Man literally hold victim's artery to keep him from bleeding out. Warning, Graphic Photo. http://i.imgur.com/I5LY4w9.jpg "The man in the cowboys hat is Carlos Arredondo. He is an immigrant citizen of the U.S. who lost his son in Iraq and is now a peace activist and speaker. When the explosions happened, you can see that he did not hesitate to run towards the chaos and help, obviously trying to get this poor man out of there and to hold a tourniquet on one of his severed legs. Later, he was being interviewed, visibly shaking from shock and holding an American flag, soaked in the blood of other people. Carlos Arredondo's selflessness and bravery should be known and applauded." Source His Wikipedia profile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Arredondo Interview with Arredondo shortly after he helped that man.
You might want to give a warning to the people who are looking at this thread that they're going to see a real graphic photo.
there's a difference between being in an event and how you react to it, and opening up a thread on a forum and not be warned that the first thing you see is some guys bones sticking out of what used to be his leg. Not everyone wants to see that, so a short synopsis of what happened and a link would've probably sufficed. I'm not sure that pulling the "how did the guy feel" card really was warranted. Should we start just posting graphic pictures of peoples legs being blown off, or videos of people being shot, and then say "well, how do you think the cameraman felt?" ? If I wanted to see it, I would click on the link (like I did in the other thread). But there's no suggestion that opening up a thread called "A Hero" is going to lead to seeing the picture you posted.
I understand your point. I thought the photo helped to illustrate just how much of a hero he is. I couldn't see how to accurately tell the story without the picture. If I've offended anyone I am sorry.
Thanks, wasn't offended, just thought it would've been nice to have a little warning. I mean, for fucks sake, I've seen the video footage (from years ago) of a Chechen soldier being be-headed, an even older video of a soldier who was captured, shot in the knees, stabbed in the neck with a screwdriver and beheaded, and many other videos of a similar nature. It doesn't bother me to see if, as long as I know what I'm going in for. btw, don't google those if you want to be able to ever sleep again.
Typical Mr. Rogers -- using disasters to advance his agenda of being kind to others and liking yourself, just the way you are.
A true hero who went out to help others even when they weren't sure the danger was over. You can really get a sense of the situation by how much shock he is still in. The tragedy of the bombing is a horrific event that should not be forgotten but neither should the stories of brave people, like the person being interviewed, be swept to the side and glossed over by the media. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
Who's censoring it... the news organizations? With the way that we can get all the relevant graphic videos on the internet, I'm okay with them censoring it. When you're watching an important event unfold on CNN with little kids in the room, the last thing you want to expose them to are disturbing graphics. I understand the, "well, then don't have little kids in the room" perspective, but it's not always that simple. If this were a different day and age, I'd be upset over the media censorship, but knowing that we can see whatever graphics we want from something like this on the internet these days makes me okay with the mainstream news channels not showing the really graphic of images, not knowing who may actually see them. When you limit graphic content to the internet, there's consent to see the image involved.
This guy was literally everywhere. He was helping multiple people, including holding this guys artery closed. That is a real hero. Amazing act of valor by this guy.
