--- description: Jeff Bauman was cheering on his girlfriend at the Boston Marathon when the bombs went off, costing him his legs. title: Boston Marathon Bombing Amputee Engaged and Expecting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt944568cf68c9b89f/698686dbe8524b7549601f6d/marathon-bombings-bau_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [boston bombing](/tag/boston-bombing/) ## boston bombing Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Who Lost Legs In Boston Bombing Will Be A Father  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 23, 2014 9:00 PM CUT  Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombings and then helped authorities identify the suspects, poses with his expectant fiancé, Erin Hurley, in their home in Carlisle, Mass., Friday, March 14, 2014. Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombings and then helped authorities identify the suspects, poses with his expectant fiancé, Erin Hurley, in their home in Carlisle, Mass., Friday, March 14, 2014.Charles Krupa—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 23, 2014 9:00 PM CUT A man who lost both his legs during the Boston Marathon bombings and helped police identify the suspects is [expecting a baby](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/man-who-lost-his-legs-boston-bombing-engaged "undefined") with his fiancé. “My mom loves it. My dad’s going crazy,” Bauman said. “I just want to be a good dad.” Jeff Bauman, 28, was standing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon last year waiting to cheer on his girlfriend Erin Hurley, 27, as she finished the race, when the two bombs went off. A photograph of an ashen-faced Bauman being wheeled away by rescuers became an iconic image of the horrifying attacks. Bauman told the Associated Press that his child with Hurley is due July 18\. The couple, who got engaged in February, has opted not to find out the gender of the baby. Hurley said that they plan to marry next year. “We’ve got a lot going on. So we don’t need to do everything all at once,” she said. Bauman wrote a book about his experiences called _Stronger_; it’s due in bookstores on April 8, one week before the one-year anniversary of the attack. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/man-who-lost-his-legs-boston-bombing-engaged "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/34935/man-who-lost-legs-in-boston-bombing-will-be-a-father/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/34935/man-who-lost-legs-in-boston-bombing-will-be-a-father/"},"headline":"Man Who Lost Legs In Boston Bombing Will Be A Father","datePublished":"2014-03-23T21:00:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:55:02.279Z","description":"Jeff Bauman became a double amputee after being caught in the blasts at the finish line of last year's Boston Marathon. 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