[Updated 18.4.13 with a second post on the Boston bombings.]
An American lady blogger writes about the response of uniformed workers to the tragedy:
http://judgybitch.com/2013/04/17/a-bomb-goes-off-in-boston-and-shows-america-why-we-need-men/
Her follow-up article covers the non-uniformed civilians at the scene:
http://judgybitch.com/2013/04/18/boston-part-two-for-all-the-boys-who-werent-in-blue/