Runners Share Stories Day After Marathon
The morning after the tragedy and chaos near the finish line of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, some runners shared their stories.
Statement from BU President
April 16, 2013 Dear Friends, I write to you with great sadness to inform you that one of the fatalities in yesterday’s bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon has been identified as a Boston University graduate student. In addition, as I reported to you yesterday, another Boston
The Story Through Photos on Social Media
The world took to social media as events unfolded in Boston. Here’s a selection of images that told the story. (Compiled by Nicholas Koop)
Video: BU Students React
Boston University students share stories of their experiences on the day that tragedy struck the city.
“We have to go, we have to go…”
I heard clapping, whistling, and cheers, then an unfamiliar sound, Heather Hamacek writes.
Interactive: Timeline of Attacks and Attempts
A look at bombings and failed attempts in the US over two decades.
Spirit of Marathon Reflected in Willingness to Help
Many people have already written about how the Boston Marathon represents something more than a race. It serves as the one day where people around not just Boston, but the world, come to a 26.2-mile area and show support.
Copley Residents, Workers Face Tighter Security, Closed Offices
In the moments and hours following the explosions at the 117th Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon that threw Boylston Street into chaos, people who live and work in the surrounding buildings were faced with confusion, disorientation and ultimately, evacuations.
VIDEO: Stopped Runners React to Explosions
BU News Service’s Victoria Price was on the scene moments after the bombs, speaking with runners as they were diverted from the crime scene.
Student Witnesses Explosion Injuries
Panicha Imsomboon, a BU journalism graduate student, stood on the final stretch of the Boston Marathon track when she heard a bomb to her left.