A participant believes that the officials had some notice, some suspicion, as there were bomb sniffing dogs at the finish line and other unusual precautions
Posted on | April 16, 2013 | 3 Comments
NBC 15 in Mobile, AL interviewed a UM coach who participated in the marathon
UM Coach: Bomb Sniffing Dogs, Spotters on Roofs Before Explosions
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University of Mobile’s Cross Country Coach, who was near the finish line of the Boston Marathon when a series of explosions went off, said he thought it was odd there were bomb sniffing dogs at the start and finish lines.
“They kept making announcements to the participants do not worry, it’s just a training exercise,” Coach Ali Stevenson told Local 15.
Stevenson said he saw law enforcement spotters on the roofs at the start of the race. He’s been in plenty of marathons in Chicago, D.C., Chicago, London and other major metropolitan areas but has never seen that level of security before.
“Evidently, I don’t believe they were just having a training exercise,” Stevenson said. “I think they must have had some sort of threat or suspicion called in.”
CNN reports a state government official said there were no credible threats before the race
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April 16th, 2013 @ 8:15 am
“To sit home, read one’s favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men’s doing.”
– Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt.
April 16th, 2013 @ 11:20 am
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April 16th, 2013 @ 12:37 pm
Actually, that’s not an unusual precaution at such an event. It’s pretty much standard procedure.