Old Boston family business helps amputees

(MassLive, November 06, 2013)

United Prostethics was founded by Philip Martino, an Italian immigrant - originally a shoemaker - in Boston in 1914. Today, the company is helping victims of the Boston Marathon bombing back on their feet. State-of-the-art technology is a part of the Martino's job, another one is being honest with those who are suddenly realizing they won't get back everything they had. The Martinos urge people to give it time. Mery Daniel, a 31-year old medical school graduate lost most of her left leg in the Marathon bombing says it's not easy to cope with the disappointments of not getting back to normal very quickly: "We keep on comparing those legs with what we used to have. But they're not our legs. But the idea of 'Give it time' I think was spot-on."