Horrible end to a wonderful day
The main mass of runners had already passed, and we were already at home when news of the explosions broke. On the news, we saw the volunteers break through the barriers to help the injured, but no one dreamed it was a bombing. That doesn't happen in Boston. (We had old infrastructure trouble in the area which has blown covers off man-holes
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I am just so glad to hear you and your children are all right. I knew you were going to the Marathon, and you can imagine my thoughts this morning when I saw the news.
they took a beautiful, joyful day, sucked the feeling dry and replaced it with fear
That's what terrorists do, I'm afraid. I grew up with it in the seventies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_Fontana_bombing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_lead_(Italy)
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