Explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line

[Psi U MC Vito]

Are the Boston area Gcers ok?

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Are the Boston area Gcers ok?

My thought also.

[carnation]

One GCer, alum, was there but is okay!

[alum]

Originally Posted by carnation

One GCer, alum, was there but is okay!

Actually I wasn't there but my daughter was almost. She has qualified to run the 2014 event but this year she was going to jump in at the beginning of Heartbreak Hill to pace a fellow runner. I called her when I heard the news and she was sounding worried so I thought she was at the site. She had no idea what was going on downtown. Fortunately she was worried because she couldn't find her friend and was afraid she had dropped due to injury.

Everyone in her running club was okay and finished before the explosions. but she reminded me yesterday that it was on Patriot's Day 6 years ago when the VA Tech shootings occurred and she lost a former hs teammate.

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

My thought also.

I'm ok. I'm not in contact with any of the other Boston GCers though

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by Ch2tf

I'm ok. I'm not in contact with any of the other Boston GCers though

Thanks for checking in. I hope and pray the others are ok too of course.

One of my sorors had completed the race just about 10 minutes prior to the explosions. She is ok and accounted for.

[ASTalumna06]

Krystle Campbell is the second person to be identified among the dead:

Http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04...yNP/story.html

As she did every year, Krystle Campbell of Arlington went to Copley Square for the finish of the Boston Marathon, drawn by the euphoria of crowds cheering runners through the final paces of the race.

“She’s been doing it since she was a little girl,” said her grandmother, Lillian Campbell of Somerville. “She didn’t miss a Marathon, watching it at the finish line.”

Krystle Campbell was standing along Boylston Street on Monday with another woman – her grandmother said she was Krystle’s best friend, Karen – when the explosions went off. Krystle died from her injuries and Karen was seriously injured, Lillian said.

When Krystle’s father went to Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday after the explosions, at first “they wouldn’t let him in,” Lillian said. Officials initially told him that Krystle might lose her leg because of her injuries, Lillian added, “and when they let him in, it wasn’t Krystle, it was her girlfriend. And my son was devastated.”

How awful...