London terror attack survivor becomes Paralympian Paralympics •
Martine Wright lost both legs in subway explosion.      She had
stayed out late the night before, celebrating the decision to
award the Summer Olympics to London. Having overslept, she
didn't reach the car she normally rode. Instead, she just jumped
on the train as the doors closed.  She later told an inquest
into the terror attacks that she recalled a flash of light and a
sensation of being thrown from side to side. She looked up and
saw one of the new sneakers she had just bought. It was bloody,
blown off her foot and skewered on a piece of metal. An off-duty
policewoman found her, wrapped her leg in a tourniquet, held her
hand, moistened her lips with water. She had lost three-fourths
of her blood.  Her body swelled to twice its normal size because
of her injuries.  Her brother and sister saw her in the hospital
and told the police it wasn't her.  Wright will tell you that
she had help to get through the seven years since 7/7. It's
about Marti