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"Jeff Bauman, who survived the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, has promised he will be at the finish line in 2014 to cheer on the team running for him.VIDEO: Bombing survivor talks about recoveryBauman lost his legs in the attack. When he looks at the image taken moments after he lost his limbs, he said he sees past the pain.\u201CI just see three other people helping me out, saving my life,\u201D he said.In his book, \u201CStronger,\u201D he shared the moments leading up to the marathon bombing.He came in direct contact with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the man accused of committing the attack. Bauman said he helped authorities identify Tsarnaev once he woke from surgery.\u201CThis kid that kind of nudged me from the back to get by,\u201D he said. \u201CHe looked right at me and (I) looked at him,\u201D Bauman said.He said the explosion was deafening.\u201CAt first, I thought it was a firework. Smelled like a firework. Then, it was so crazy. My ears were ringing and people were screaming. Then I realized, I saw my legs. I was like, \u2018Oh no, this is really bad.\u2019\u201DBauman said he thought he was going to die until Carlos Arrendondo took Bauman\u2019s life into his hands and pinched off the bleeding.Bauman lost both legs, but his life was saved. He has become the face of survival, from the field at Fenway to the Costco in Nashua where he worked. People have lined up recently to get his book signed.\u201CIt\u2019s really tough to be normal and to be my old self,\u201D he said. \u201CI\u2019ve spent the past year trying to find myself again.\u201DBauman proposed to the woman he was cheering on at the marathon last year. He and his fiancee, Erin, are expecting a baby.\u201CI just treat every day kind of like my last, and I think laughter is key. It can get me into trouble, but it\u2019s just something that I do,\u201D he said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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