years earlier he had been a volunteer firefighter. so it helped me that day to realize the people were in trouble and i was there to help. the carnage reminded him of what his son, alex, had faced in iraq. i know about the ieds, and that was sort of happening right there on the sidewalk. it was like a war zone. including the threat of a third bomb. that is his nature. carlos s wife, melita, saw him disappear into the crowd. she was worried but not surprised. that was his mom s fault. she instilled in him some really good values. in all the carnage, one victim stood out to carlos. a young man about the age of the two sons he had lost. part of his leg was missing.
with i just said god protect me. and i went on there. with that invocation, carlos began to move the barriers across the sidewalk and went to help the victims. it was pure instinct. years earlier he had been a volunteer firefighter. so it helped me that day to realize the people were in trouble and i was there to help. the carnage reminded him of what his son, alex, had faced in iraq. i know about the ieds, and that was sort of happening right there on the sidewalk. it was like a war zone. including the threat of a third bomb. that is his nature. carlos s wife, melita, saw him disappear into the crowd. she was worried but not surprised. that was his mom s fault. she instilled in him some really good values.