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April 19, 2013

Teen Describes Fear After His Photo Appears on Cover of New York Post 
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Two men who were not suspects in the Boston attack were featured on the
cover of The New York Post Thursday with the headline "Bag Men" and the
text "Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon." Following
widespread condemnation, the Post's Editor-in-Chief Col Allan said in a
statement, "We stand by our story. The image was emailed to law
enforcement agencies yesterday afternoon seeking information about these
men, as our story reported. We did not identify them as suspects." One
of the men pictured, Salah Eddin Barhoum, is a high school student in
the city of Revere who told the Associated Press he been scared to go
outside after the cover appeared. Barhoum told ABC News: "It's the worst
feeling that I can possibly feel ... I'm only 17."

Salah Barhoum: "Everywhere I go, I just don't want to look at people,
'cause when they look at me, they're gonna be like, oh you just did
this. How could you do that?"

 

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