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Healing the mental, physical wounds of the Boston Marathon bombing

One year has gone by since two brothers detonated two bombs as runners crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon. As the days, weeks have passed, many of the physical wounds have healed, but the mental ones stay for the survivors, the victims' families and the first responders.

In this Thursday, April 3, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile, of Reading, Mass., ties laces on a support on his left leg after completing rehabilitation exercises at Spaulding Outpatient Center, in Peabody, Mass. Fucarile lost his right leg in an explosion April 15, 2013 near the finish line of the marathon in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

In this March 14, 2014 photo, Nicole Lynch, sister of slain Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, speaks during an interview at her home in Dracut, Mass. Collier was allegedly killed by the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings on April 19, 2013. Lynch still mourns her brother and will be at the 2014 race with Team Collier Strong to raise money for a scholarship fund to put one person a year through law enforcement training. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

This March 2013 photo provided by Nicole Lynch shows her brother, Sean Collier, during a trip to Newfoundland, Canada. Collier, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer, was shot to death, allegedly by the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings on April 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Nicole Lynch)

FILE - In this March 24, 2014 file photo, former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino attends a forum entitled "Leading Cities Through Crisis: Lessons from the Boston Marathon" held at Boston University. "I have to tell you, honestly, Boston is a better city now than it was before," says Menino, who, as Boston�s mayor, left a hospital bed where he was recovering from leg surgery to rally his city after the bombings. "People learned how to deal with each other, they had to deal with a tragedy." (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

In this Oct. 13, 2013 photo, Boston Police Superintendent William Evans walks down the chute at the finish of the Boston Athletic Association half marathon in Boston. Evans has run the Boston Marathon 18 times, and finished in 2013 before the bombings occurred. This time he will be there as police commissioner, supervising increased security. "It weighs heavy on my mind, that I want this to go off well," he says. "I don�t want anyone hurt. I don�t ever want a repeat of the tragedy we saw that day." (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

FILE - In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 file photo, Marc Fucarile, center, holds hands with his mother, Maureen Fucarile, left, and his fiancee, Jennifer Regan, right, in his room at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Fucarile was only feet away from one of the Monday, April 15, 2013 bomb blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that resulted in the loss of one leg, severe damage to the other, as well as burns, and a piece of shrapnel lodged in his heart. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

In this Tuesday, March 11, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia adjusts her running blade as she switches her prosthetic legs during a therapy session at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. Sdoia, a runner who did not take part in the last year's Boston Marathon, was with friends in a crowd of fans near the finish line when one of two bombs went off nearby. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

In this Tuesday, March 11, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia works out on a rowing machine at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. Sdoia goes to Spaulding twice a week for hour-long workouts with a physical therapist, and then she usually hops on the rowing machine to build her endurance after her therapy session. She aims to run again, a hobby she loved doing before her injury. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

In this Thursday, April 3, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile, of Reading, Mass., right, is helped by physical therapy assistant Joy Ross, with rehabilitation exercises on a stationary bike at Spaulding Outpatient Center in Peabody, Mass. Fucarile lost his right leg in an explosion near the finish line of the 2013 race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

In this Tuesday, March 18, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia walks with her boyfriend, Boston firefighter Mike Materia, after her doctor's appointment in Newton, Mass. Materia, who came to her aid after being severely injured in the bombing, is credited with helping to save Sdoia's life. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia uses crutches as she leaves Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. She was at the finish line on April 15, 2013, rooting for friends in the race, when the second bomb went off. Aside from her leg injury, she suffered hearing loss. She was with four girlfriends; three of them lost hearing, and the fourth was unscathed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

In this Thursday, April 3, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile, of Reading, Mass., ties laces on a support for his left leg after rehabilitation exercises at Spaulding Outpatient Center in Peabody, Mass. Fucarile lost his right leg in an explosion near the finish line of the 2013 race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

FILE - In this June 19, 2013 file photo, Boston Marathon bombing victim Marc Fucarile waves a "Boston Strong" flag with his fiancee, Jen Regan, and their son, Gavin, partially obscured, before Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

FILE - In this June 20, 2013 file photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia, of Boston, talks with physical therapist Dara Casparian as she prepares to fit her prosthetic leg at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. Sdoia went back to the hospital to learn to walk with her new leg. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

FILE - In this April 22, 2013 file photo, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, recovering from a broken leg, pauses at the site of the first bombing near the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street in Boston. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured in two bomb blasts on April 15, 2013. Now-retired, as mayor he rallied the city over the following year to help Boston move past it. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

In this Thursday, April 3, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile, of Reading, Mass., left, is helped by physical therapy assistant Joy Ross, right, while doing rehabilitation exercises at Spaulding Outpatient Center in Peabody, Mass. Fucarile lost his right leg in an explosion near the finish line of the 2013 race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

In this March 25, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile puts on a prosthetic leg at his home in Reading, Mass. He is adamant that he will recover and return to a full and active life; his focus is on others. He wants to be a motivational speaker and to set up a fund to help those who have suffered similar injuries, no matter the circumstances. He has been inspired by the generosity he has seen over the past year. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

In this March 25, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile, right, wipes his eye while sitting in a wheelchair across from his fiancee, Jen Regan, left, at their home in Reading, Mass. "Everything has changed," he says. "How I use the bathroom, how I shower, how I brush my teeth, how I get in and out of bed." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

FILE - In this April 15, 2013 file photo, emergency workers aid an injured woman on Boylston Street, at the site where a bomb exploded during the 2013 Boston Marathon in front of the Marathon Sports store in Boston. Shattered glass lies on the sidewalk in the background. In the course of a year, limbs have been replaced, psyches soothed, the wounds sustained in a moment at the marathon�s finish line have at least begun to heal. At the same time, a city shaken by an act of terrorism has returned to its usual rhythms - sadder, but some say stronger, as well. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

In this Thursday, March 13, 2014 photo, Ed Deveau, Watertown, Mass. police chief, stands on Laurel Street where Boston Marathon bombing suspect brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev allegedly exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers, in Watertown. Deveau, like many others, refuses to say their names: "You'll get me to say, 'older brother, younger brother.' ... I think they get way too much attention. They tried to put fear in this city and they failed miserably." Deveau will run with 11 other Watertown police officers. Nine of them have never run a marathon before. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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In this Thursday, April 3, 2014 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile, of Reading, Mass., ties laces on a support on his left leg after completing rehabilitation exercises at Spaulding Outpatient Center, in Peabody, Mass. Fucarile lost his right leg in an explosion April 15, 2013 near the finish line of the marathon in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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