Thank goodness you're all okay! Glad your brother escaped unscathed. Wow, that was close!!
cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> Sent: April 15, 2013 4/15/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: Boston PDML'ers please check in Christine Nielsen, checking in... We were at our usual spot on Heartbreak Hill. My brother ran his 5th marathon today, and we were also watching for a cousin, and a couple of friends to come by. Long story short: my brother crossed the finish about one minute ahead of the blast. He was approx 500 feet away, in the chutes. Another friend of ours was with him. There were a nervous few minutes between the time I heard the first rumors of explosions -- texts were coming in, and my teenage son was also getting updates from the world beyond the Hill -- and the time I heard from my sister in law that Bill was ok. Still, it was tense until he managed to get home -- image the chaos in that vicinity, plus the post-marathon daze he must have been in. I think adrenaline carried him home. My cousin, and a couple of other friends, had just crested Heartbreak Hill when runners were told to stop. They were detained for a while until a headcount of runners had been taken. On my way home, eventually, heading south out of the city... at least 25-30 emergency vehicles heading into the city, lights flashing, passed on the other side of the highway. Finally home just 30 mins ago, turned on the tv news. That lasted about 3 minutes. I feel sick. -c On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > Christine Aguila wrote: > >>Anyone hear from Christine nielson? Christine/Chicago > > Nope. She lives pretty far out in Hingham and I don't think she is a > marathon fan. If I find out anything I'll post. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
