Boston finish line: Three photos, one mystery

One of the first photos to surface shows a man in dark clothing approaching the street with a shovel.

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Philip Hillman, 44, took the photo and told CNN he was working out of a hotel room in downtown Boston on Tuesday afternoon because he didn’t want to commute during the snowstorm, and happened to notice something strange outside his window.

Boston Officer Rachel McGuire told CNN that she was calling Laugani a “chivalrous shoveler,” and randomly came across the photo of him shoveling while browsing Twitter.

CNN’s Justin Lear and Stephanie Gallman contributed to this report

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