sympathy goes out to Boston marathoners
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rich n:
I went down to Boylston Street for the first time today since the bombing. The memorial site is a highly moving scene with not only many people offering their thoughts and prayers, but also all the pieces of memorabilia brought in to the site....and the news crews from all the local and many national news sites are still reporting from the area. Contrary to what I first thought, the memorial is not at the site of the bombing, but actually several blocks to the east of where the first bomb went off. I had actually gone down there with my wife and 15 y/o daughter (and with dog in tow)...of course it was very crowded, but everyone was not only patient, but courteous as they paid their respects. We had a small lunch at the Panera Bread near the Marshalls on Boylston St and resumed our walk around Boston (as a side note, we probably walked over 5 miles today)...anyway, here's a coupe of pics. First is of the memorial, depicting a sample of the amount of people there as well as the news trucks in the background. The second is me in front of the memorial - the site of the actual bombing (first bomb actually) is several blocks up past my left shoulder...the third pic is actually on the ride home - it's the Shell and Mobile gas station where the two bombing suspects tried to get gas and where the car hijacking victim was able to make his escape:
I'm glad to see things "normalize" in Boston and to have the "thugs" who participated in the mayhem out of the picture