(MyFoxBoston.com) -- Hillary Cohen is a 26-year-old woman who has never known what it feels like to wear high heels, until Monday.
"I mean this is very exciting. This is the first time I've seen the leg, it is beautiful - I feel very tall," said Hillary.
Because of a medical condition that caused tumors to grow on her nerve endings in her leg, Hillary was forced to only wear flat, never heels.
Then, two years ago at the age of 24, she made the difficult decision to have her right leg amputated. Shortly after the surgery, she met marathon survivor Heather Abbott through a nurse at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
"I had my high heel leg on and she said 'I'll never get to wear them now,' but she thought mine was beautiful and I said, 'I really
"I mean this is very exciting. This is the first time I've seen the leg, it is beautiful - I feel very tall," said Hillary.
Because of a medical condition that caused tumors to grow on her nerve endings in her leg, Hillary was forced to only wear flat, never heels.
Then, two years ago at the age of 24, she made the difficult decision to have her right leg amputated. Shortly after the surgery, she met marathon survivor Heather Abbott through a nurse at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
"I had my high heel leg on and she said 'I'll never get to wear them now,' but she thought mine was beautiful and I said, 'I really