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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLast week someone sent us a link to an article about Tyler Dodd, one of the “heroes” of the Boston Marathon bombing, who made himself useful in the aftermath of that tragedy by helping to treat some of the victims. He claimed, at the time, that he had been wounded by an IED in Afghanistan. He just sounded weird and it didn’t sound right to me, nor to the person who sent the link.<\/p>\n
Well, it turns out that feeling was correct, he’s admitted that he wasn’t in the military and he hadn’t been wounded;<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was obviously in extreme pain,\u201d Dodd told Fox News. \u201cIf there was nothing else I could do, I could talk to her.’<\/p>\n
He told the frightened victim that he was a veteran wounded by shrapnel in Afghanistan, and that when McGrath\u2019s leg healed, she would have a scar just like his.<\/p>\n
It was a lie \u2014 Dodd says he has not served in the military. In an Esquire article, he identifies as a recovering alcoholic. He said he has medical training in trauma and first aid, which is what sent him running to the medical tent after the explosions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Apparently, that wasn’t the only time that he shopped that tale in public, according to Zap2it<\/a>;<\/p>\n
[JW] Cortes was on duty at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan when he responded to a call for an police officer needing assistance at the corner of Vanderbilt Ave. and 43rd street. There he found an officer and two men in an altercation.<\/p>\n
One of the men was arrested, and the other turned out to be Tyler Dodd — who claimed at the time to be a former Marine and Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran — who had chased someone after witnessing a robbery. Dodd recognized Cortes from “Stars Earn Stripes,” and received a caution from the officer about becoming involved in such an incident in the future.<\/p>\n
“He was just so humble,” said Cortes, pictured above with Dodd. “He told me he was a staff sergeant, showed me his wounds. I was so in awe of him, just how nice he was.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Of course, everyone forgives him because he was their darling last week and he got a mention from Governor Deval and the NY Daily News<\/a> calls it a “white lie”. We here at TAH know that people who lie about their service have other character flaws, some of them criminal, so I’d warn everyone, before they get too close to “white lie” Tyler Dodd to keep your hand over your wallet and make him keep his hands in his pockets when you’re around.<\/p>\n
There was absolutely no reason for him to tell that lie, to Ms McGrath, or to the media, except to make himself feel better about himself. There’s something wrong with the dude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"