Two amputee survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing are awarding a scholarship to a college sophomore who lost a leg to cancer as a child.
Jack Manning, of Norfolk, Massachusetts, is the inaugural winner of the "Boston College Strong'' scholarship being presented Monday.
Bombing survivors Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky say they chose Manning for his "perseverance in the face of adversity.''
Manning overcame his disability to play high school football and baseball, mentor young cancer patients facing limb loss and raise money for cancer research. He's currently enrolled in BC's Carroll School of Management.
Downes, a BC alumnus, and Kensky were newlyweds when both lost legs in the attacks near the marathon finish line. Kensky eventually had to have her remaining leg amputated, as well.
