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A Shark Attack and a Terrorist Bombing: This Is a Love Story

By Paul Kix · Esquire · October 2024
A Shark Attack and a Terrorist Bombing: This Is a Love Story
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"The attack at the Boston Marathon nearly killed her. Two years later and five thousand miles away, a violent encounter with a shark took his leg. Had either event not occurred, they wouldn’t be married today. When our deepest trauma leads to our most profound joy, what do we call that feeling?"

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