too small to celebrate. even walking into a nonhandicapped bathroom stall for the first time doing a happy dance. being charged with being disorderly, disturbing the peace and possession of a hoax device. i suspect the ship had damage on the port side, the left-hand side of the ship. and that caused flooding.
display from survivors like patrick down. he and his wife, jessica, each lost a leg. we would never wish the devastation and pain we have experienced on any of you. adrian haslet-davis also lost a leg. no milestone is too small to celebrate even walking into a nonhandicapped bathroom stall for the first time doing a happy dance. [ applause ] yes, there were laughs as well as defiance. we are boston. we are america. we respond. after the tribute, a moment of silence in the driving rain at the finish line of the marathon at 2:49 p.m., the exact moment those bombs went off one year ago. the first explosion took the life of kristly campbell. 12 seconds later, the bomb that killed lindsay lu and 8-year-old martin richards. the second blast also took the
in the past several days, we ve seen their composure and their courage. we re up all nightline with abc s dan harris. reporter: one of my favorite moments involved adrian haslet-davis who lost a leg a year ago but strolled confidently on stage and made a joke. no milestone is too small to celebrate. even walking into a nonhandicapped bathroom stall for the first time doing a happy dance. yes, here in boston, it s okay to laugh in times of adversity. that s what heather abbot, also a survivor, does when she talks about her four prosthetics. including a waterproof one and one for high heels. i do have some options when it comes to legs. it is amazing to me you have a sense of humor about this. i think you have to. i think it helps other people feel more comfortable with it. and helps me to laugh about it sometimes.
because believe me, they do. thank you. [ applause ] you ve been listening to survivors tell their story adrian describing doing a happy dance the first time she walked into a nonhandicapped bathroom and the strength of the community and also it not to be strong all the time. it is an understandably difficult day in boston as the city remembers one of its darkest hours, the attack at the marathon s finish line one year ago today. we ll take a listen to a moment to the musical part of this event and we ll go live to vice president biden in just a few moments. that people come in our lives
friendships. and as i look back on this past year, i think of the lessons that we have learned and have had to relearn, that no milestone is too small to celebrate, even walking into a nonhandicapped bathroom stall for the first time, doing a happy dance. it s the little things. i also learned that moods are contagious. our community, our city, our first responders, our surgeons, our physical and mental therapists, would not and will not let us fail. and their unwavering devotion to strength is why we stand here boston strong today. i have also learned that it is okay to not be okay. that we still have to let ourselves grieve. we can stay in bed even for a few days. yet it is that boston strong attitude that gets us back out.