Except for the story surrounding that ashen fella and his cowboy savior. It's like some sort of It's a Wonderful Life bullshit. The guy in the hat had a son killed in Iraq and another son commit suicide, he himself tried to kill himself but survived and committed his life to peace and flowers. At the Marathon he was handing out flags or some shit and after the asplosion rushed in to help. He saved that dude's life by pinching his artery shut and making tourniquets out of a sweater. He organized getting him the ess out of there and the guy barely survived massive surgery, needing to be resuscitated several times. The guy that was saved ended up being key in keying the FBI as to who had placed the bomb thus setting the manhunt into motion.
O.O
I kinda see your viewpoint on that. When I read the stories behind the photo's two main figures, it played like a script treatment for an
exploitative inspirational network-TV-movie-of-the-week that was rejected for being too implausible.
But I didn't know any of that stuff until after I saw the photo. Either way, I'd still be pissed.
But, I'm bumming you all out with serious business in a thread that's supposed to be chock-full of fun and frivolity. So let's get back into the swing of things with...
[img width=500 height=333]http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/a-funny-kids-5.jpg?w=500[/img]
That better?
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