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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Explosions Reported at Boston Marathon Finish
Associated Press
BOSTON—Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish
line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the
injured while the stragglers in the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton were
rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.
Competitors and race organizers 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.
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.
"There are people who are really, really bloody," Ms. McLean said. "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." |
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