UPDATE: Submitted by Kevin Cheetham
I attend Emerson College which is located about 3 blocks from the incidents that occurred on 4/15/13. I was a spectator of the marathon, and was standing in front of the Prudential Tower, one block from the first explosion and a half block from the second. I saw both bombs detonate.
After the second I, and the people around me, ran for our lives. In the wake of the tragedy, two members of my school created a fundraiser called the “BOSTON STRONG” T-Shirt Project.
All proceeds from the sales of shirts will go directly to The One Fund which was set up by the Mayor and Governor. So far over $30,000 has been raised. .
Thank you so much,
Kevin Cheetham, Indian Hills High School Alumnus
Click Here To Purchase T-Shirt
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino have announced the formation of The One Fund Boston, Inc. to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occurred in Boston on April 15, 2013.
Donate at OneFundBoston.Org
Why would someone bomb the Boston Marathon?
It is a question being asked by hundreds of millions of people, and by federal agents and Boston police seeking to identify the terrorist(s) responsible.
For the investigators, the answer is important in so far as it leads them to the perpetrators, for the rest of us – we know the answer.
We know why the Boston Marathon was bombed, and it has nothing to do with politics or religion. The answer rests in the famous quote from Kathrine Switzer who, in 1967, was the first woman to run Boston with a race number.
“If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon”.
The Boston Marathon is the most prestigious foot race in the world, and the oldest having been first organized in 1897. While it is held on Patriots Day in Massachusetts, it is a global event that attracts runners from around the world.
The terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon was not aimed at the American economy, it was not aimed at disrupting daily life, it was not intended to bring attention to some corrupted cause.
The terrorist attack in Boston was aimed straight at the heart of the human spirit, because that is what the marathon represents. That is why Switzer advised people, “If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon”
A marathon is the purest competition – you need nothing but will and determination. You do not need a team, a ball, cleats, sticks or bats; you do not need a goal, a basket, a field. You need nothing but yourself.
And for most marathon runners, that is who they compete against, themselves. The innocent people bombed in Boston, those runners, their supporters, their fans, were people who celebrate individual triumph, individual challenge, and individual spirit.
The attacks in Boston were attacks on the human spirit, an attack aimed at making us lose faith in human nature.
If you are losing faith in human nature, find that faith by standing with the people in Boston.