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Boston Marathon Bombing

Inside the Image: Hero Carlos Arredondo Helps Boston Marathon Bombing Victim

Originally posted 04/16/2013 05:30PM

The images that have surfaced since tragedy struck during Monday's Boston Marathon range from horrific to heartbreaking. Some show runners and bystanders fleeing, mid-screams, past the blasts.

Others show a man in a hat named Carlos Arredondo doing just the opposite.

One of the day's most gruesome but moving photographs, taken by Charles Krupa of The Associated Press, shows Arredondo pushing a man, identified as 27-year-old Jeff Bauman, in a wheelchair. Bauman's lower leg was blown away by the bombings, exposing his bloodied bones.

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Heroes Among Us

Todd and Tara Storch Increase Organ Donation Awareness After Daughter's Tragic Death

Originally posted 04/11/2013 10:00AM

It was a split second that changed the lives of everyone in the Storch family – and one they used to change millions of lives.

On the last ski run of the day on March 15, 2010, Taylor Storch, 13, along with her father, Todd and brother, Ryan, was excited to be on the beautiful Colorado slopes. "We were stopping to take pictures, everyone was smiling and laughing and Taylor was having a blast," says Todd, 44, of his Coppell, Texas, family, all of whom wore helmets.

Then his teenage daughter lost control and hit a tree. "We went from it being the most amazing trip ever," says Todd, "to the worst nightmare."

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Heroes Among Us

Erin Merryn Fights for Law to Help Child Sexual Assault Victims

Originally posted 04/04/2013 01:50PM

Erin Merryn was just six years old when she was sexually abused by a male neighbor. She was too scared to tell anyone. "He kept telling me, 'No one will believe you,' " says Merryn, 28, of Schaumburg, Ill.

The abuse didn't stop until her family moved when she was 8 ½ years old. Three years later, a second male relative began abusing her. He scared her into silence as well – until her sister came to her with a chilling story of abuse from the same male relative.

"She just blurted it out," says Merryn. "I thought, 'Wow. Now I have somebody to back up my story.' " The next day they told their parents, who went to the police."

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Heidi Klum Explains Rescuing Her Son & Nannies from the Ocean

Originally posted 04/03/2013 11:20AM

When Heidi Klum saved her 7-year-old son and two nannies from the strong undertow of the Pacific Ocean on her Hawaiian vacation, she says she was just doing her duty as a mother.

"People are used to seeing me on the beach in a bikini, smiling with the wind in my hair," Klum, 39, tells PEOPLE exclusively of the scary scene, in which her son Henry and two nannies began to struggle in the powerful ocean current.

"These photos taken recently look much worse that it really was that day. I did what any mother would do," Klum, who jumped into action with boyfriend Martin Kirsten, says. "Henry swam out of it. I grabbed him at the shore. The nannies were the ones in much deeper trouble."

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One Republic's Ryan Tedder Shares Footage From His Trip to Guatemala

Originally posted 03/31/2013 08:30AM

Music videos come and go but few leave a lasting impression. When One Republic set out to release a special edition video for "Feel Again," their first single off their new album, Native, they knew it had to be special.

The band's lead singer Ryan Tedder wrote the song, drawing on recordings of heartbeats of children in remote villages of Malawi and Guatemala for inspiration, and the video features never-before-seen footage of his visit there.

Tedder went to see some of Save The Children's programs, focusing on improving the health and nutrition of children and their families.

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