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Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him.
Just before 3 p.m. on April 15, Bauman was waiting among the crowd for his girlfriend to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. A man wearing a cap, sunglasses and a black jacket over a hooded sweatshirt looked at Jeff, 27, and dropped a bag at his feet, his brother, Chris Bauman, said in an interview.
Two and a half minutes later, the bag exploded, tearing Jeffs legs apart. A picture of him in a wheelchair, bloodied and ashen, was broadcast around the world as he was rushed to Boston Medical Center. He lost both legs below the knee.
He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, bag, saw the guy, looked right at me, Chris Bauman said yesterday in an interview.
Those words may help crack the mystery of who perpetrated one of the highest-profile acts of terror in the U.S. since the 2001 assault on New York City and the Washington area, one that killed three people and wounded scores.
While still in intensive care, Jeff Bauman gave the FBI a description of the man he saw, his brother said. Baumans information helped investigators narrow down whom to look for in hours of video of the attack, he said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-19/boston-bombing-victim-in-iconic-photo-helped-identify-attackers.html
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I'm so sorry ... And so proud.
This explains why the suspects are suspect and not persons of interest.
longship
(40,416 posts)What an incredible story.
R&K
Lex
(34,108 posts)Heroic.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)cable news has gone to shit
chollybocker
(3,687 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)RainDog
(28,784 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Blue Owl
(50,355 posts)Jeff Bauman, our hearts go out to you...
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Found out her son was injured from picture on TV or internet. How awful!