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Stories of Kindness After the Bombing

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15 Apr 2013 12 views
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Stories of Kindness After the Bombing
From the smoke in Boston today heartening stories arose of kindness emerging from tragedy: people on Twitter urging others to note the people who run towards the explosions, not a way from them; stories of heroism from runners...

From the smoke in Boston today heartening stories arose of kindness emerging from tragedy: people on Twitter urging others to note the people who run towards the explosions, not a way from them; stories of heroism from runners.

As we remember to be good to one another in the face of this event, here are some of those initial reports…

(READ the story in the Atlantic Wire)

 

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