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BOSTON (AP) — Every time Roseann Sdoia comes home, she must climb 18 steps — six stairs into the building, 12 more to her apartment. It is an old building in Boston’s North End, with doors that are big and heavy, not an easy place for...

BOSTON (AP) — Every time Roseann Sdoia comes home, she must climb 18 steps — six stairs into the building, another 12 to her apartment. It is an old building in Boston’s North End, with doors that are big and heavy, not an easy place...

USA TODAY Sports' Christine Brennan details the enduring connections of the Boston Marathon. Boston Marathon bombing survivor Heather Abbott (left) crosses the marathon finish line during a Tribute Run for survivors and first responders in Boston on...

For Roseann Sdoia, the great love story of her life has emerged from one of its great tragedies. The now 48-year-old was one of hundreds waiting near the finish of the Boston Marathon in April of 2013. A long-distance runner herself, Sdoia was there...

When Roseann Sdoia was laid up with an amputated leg in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, love was the last thing on her mind. But her mother, ever the matchmaker, saw a perfect opportunity as handsome firefighter Mike Materia hovered nearby....