Boston bombing victims focusing on the positive

By Randy Wyrick

VAIL — Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes are Bostonian to their very marrow and were enjoying the Boston Marathon when the first bomb went off mere feet from them.The young married couple are in Vail with the Vail Veterans Program. As the accused bomber’s trial began this week, Kensky and Downes are learning more than they wanted about the terrorist bombing that maimed them for life.“It was right there,” Downes said, holding his left hand about 2 feet from his left hip.Downes lost his left leg below the knee. Kensky lost both legs below the knee.It was terrible, and yet …

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