The Boston Marathan

As most of us have heard about the tragic event that happened in Boston not to long ago hits deeps within my heart, with my mom running the Boston Marathon exactly 10 years ago.  My mom stopped running shortly after the the Boston Marathon in 2003 because of knee problems.  Which on April 15th was the first time over the past ten years that I was happy over pain that my mother endures daily. The bombs went off with 4:09:43 on the clock at the finish line, with the second following shortly after.  My mom has ran over 30 marathons all with times between 3:40 and 4:15, so if my mom was still running she would have been there at the finish line, or really close by when it all happened.  I was deeply saddened just thinking of the possibility of my mom being there, I can not even began to imagine the pain and thoughts that other daughters, sons, husbands and wife where thinking of there loved one that was there.
This picture deeply disturbs me of the guy who lost his legs.  The guy in the cowboy hat saved his life by using pieces of clothing to try to stop the blood.

Here is a link to the full story of the hero.  http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cowboy-hat-hero-boston-marathon-watches-carnage-losing/story?id=18963955#.UYcU7LePVfQ