"Marathon Hero Jeff Bauman inspires Boston Fans 5/4/13"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYenQCR5eiQ

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I love watching hockey, my favourite team is the Toronto Maple Leafs; but when I saw this live before the game, I was and still am confused. Why is he so excited and happy?

Anyone else think they understand why the man who almost died, lost both legs, and saw the two suspects before the bombing is so excited and happy. I don't understand this at all...

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العنود;1581438 said:

he made loads of money, and fame for being a liar and getting away with it, and he gets patsies to defend his story

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Salaam.

Care to explain? I know that he identified the two Chechen suspects after the bombs went off. I don't understand how he has the courage to come out in public with two missing legs.

Think if it were you, wouldn't you feel ashamed or something to come out in public?

Iceee said:

Salaam.

I know that he identified the two Chechen suspects after the bombs went off.

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Salam alaykum

How you know it?

:nervous:

Iceee said:

Think if it were you, wouldn't you feel ashamed or something to come out in public?

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I think it's sad you think he should feel 'ashamed' for having a disability. Perhaps you don't mean it like that?

People react to extreme stress in very different ways. I remember a case in the UK many years ago, when a young woman (Susie Lamplugh) was abducted and presumed killed (her body has never been found). Her mother, Diana Lamplugh, became a kind of celebrity afterwards and started a public campaign to try and avoid such tragedies in the future. Many people also said of her - unkindly in my view - that she 'enjoyed' the celebrity.

The other issue behind this story was very fully debated in the now-terminated Boston thread - ie is Jeff Bauman actually Nick Vogt. The more we see Jeff continue in the public eye in Boston, while Nick lives visibly with his friends and family in Ohio, the more absurd this idea becomes.