My friend's husband was across town working and they evacuated his building, put people on buses, and bussed them out within about an hour. I hope you stay safe Fran. If you can get out later and go stay with any friends outside of the city it might be a good idea.
I feel sick to my stomach over this whole thing and can't stop wanting to cry. I just looked this morning to see what the qualifying time requirement is to run the half-marathon in Boston... the race I run here is a qualifier... Boston is a bucket list item for a lot of runners, I know it was for my friend. I can't imagine finally making it to Boston, running, being at mile 25 and being told you can't finish because there were BOMBS... even if you finished, like my friend, she's waited this long to be able to go run it and now she will look back on the day with this as her memory, instead of being able to be happy and proud of what she did. Knowing people died and were injured. I read an update somewhere that said people were running in to the diverted finish line and kept running to the nearest hospital so they could try to donate blood because there are just so many victims who lost a lot of blood. It's just horrible and I don't understand it. It's a marathon... there's no political statement to be made here... not that it's any better but at least targeting some kind of political building makes sense. These are just innocent people. why?? There is no understanding it, I know, but. I just can't.
Mile 26 was in honor of the victims in Newtown...
I am seeing and hearing ambulances and can't even think straight.
