Norwood Soldier Helped at Marathon

Army Sgt. Lucas Carr of Norwood had just finished his sixth Boston Marathon when he heard the explosions and immediately ran to help, according to ESPN.

"Yes. No doubt," he said to ESPN when asked if he knew what the sound was. "Let's put it this way too: I knew it wasn't a sewer cap. I knew what it was right when it happened. I really didn't want to turn around and look, but I had to and I ran to help."

Carr played hockey in Norwood as a teen and became very close friends with former Norwood hockey player Matt Brown, who was paralyzed in a game in 2010.  Last year he ran the marathon with him in the wheelchair and intended to do the same thing this year.

"Thank God his doctor said no and lucky that he didn't run this year," Carr said. "It would have been hell for him to get out of there."

Carr described the scene as being a warzone.  But he still tried to help as many victims as he could.

"At this point, it's in federal and state officials' hands to sort it out and see who did this," Carr told ESPN. "I'm sure intelligence and good leads will get justice on whoever this coward was or cowards were."