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Lost one or both limbs since the wars in iraq and afghanistan. some wounded service members are even returning back to the combat zone. military medicine has fueled this advancement in prosthetics, but it's civilians in boston who will benefit this time. >> this is basically the start, you know, this is the new beginning for both of you. >> reporter: celeste is keeping up her spirits, even talking about running the boston marathon next year. >> i joked around, i'm not superathletic. i like to work out and stuff, but running has never been my thing, i always get the most horrible shin splits. i...

I'd like you to take a listen to what he said, sir. >> yes, sir. >> this is a diverse campus. probably the greatest technological university in the world. it's black, it's white, it's muslim, it's christian, it's jewish, it's hindu. that's who we are. >> mr. ellison, the vice president says that's who we are. but there are plenty of commentators who say that's no longer who we want to be. >> yeah, well, you know, the vice president really describes the actual situation on not just m.i.t. campus but america all over. some people don't want america to be a pluralistic society where everybody res...

-- honor of those villages. little eight-year-old martin richmond laid to rest. his funeral filled with young, crying children. the parents released a family statement saying: the outpowering of love and support has been tremendous. this has been the most difficult week of our lives and we appreciate our friends and family have given auspice -- us space to grieve. >> also laid to rest, sean collier, the m.i.t. campus officer who was sitting in his car when he was ambushed by the two brothers. apparently some reports say to try to get has gun. tomorrow, vice-president joe biden and his wife wil...

Tomorrow in honor of the 26-year-old sean collier. and vice president biden is due to attend that to show respect. cnn has learned some new and chilling detail of collier's ambush. cnn's deb feyerick will join plea now with those. what have we learned? zbl >> one of the big questions, why did they kill the police officer? did they spot him? but now we're being told that the m.i.t. officer allegedly shot to death by the two brothers never alerted dispatch, that he -- that he had seen them, he never had time to trigger his emergency system which is what they have on radios in event they can't ac...

Story, in massachusetts today, family and friends attended a private funeral for collier. this is about his family's healing during this, which is separate from the curiosity of how it fits into the investigation. a public memorial is scheduled for wednesday on the m.i.t. campus. vice president joe biden and his wife are expected to attend. >> reporter: saluting one of their own, guns down in the midst of boston's nightmare. here, the hearse carries the body of 26-year-old sean collier, an m.i.t. police officer. as it makes its way to his hometown of wilmington, massachusetts, crowds gather as...