Security In Spotlight at 2014 Boston Marathon

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"Watched my dad come up Boylston as I stood outside the Lenox Hotel. We high fived as he passed and then once he made it down to the finish area I turned around to walk back to Ring Street to try make my way to the meeting area. First explosion happened within seconds of turning around. People screamed and a few around me yelled to "Stay calm." It was so crowded where I was standing no one really got anywhere before the second blast. At that point, it was crazy, I got pushed into the alley way and everyone around me was knocked to the ground. Since we were between the two blasts it wasn't clear which way to run. I went toward Exeter and jumped the barricade to get off Boylston and to search for my dad as quickly as possible."

 "I think I was outside the Charlesmark Hotel walking to find my friend who had just crossed the finish line five minutes earlier. I stood there frozen when I heard the blast and then watched as terrified people ran past me. An injured woman walked by and I immediately went to check on her, telling her everything was alright even though I didn't know if it was. She was bleeding badly from her thigh so I took my sweatshirt off and tied it as tight as I could. Next thing I know, she was in a stretcher and the rest is mostly a blur of me wandering down Boylston Street, crying, covered in her blood with a dead cell phone and no way to find my sister."

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