I will add that I was at the race with another family member, an off duty state trooper. his information was: pipe bombs, in trash cans, and several others had been found in the area.
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > Christine Nielsen, checking in... > > We were at our usual spot on Heartbreak Hill. My brother ran his 5th > marathon today, and we were also watching for a cousin, and a couple > of friends to come by. > > Long story short: my brother crossed the finish about one minute > ahead of the blast. He was approx 500 feet away, in the chutes. > Another friend of ours was with him. There were a nervous few minutes > between the time I heard the first rumors of explosions -- texts were > coming in, and my teenage son was also getting updates from the world > beyond the Hill -- and the time I heard from my sister in law that > Bill was ok. Still, it was tense until he managed to get home -- > image the chaos in that vicinity, plus the post-marathon daze he must > have been in. I think adrenaline carried him home. > > My cousin, and a couple of other friends, had just crested Heartbreak > Hill when runners were told to stop. They were detained for a while > until a headcount of runners had been taken. > > On my way home, eventually, heading south out of the city... at least > 25-30 emergency vehicles heading into the city, lights flashing, > passed on the other side of the highway. > > Finally home just 30 mins ago, turned on the tv news. That lasted > about 3 minutes. I feel sick. > > -c > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Mark Roberts > <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: >> Christine Aguila wrote: >> >>>Anyone hear from Christine nielson? Christine/Chicago >> >> Nope. She lives pretty far out in Hingham and I don't think she is a >> marathon fan. If I find out anything I'll post. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
