A month later, Costello said he's ready to share his story because he fears people are starting to forget the plight of victims who suffered life-altering injuries he calls much worse than his own.

"I guess what I want to say is, 'Don't forget about the people that are seriously hurt and the people that died,'" Costello said in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday.

"Don't worry about me," he said. "I'm good ... I'll just be here to support my friends."

Costello said he had been going to watch the marathon for about a decade. And this year, he was gathered with friends, watching for another friend and marathon competitor to run by. He was standing on the sidewalk when the second of the two bombs went off.

Three of the friends who were with Costello on race day each lost a leg. Other friends suffered serious burns and shrapnel injuries when the second bomb exploded outside Forum restaurant near the race's finish line on Boylston Street.

Costello spent about two weeks at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent multiple surgeries and was among patients who met President Barack Obama. On Friday, he was wrapping up nearly two weeks of in-patient therapy at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and looking forward to heading home for the first time since the bombings.

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