A mother who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombing has been reunited in the hospital with her daughter, who was also gravely injured in the blast.
Celeste and Sydney Corcoran - both of whom were featured in separate iconic photographs from the tragedy last Monday - are now recovering in the same room at Boston Medical Center.
The family has received nearly $500,000 in donations from strangers across the world to help pay for the cost of medical care and rehabilitation.
The mother and daughter had been near the finish line at the marathon waiting to see Celeste's sister Carmen Acabbo compete in the race.
'It just hits you, like, life will never be the same, but she can still hug me,' Mrs Acabbo, 43, told NBC News. 'And I still have her. She's my very best friend and I'm just so thankful to have her in whatever capacity that I do.'
Sydney, a high school student, was later reunited with Matt Smith - the man who saved her.
'Find Matt,' she had told her family, according to her aunt, Mrs Acabbo.
'We would all like to thank him,' Acabbo said.
'The nurses were able to get them in the same room and their beds are pushed together so they can hold hands,' Carter, Tyler and Sidney's second cousin, said.
Carter told MailOnline that both are in good spirits despite their circumstances.
'Celeste is a firecracker. She's just upset she didn't see her sister cross the finish line,' Carter said.
'Celeste is the glue of the family.'
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