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locationlocationfinish linecrime_scenefinish lineJeffrey Bauman testified that he waited in a dense crowd near the Boston Marathon finish line to watch Erin finish. He described a man carrying a bag nudging him, later seeing an unattended black backpack, and then being knocked to the ground by an explosion that severely injured his legs. During jury selection, prospective jurors also discussed personal connections to spectators, security staff, and a responder at the finish line.
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Jeffrey Bauman testified that he waited in a dense crowd near the Boston Marathon finish line to watch Erin finish. He described a man carrying a bag nudging him, later seeing an unattended black backpack, and then being knocked to the ground by an explosion that severely injured his legs. During jury selection, prospective jurors also discussed personal connections to spectators, security staff, and a responder at the finish line.

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The finish-line area was the setting for Bauman's eyewitness account of an unattended backpack and the explosion that severely injured him.

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