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From the age of 5 until he was 18, junior Jason Green
didn’t miss a single Marathon Monday in Boston.
Green, who is from the nearby suburb Newton, felt a
range of emotions as he learned about what happened Mon-day
in the city, at sites he is so familiar with.
“Seeing the streets you walk on, the restaurants you’ve
eaten lunch at, and the hospital you were born in depicted
as a component of a terrorist attack was a surreal feeling,”
he said.
For the city of Boston, Monday’s race turned what has
traditionally been the city’s happiest day of the year into what
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick deemed “a horrific day.”
Usual shouts of encouragement became screams from
those running for their lives when two bombs exploded just
yards away from the finish line at around 2:45 p.m. Monday.
But running away from the explosion was impossible
for close to 200 people at Boston’s Copley Square. Instead,
they were rushed to local hospitals with injuries of varying
degree. Three others, including an 8-year-old boy, have been
pronounced dead.
Green said he still cannot wrap his head around Mon-day’s
tragedy.
“My initial emotions were anger, frustration, depression
and vulnerability,” he said.
For other University of Miami students who call Boston
home, watching the tragedy unfold from a television screen
sent shivers down the spine.
After hearing the news on Monday, junior Hannah
Armstrong left class as tears spilled down her face.
“Growing up in Boston, the marathon represents a day
to celebrate the hard work that so many of our family and
friends work months to achieve,” said Armstrong, who is also
from Newton. “It’s a shame that it was ruined in a matter of
seconds by a heartless act.”
Sophomore Shelby Mosier, who is from North Andover
outside of Boston, felt fortunate that her family did not make
its usual appearance at the marathon this year.
BY SKYLAR FRISCH| CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER
LYSSA GOLDBERG| ASSISTANT EDITOR
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CAYLA NIMMO // PHOTO EDITOR
STAYING STRONG: The Brickell Run club hosted a special run in honor of the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Tuesday night. More than 1,000 runners showed their support.
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