I was on the corner of...

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Title:
I was on the corner of...
Date:
April 2013
Format:
Documents
Genre:
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Location:
Northeastern University Library
Collection (local):
Our Marathon
Series:
"Your Story"
Subjects:
Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston, Mass., 2013
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20265510
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Language:
English
Notes:
Item Text: I was on the corner of Ring and Boyston with my sister and brother in law. My other sister was with her husband and three grandchildren across the street but we didn't know where. We were there to greet my niece, the mother of the three grandchildren who was running in her Nana's memory for Childrens hospital. When the first bomb went off, i thought the church on the corner of Clarendon blew up. The second bomb was diagonnaly across from us and follwed the first bomb very quickly. We didnt know where to go and I ran into the street because I figured if there were other bombs I would see them and there was nothing lying in the street. My sister and brother in law ran up Ring and i stayed in the street taking pictures. I didn't know what to do but felt that where ever I ran I could be running towards the next bomb. Plus I wanted to see my grand niece and nephews and their grandparents from the other side of the street. It was a long time before we met up and without the ability of cell phone usage it was very traumatic waiting to know they were ok. The little boys were ok but the 10 year old grandniece hasn't been able to sleep without crying all night. My niece running the marathon was 6/10ths of a mile from the finish when she was stopped along with the other marathoners. We all eventually regrouped but it took hours and was an extrememly anxious, sad period. THe BPD, EMS and Boston Fire were terrific, as were many lay people. It was an awful experiance and physically we are all safe but I cant say that mentally we are all well.
Notes (acquisition):
This story was collected by the Boston Globe in the days immediately following the Boston Marathon Bombing. GlobeLab collected these anonymous stories on the Boston.com website and donated them to the Our Marathon Archive. We are grateful for this contribution, which gives insight into how Bostonians and visitors to the city understood the bombing events in their immediate aftermath.