was a charity runner for the alzheim alzheimer s association. we started at 10:40 a.m., and i finished my first under four. hi pushed pretty hard in mile 25 and 26, what that means i was winded and dizzy, i was ready to faint. as i crossed the finish line one i asked for medical assistance, a wheelchair, i heard your reporter say, typical post marathon, to give, if you will, a little tlc. i m near mass general myself, another ambulance. i was in the tent, i think it was approximately eight minutes after i had crossed. so close to 2:40 p.m. that i heard an explosion, i was laying on a cot, getting my blood pressure taken, my initial question, was that thunder? it was a beautiful day in boston. i didn t think that was the
about you were telling me during the commercial break you ve run nine marathons but you ve run other marathons in other parts of the country, but boston is special, and it s special for a reason, isn t it? it s the marathon every runner wants to run. if you re an elite athlete you re drawn here. if you run other marathons you always want to run boston. i m a charity runner. bill: which means you raise money for charities and that s why you re out here. exactly. most of the people that were finishing at that time were charity runners, raising money for great organizations, and i can only assume that a lot of the spectators were their friend and family, so i think that s what makes a marathon special is a combination of it s an elite sporting event and a lot of charity. bill: chris my best to you and the people in boston. chris cassidy a report and runner, thanks again. our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has been on the story from the
the first thing, this was wave three, so i was running i was a charity runner, so we started at approximately 10:40 a.m. then i finished just under four, my first under four, thus i pushed pretty hard mile 25 and 26. that means i was pretty winded, dizzy and felt like i was ready to faint. and, thus, as i crossed the finish line i asked for medical assistance. they stuck me in a wheelchair, wheeled me over there. i heard your reporter, typical post-marathon to give me a little tlc. excuse me, i m by mass general and another ambulance coming by there. i was in the tent for a little tlc. i think it was approximately eight minutes after i crossed, close to 2:40 p.m., when i heard the explosion. i was laying on a cot, having my blood pressure taken or something like that and my initial question was, is that