article_snippet: The boy's body was torn apart by an explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
article_snippet: The boy skin had changed color.
article_snippet: A crowd hovered over The boy, frantically trying to help, but The boy was dying.
article_snippet: The boy was faced with a heartbreaking choice.
article_snippet: 8-year-old Martin Richard pants and sneakers were torn apart.
article_snippet: 8-year-old Martin Richard legs felt like His pants and sneakers were on fire.
article_snippet: I knew my legs were gone.
article_snippet: son's left thigh was cratered, mangled flesh and blood, Alan Hern said.
article_snippet: Alan Hern eyebrows were singed and Alan Hern hair was sticking straight up.
article_snippet: You know it's not going to be good when you see the look of horror on doctors' faces," Bill Richard told the court Thursday.