Roseann Sdoia Materia is a Boston Marathon bombing survivor, author, and advocate for fellow amputees. On April 15, 2013, she lost her right leg above the knee, a moment that redirected her path from real estate development to sharing her story of resilience with others facing trauma and life-altering loss. She married Mike Materia, the Boston firefighter who saved her life, and reflected on her journey in Perfect Strangers: Friendship, Strength, and Recovery After Boston's Worst Day.
Roseann joined Meredith Patrick on What Still Remains to talk about the split-second decisions that kept her alive, what it meant to be helped by nearly a dozen strangers, and how she actively chooses to focus on the positive every day.
Chapters
0:00 Introducing Roseann
0:31 Growing up with tough love and self-reliance
8:45 On being single and finding the right person
12:16 April 15, 2013: the moment everything changed
16:15 The strangers who saved her life
20:54 How humor got her through the hardest days
23:37 The daily adjustments no one else sees
28:03 Choosing which battles are worth fighting
32:20 Unexpected reminders, 13 years later3
6:43 Finding the positive side of things
41:52 What still remains
To learn more about Roseann Sdoia Materia and her book, Perfect Strangers: Friendship, Strength, and Recovery After Boston's Worst Day, visit her Instagram.
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