Amputee gets high heels, courtesy of Marathon bombing survivor

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Hillary Cohen.

Amputee gets high heels, courtesy of Marathon bombing survivor
By Laura Crimaldi Globe Staff October 17, 2015

Heather Abbott vowed not to give up wearing high heels after losing part of her left leg in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing.

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But now the 26-year-old Cohen owns three pairs of three-inch wedge sandals in gold, black, and cream. Come Monday, she’ll be able to walk, run, or sashay in them for the first time, thanks to a prosthetic leg she’s receiving thanks to Abbott.

“Heather gave me this wonderful gift,” Cohen said. “I never could wear heels before. It’s just amazing.”

The prosthetic leg Cohen is receiving is the first to be donated by the Heather Abbott Foundation, which Abbott, 40, launched in December 2014 to provide customized prostheses to people with limb loss.