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Jeffrey Bauman was lying on the ground near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, grasping the hands of his girlfriends two roommates. Just seconds before, theyd been waiting with a sign to hold up when she completed the race.
He wanted the girls to get help before he did. He didnt realize how bad his own injuries were. But before he knew it he was in a wheelchair, and a man in a cowboy hat was pinching one of Baumans severed arteries. He told Bauman to do the same on the other leg: Hold it, tighten it, hold it, tighten it. It all happened so fast.
This is what Bauman, 27, remembers from the aftermath of two explosions Monday that killed three people and injured more than 170. Its what he told his father and stepmother, Jeff and Csilla Bauman of Concord, when he was conscious enough to speak Tuesday evening. Baumans pain, and the heroism of Carlos Arredondo, the man in the cowboy hat, have been immortalized in one of the most gruesome but iconic photos of Mondays horror.
Bauman, who is from Chelmsford, Mass., lost both of his legs from the knee down, Csilla Bauman said yesterday morning. He was the first person in surgery at Boston Medical Center on Monday because his injuries and blood loss were so severe. He went back into surgery yesterday so doctors could clean up the area of the wounds, she said.