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Eventually Rupe

Kansas doctor finishes marathon, rushes to aid wounded at Boston Marathon attack

Global Politics

In the minutes after two bombs detonated at the Boston Marathon, countless regular people pitched in to help first responders tend to the wounded. One of those was Dr. Chris Rupe, a Salina, Kan., surgeon who finished running the marathon seconds before the blast, and then pitched in to help the injured.

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