2 explosions at Boston Marathon finish line
Published:Monday | April 15, 2013 | 2:35 PM
AP –
Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line today.
Stragglers in the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.
Competitors and race organisers 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.
Marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg.
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 thunderous explosion could be heard a few seconds later.
Runner Laura McLean of Toronto said she heard two explosions outside the medical tent.
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