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.
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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