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Education. but as a taxpayer it's not just about resource but it's how efficiently you can use those resources. >> thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. now this week's cnn herro. heather be a sbot a survivor of the boston marathon bombing. she was hit by one of the blasts and suffered below the knee amputation of her left leg. she turned tragedy into triumph creating a foundation raising millions to help amputees of all ages. on monday she will be back at the finish line of the 125th boston marathon, cheering on runners. >> i heard the first explosion ahead of me. stoned explosion hap...

Him, of course i'm going back. heather: yeah. >> the theme was humbleness and courage. president bush says no pity. the troops and the veterans act like it. president bush by the way when ininterviewed him wouldn't even take credit for his age initiative which is reaching 10 years right now, $48 billion. has saved over five million lives. he said that was during my administration. contrast that to other administrations. he won't take credit. i interviewed major ken solheim, he won a silver star and up for the congressional medal of honor. he wouldn't even mention that to me, heather. i have a ...

Surgery. explain what it was like for you as a child growing up and then to elect to have a larger more significant piece of your leg taken away. >> well, as a child, i was sort of like an animal just trying to survive and trying to fit in. i didn't even know really what happened to me. it just happened and i had to adapt to it. at 26, because of skin issues and infections, i electively chose to amputate the leg and do what's called a bka, below the knee amputation, which many of the survivors of the marathon bombing have had to undergo, which actually set me free. it allowed for a beautiful p...

This he propel me forward. i can do all kinds of things, run, walk at all speeds, run up steps, all kinds of things. >> go. >> what's that like for you? >> exhilarating. >> boom, boom, boom. >> are you sprinting up stairs with bilateral below the knee amputation. >> pretty amazing, huh? >> something you ever thought you would be able to do. >> no. >> you can hear the motors going. it is like a bionic man. >> hello. hello. >> dr. herr, thank you very, very much. this is the best thing since bread and butter.

You can do to promote heather's fund. yes? >> mentioned similar situation, can you talk a little bit about what they said to you and also have you had a chance to talk to others? >> so, it's a two-part question. could you talk a little bit about the conversations with the other amputees that the hospital brought in to talk with you and have you talked with any of the other victims of the bombing? >> i haven't talked to any of the other victims at all. one of them actually is a friend of mine, so at some point i'd be interested in talking to her. i think she's been very busy. she had an above t...