Two explosions shattered the finish of the Boston Marathon on Tuesday, sending authorities
out on the course to carry away the injured while stragglers in the 26.2-mile (40 kilometers)
race were rerouted away from the smoking site.Competitors and race volunteers were crying
as they fled the chaos. Bloody spectators were being carried to the medical tent that had been
set up to care for fatigued runners.”There are a lot of people down,” said one man, whose bib
No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina. He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg. A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg
injury that was bleeding.Neither race officials nor public officials could immediately estimate
the number or degree of injuries.About three hours after the winners crossed the line, there
was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that
marks the finish line. Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later.
Smoke rose from the blasts, fluttering through the national flags lining the route of the world’s oldest and most prestigious marathon. TV helicopter footage showed blood staining the
pavement in the popular shopping and tourist area known as the Back Bay.
“There are people who are really, really bloody,” said Laura McLean, a runner from Toronto,
who was in the medical tent being treated for dehydration when she was pulled out to make
room for victims of the explosions. “They were pulling them into the medical tent.”
Cherie Falgoust was waiting for her husband, who was running the race.”I was expecting my husband any minute,” she said. “I don’t know what this building is … it just blew.Just a big bomb,
a loud boom, and then glass everywhere. Something hit my head. I don’t know what it was.
I just ducked.”Runners who had not finished the race were diverted straight down Commonwealth Avenue and into a family meeting area, according to an emergency plan that had been in place.
The nearby Prudential Tower, the city’s second-tallest building with a shopping mall on the ground,
was evacuated, according to media reports.
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