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Marathon bystander jumps into fray: ‘I did what I could’

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Carlos Arredondo, whose son died in Iraq in 2004, was at the finish line Monday, and did what came instinctively.

April 16, 2013 In rushing to help the injured, Carlos Arredondo, 53, of Roslindale, Mass., dropped a flag he was carrying. He later retrieved it, and it was soaked in blood. David Fahrenthold/The Washington Post

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