Jeff Bauman is a quick healer.


"They were calling me 'Wolverine,'"[1] the Boston Marathon bombing victim told the Today Show Thursday morning. "It's an X-Men, the guy that heals really quick."


Bauman, 27, was thrown into the spotlight after an iconic picture of him being rushed to safety in a wheelchair by a man in a cowboy hat went viral.


That man, Carlos Arredondo, accompanied Bauman to the chat with NBC's Brian Williams.[2] The pair discussed what is destined to be a lifetime friendship.


Bauman, who lost most of both his legs from the April 15 bombing, told Williams that he is "stronger... way stronger," than he's ever been.


He's proved that to be to true in more ways than one.


On Sunday, the New York Times ran a profile of Bauman showing pictures of him taking his first steps since the amputations. [3] [4]


Before that, in late May, he threw out the first pitch[5] , with Arrendondo by his side, at Fenway Park in Boston.


"I had a lot to live for before,"[6] he told WEEI less than a month after losing his legs. "And I have a lot to live for now."



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    With physical therapist Dara Casparian, left, guiding her strides, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia, of Boston, looks forward towards a mirror at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Friday June 20, 2013, in Boston. Sdoia went back to the hospital to learn to walk with her new leg. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)




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    Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia, of Boston, looks at herself in a mirror as she stands while talking with her physical therapist Dara Casparian at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Friday June 20, 2013, in Boston. Sdoia went back to the hospital to learn to walk with her new leg. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)




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    Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia, of Boston, talks with physical therapist Dara Casparian as she prepares to fit her prosthetic leg at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Friday June 20, 2013, in Boston. Sdoia went back to the hospital to learn to walk with her new leg. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)




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    Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia, of Boston, smiles as she talks with her physical therapist at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Friday June 20, 2013, in Boston. Sdoia went back to the hospital to learn to walk with her new leg. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)




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    Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia, of Boston, is embraced by her friend Sabrina Dellorusso, left, as they hug standing, for the first time since Sdoia was injured in the bombing near the finish line marathon, at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Friday June 20, 2013, in Boston. Sdoia went back to the hospital to learn to walk with her new leg. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)




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    Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia, of Boston, wipes a tear as she talks about her prosthetic leg in her room at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Friday June 20, 2013, in Boston. Sdoia went back to the hospital to learn to walk with her new leg. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)




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    With a "Boston Strong" sticker on the thigh covering of her prosthetic leg, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia, of Boston, walks between parallel bars at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Friday June 20, 2013, in Boston. Sdoia went back to the hospital to learn to walk with her new leg. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)