. >> on april 15th, carlos arredondo, an immigrant from costa rico, became the picture of passion. others could have run for safety, others ran to save lives. >> there were people who needed my help. i hoped not to get in anybody's way and helped in any way i could. >> in boston, it is patriot's day. but carlos was not there just to celebrate. >> i give away 400 american flags to the spectators. i was holding the last one in my hands when the bombs went off. >> for several years he has been talking about the needs of military vets and suicide prevention. >> this is my son, we lost him in iraq. >> his son, alex, was deployed to iraq in 2004. in carlos's memory is the fact he learned carlos was killed by a sniper. >> i felt my heart went down to the floor and rushed 100 miles an hour to my chest. and it was a very, very hard time before his brother could cry, especially. >> brian, the younger son, fell into a deep depression, and drug addiction. he took his own life several years later. >> brian never recuperated from all of these feelings himself. losing his brother was the worst th