My heart goes out to those injured at the Boston Marathon and the families of the dead...
But at least my mom is safe. She lives right next to the Prudential Center, a few blocks from the finish line and was on her way to Copley Square when the bombs went off. According to her, they sounded like cannon reports. She also says that reports of an evacuation order at the Prudential Center are greatly exaggerated; in fact she heard one of the security guards state specifically that they weren't evacuating, at least not yet, and that no such order was issued later.