Runners React to Boston Explosions

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 | by Pat's Picks

The Wall Street Journal rounds up the reactions from runners who were at the finish line when the two bombs went off in Boston yesterday. Erin Reeves was receiving her medal when she heard the explosions. “It was kind of hard to get yourself running again,” she told the paper about fleeing, “but once everyone around you is doing it, you can do it.” Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” was running the race as a guide for a legally blind competitor. He said heard the blasts just as they crossed the finish line but that it wasn’t clear what had happened until later.