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Daughter, sidney, were seriously injured at the marathon. their son tyler decided to stay home at the last minute. but the rest of the family was here at the finish line, waiting for celeste's sister, carmen acabo, to cross. >> i had been turning around to look at friends to my left and behind me about 10 or 15 feet. they were holding up signs. we'd say things to each other, do you see her or what have you. >> i couldn't wait to see if everyone was so crazy at mile 22 and mile 19 what's it going to be like when i run down boils-ton. >> it happened just as she neared mile 26. >> so when the bom...

Just falling, falling backwards. i think my wife took the brunt of the impact. when i turned back around, she was no longer there and nobody was standing up anymore in front of me. so for a couple of seconds i just looked left and right and then looked down and there she was. >> your wife. >> my wife, celeste. i saw her eyes were open and i still at this point, i don't realize that this is a bomb that exploded. i see her eyes open. i know she's alive. and then i start looking around. and there are limbs everywhere and blood. and i look down her body to see if she's okay. and i notice her legs....

Arms outstretched like this and just falling, falling backwards. i think my wife took the brunt of the impact. when i turned back around, she was no longer there and nobody was standing up anymore in front of me. so for a couple of seconds i just looked left and right and then looked down and there she was. >> your wife. >> my wife, celeste. i saw her eyes were open and i still at this point, i don't realize that this is a bomb that exploded. i see her eyes open. i know she's alive. and then i start looking around. and there are limbs everywhere and blood. and i look down her body to see if sh...

Daughter, sidney, were seriously injured at the marathon. their son tyler decided to stay home at the last minute. but the rest of the family was here at the finish line, waiting for celeste's sister, carmen acabo, to cross. >> i had been turning around to look at friends to my left and behind me about 10 or 15 feet. they were holding up signs. we'd say things to each other, do you see her or what have you. >> i couldn't wait to see if everyone was so crazy at mile 22 and mile 19 what's it going to be like when i run down boils-ton. >> it happened just as she neared mile 26. >> so when the bom...

I had a sensation of falling backwards and couldn't stop. i called my fiancee, sam, at the time and she said i will pick you up. i said no, and like an i had yesterday -- an idiot i wouldn't admit something was wrong. i had another couple episodes and a blood clot that went to my brain. a fourth that went to my speech. i started sluring my speech. i looked at her and said i needed to get to the hospital. that dissolved and the other stayed with me. i had hundreds of clots down my arms. the doctors freaked out and tried to get them to dissolve. the residual affect was i have these -- i had thes...