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City remembers a day it would very much like to forget. last year's bombing at the boston marathon finish line. three people died, including an 8-year-old child. 264 were wounded. many others scarred for life. the city is holding a memorial today, paying tribute to the bombing victims. vice president joe biden will be there as part of the ceremony there will be a moment of silence right at the marathon finish line at 2:49 today. the moment that first bomb exploded. that terrible day left brothers jp and paul nordin amputees but grateful to be alive. next monday, they are planning to go back to...

Amputate the right leg of each brother. between the two of them, they've had a dozen different operations. hours felt like days while in intensive care. >> time has like stopped. it's like a nightmare. like i feel like i'm going to wake up soon but i don't know. >> reporter: during all that time, the hardest part wasn't losing a limb. it was still not being able to see each other. that finally changed two weeks ago. the two are together for the next stage of their recovery at the spalding rehabilitation center. their healing, far from over. >> i have stitches right here and staples right there...

Couple bbs, a bb came out here. >> i have a part of my muscle out right here, some more stuff, then my leg was open from like here to here. so it's sore there. i didn't get a lot of the burns. i did get some nails and stuff out of here and little bbs here and there. but i was fortunate. >> reporter: every day, three hours a day, the brothers do acute rehabilitation, relearning the basics like folding clothes. >> didn't do laundry at home, shouldn't do it here. >> reporter: humor helps. paul often has a smile that encourages j.p. seemingly simple tasks such as getting up and down are now a chal...

The breathing tube and all that, that's a bad day. >> reporter: doctors had to amputate the right leg of each brother. between the two of them, they've had a dozen different operations. hours felt like days while in intensive care. >> time has like stopped. it's like a nightmare. like i feel like i'm going to wake up soon but i don't know. >> reporter: during all that time, the hardest part wasn't losing a limb. it was still not being able to see each other. that finally changed two weeks ago. the two are together for the next stage of their recovery at the spalding rehabilitation center. thei...

Hours felt like days while in intensive care. >> time has like stopped. it's like a nightmare. like i feel like i'm going to wake up soon but i don't know. >> reporter: during all that time, the hardest part wasn't losing a limb. it was still not being able to see each other. that finally changed two weeks ago. the two are together for the next stage of their recovery at the spalding rehabilitation center. their healing, far from over. >> i have stitches right here and staples right there, and i have burns on my stomach and my back, and i had a nail come out of my face right here, and a couple...