Dancer who lost leg in Boston Marathon bombings will run it

BOSTON (AP) — A professional ballroom dancer who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings says she's training to run this year's race: all 26.2 miles of it.

Adrianne Haslet-Davis said in an interview aired Tuesday on the Hallmark Channel that she'll run to help raise money and awareness for Limbs for Life, an Oklahoma City-based organization that provides prostheses to low-income amputees who can't afford an artificial limb.

Haslet-Davis lost her left leg below the knee in the April 2013 attacks, which killed three people and wounded more than 260 others.

She said she's up to 10 miles in training, using a carbon-fiber blade to help fulfill a promise she made to herself after the attacks to complete the marathon.

In 2014, during the first running of the marathon after the bombings, she ran the last few blocks of the course with her brothers. Last spring, wearing a long flowing gown and heels, she and a partner danced a foxtrot across the finish line.

"Back in 2013, I vowed to dance again and made a pledge to run the Boston Marathon. I've since danced, and on April 18, 2016, I will make good on that promise," she said.

The Boston Marathon's 120th running will be April 18.