There are websites all around the world that will be showing a few locals who have had to overcome a lot in their lives. There are many examples...

On October 1965, pilot CJ Stoddard delivered a uniquely shaped bomb onto North Vietnam to commemorate the six millionth pound dropped. This bomb was special because of it's load: it was a toilet bowl :).

Bomb dogs, anti-tank dogs used by the Russian Red Army were true victims because of desperation. The Russians were overwhelmed by the Eastern Front from the German Wehrmacht so they had trained dogs to carry bombs to specific targets. Once they released the device from their teeth the dogs should have gone back to their operator. This was nearly impossible to get them to do this and in the end they just blew up the dog when they reached their target. The average bomb the dogs carried were 26 pounds that was strapped onto them. They were kept deliberately hungry all the time. This made the dogs run to targets thinking they would be fed, totally unaware of their deadly fate. When the dog dived under a tank a lever that was attached to their rig would cause the bomb to detonate on contact. Because it was so effective, Germans began to shoot all dogs on sight out of paranoia. Thought undocumented, there were an estimated 300 German tanks destroyed and over 40,000 dogs used by the Soviets for different Army tasks.

On April 15th, 2013 James Costello was at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. He was right near where the explosions occurred with friends from his childhood. Both his arms and legs were burned so badly that they had to use pig skin to help the areas heal. He said on his Facebook wall that even though it was a horrible day for him that it has led to happiness. James proposed to his wife while they were traveling in Europe for survivors of bombings. The two met because of this tragic event, and the trip seemed like the best way to begin their shared life together. James proposed in Lyon, France. aaaaah :). The bombing at the Boston Marathon was a horrible occurrence, but there is still something beautiful that came from it. It goes to show you that not all things in our lives are black and white and that in the end there can be beauty.