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Boston Marathon
Bomb Attack

Local runners witness
chaos as explosions
rock the finish line.

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Robin Schwartz

Contributing Writers

T

he thrill and exhilaration
of completing the Boston
Marathon, one of the world's
most storied races, gave way to panic
April 15 for thousands of runners and
spectators when two bombs exploded
about 12 seconds apart near the mara-
thon's finish line.
The blasts killed at least three people,
including an 8-year-old boy, and
wounded more than 140 others, and
the FBI called the incident a "potential
terrorism investiga-
tion:' Police swarmed
a home Monday night
looking for a "person
of interest:' but at
press time there were
no arrests.
Anthony Targan, 51,
of West Bloomfield
Anthony
completed the 26.2

Targan

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A Boston
Marathon
runner embraces
a woman near
Kenmore Square
after two bombs
exploded in the
area.

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mile course with his law school friend,
Jack Strausman of Silver Spring, Md.,
about 15 minutes before the loud
booms reverberated through the air,
shook the ground and sent people
scrambling.
"We heard two blasts:' Targan said.
"Based on their volume and consecu-
tive nature, I knew they were bombs:'
The two men saw panic-stricken
people running as smoke rose from the
area, but they tried to remain calm and
walk back to their hotel. Targan has
run 13 marathons; he ran the Boston
Marathon five times.
"I don't think it's really sunk in yet:'

he told the Jewish News a short time
after the bomb attack. "[I've] just been
busy getting the word out to loved ones
that I'm safe and trying to figure out
a way to get out of town sooner rather
than later.
"It's just such a shame;' Targan con-
tinued. "The Boston Marathon has
been run 117 consecutive years. People
come from all over the country and all
over the world not only to participate,
but also to cheer on the runners. It's
such a positive day from start to finish
— and to have all that taken away, I

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