Real Heroes – Boston Blasts – Bystanders Giving Aid

Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:23:25 -0400
Subject: Number 5 (Man in blue, Boston Blasts: Bystanders Giving Aid)

From the page http://cryptome.org/2013-info/04/boston-bystanders/boston-bystanders.htm

Number 5 (man in blue with shorts, not jeans) is goaltender Matt Reis of the New England Revolution (Major League Soccer), who’s wife was running in the Boston Marathon:

http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/players/matt-reis

Per an interview he gave to the media:

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/04/17/new-england-revolution-goalkeeper-matt-
reis-says-support-injured-father-law-

Matt had moved just before the explosion to get a better view of his wife crossing the finish line. The man he returns to the scene to help is his father-in-law John Odom, pictured in this Daily Mirror article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310426/Boston-bombing-John-Odom-just-weeks-
away-retirement-friends-reveal.html

Reis used his belt to tie a tourniquet around Odom’s leg in a move that likely saved his life, this can be seen in photos “4:10:26” through “4:11:13”. Odom, who suffered severe damage to his legs and lost a large amount of blood, has since been through six surgeries in an attempt to stabilize him:

http://www.easyreadernews.com/68821/friends-of-boston-marathon-survivor-john-odom-
gather-for-support/

20 April 2013

Boston Blasts: Bystanders Giving Aid

Also:

2013-0395.pdf Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Complaint via Boaz Guttman April 22, 2013 (2.0MB)
2013-0388.htm First Seconds After Boston Bomb Blast 1 April 21, 2013
2013-0380.pdf Tamerlan Tsarnaev April 19, 2013
2013-0379.htm Djohar Tsarnaev April 19, 2013
2013-0371.htm Boston Bomb Blasts 2 April 16, 2013
2013-0370.htm Boston Bomb Blasts April 16, 2013

Bystanders who aided victims of the Boston Marathon bomb blasts have not been individually recognized. Those who aided in the first four minutes deserve admiration for quick action which likely saved lives. Some are shown below.

For close-up photos of the scene with other bystanders giving aid:

http://cryptome.org/2013-info/boston-bombs/boston-bombs.htm

Overviews from which these are taken with some enlarged:

http://cryptome.org/2013-info/boston-bombs-02/boston-bombs-02.htm

The latter taken from 150 photos by Aaron “tango” Tang via Flicker

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hahatango/sets/72157633252445135/with/8652877581/