Boston Marathon Bombing Survivors Turn Terror Into Hope

BOSTON—Jodi Swenson was working a nursing shift at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital 10 years ago when patients started flooding in with blast and shrapnel wounds. 

On a typical day, she would expect one or two trauma patients at a time. But on April 15, 2013, two pressure-cooker bombs had just exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line. “We’re getting patient after patient after patient and we’re like, oh my God,” she said.