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Bill White, who lost a leg in the Marathon bombings, dies at 81

Por: The Boston Globe Nation January 04, 2023

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Having seen combat while serving in the Army in Vietnam, Bill White had no doubt what was in store for him as he lay on the sidewalk severely injured, not far from where the first bomb exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line in 2013.“I knew I was going to die,” he recalled in a Globe interview two years later.And he did, two times. A fast-thinking police officer used Mr. White’s belt to tie a tourniquet on his right leg above where... + full article



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