The Green Wave Gazette
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One Year Later
Boston Marathon Survivors Continue to Fight
Alexia Cerasani
Contributor
The victims continue to need
our help. Please give to the
One Fund:
www.theonefundboston.org
On April 15, 2013, the Boston
Marathon bombings took place. It‘s
crazy to think that it has already
been a year since this tragic occurrence. There were many victims
who were affected by these bombings old and young but where are
they now? Below is an update
on just a few of them:
Celeste Corcoran from Lowell,
MA was hospitalized after the attacks. Celeste lost both her legs,
and is now using prosthetics. Her
daughter Sydney, a senior at Lowell
High School at the time, was also
seriously injured in the attacks.
According to the New York Daily
News, Celeste is running on treadmills without any assistance. It‘s
pretty amazing how a woman who
went through such a traumatizing
situation can get back up so fast. ―I
was never a runner. I hated running,‖ Corcoran told Boston television station WCVB. ―I feel myself
getting stronger and stronger and
more and more steady.‖ ―I‘m not
going to give up. This is not the end.
This is just a different beginning,‖
she told ABC News. Celeste Corcoran is such an inspiration for not
giving up even when times got really
tough.
Steven Reny and wife Audrey
were waiting at the finish line for
their daughter Gillian to
cross when the first bomb exploded. All three were hospitalized,
but according to WCVB Gillian was
the most seriously affected. ―These
were limb-threatening injuries and
particularly the right side,‖ said lead
plastic surgeon Christian Sampson
who saw ―a big fragmentation of the
bone of the tibia where she sustained the full brunt of the blast
injury.‖ She stayed in Brigham and
Women‘s for a while rehabilitating
until she could get back up on her
feet. Gillian was a senior in high
school and almost couldn‘t graduate
with her class but she finished and
received her high school diploma
even though she had to use
crutches.
There are so many more victims
from the Boston Marathon bombings who recovered so miraculously
and strong. These people are true
fighters, and its people like this that
everyone should look up to. They
went through life changing events
and kept trying to improve and
move forward. They are Boston
Strong!
Fight for Freedom
Vivid Historical Fiction Reads Like a Movie
Jake Snyder
Staff Writer
Courtesy of Penguin Books
“I got to practice
public speaking and
share my culture
with the school.”
- Kim Phan
Simon Scarrow is a historical fiction
writer known for his books that
take place during the time of the
Roman Empire. ―Fight for Freedom‖
is the first young adult‘s book he has
written, and is the first in the new
―Gladiator‖ series. The story is set
in Italy at the height of the Roman
Empire. The main character is a boy
named Marcus, the son of a Roman
centurion who becomes a student in
a gladiator school after his father is
killed and his mother is enslaved.
Simon Scarrow wrote Marcus as
brave and strong, but also gives him
child-like traits so the younger
reader can experience the journey
through the eyes of a less hardened
warrior. He vividly describes the
frequent battles that happen within
the book which may not be appealing to some, but to others it would
Hola! Bonjour! Oi! Chao Anh!
AHS Celebrates National Foreign Language Week
Amandha Antonio
Contributor
together as the school celebrated
this cultural week.
National Foreign Language week
could not have arrived soon
enough! With some students returning from their foreign exchange
program in Italy, the school was in
perfect condition to celebrate the
annual week dedicated to foreign
language appreciation. Entryways
and hallways were ornamented with
flags from countries around the
world. Students from different
backgrounds were brought closer
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be enjoyable. This book would make
a celebrated movie because it
would entertain many audiences,
especially fans of historical fiction
who are intrigued by the life of the
people living during the time of the
Roman Empire. The suspense and
anticipation of what could happen
makes this book a quick read –
which is a good thing because the
second book in the series is already in bookstores
A handful of students were selected
to present the morning announcements in different languages. Juniors
Alessandra Vento and Kim Phan
presented the morning announcements in Italian and Vietnamese. ―I
got to practice public speaking and
share my