"My first instinct was to just run across the street and start helping out the people," said Carlos Arredondo. Arredondo helped rescue Jeff Bauman Jr., a man who lost both of his legs. Bauman Jr. was cheering his girlfriend on in the race. HeOne of the responders in the photograph—the man in the cowboy hat—has been identified as Carlos Arredondo, a Costa Rican immigrant (originally undocumented) whose Marine son died in action in Iraq in 2004. The dayAfter his big brother's death in 2004, Carlos Arredondo's youngest son, Brian, sank into a deep depression and became addicted to drugs. Even though the Arredondo family attended grief counseling sessions, Brian"My first instinct was to just run across the street and start helping out the people," said Carlos Arredondo. Arredondo helped rescue Jeff Bauman Jr., a man who lost both of his legs. Bauman Jr. was cheering his girlfriend on in the race. HeCarlos Arredondo, was at the Boston Marathon when the bombs went off and assisted many who were injured. He has appeared on several times on Democracy Now! over the years. He became a prominent antiwar activist after his son, Alexander, was killed
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