running a marathon, you don t have anything on you but your clothes. they didn t have an opportunity to call people. between the people at the finish line trying to call the people to let them know they re okay, to the boston marathon runners who are trying to get their family members over at the finish line, they are really making a difference in connecting families today. i think they need to be applauded because they re bravery was apparent and they went into action and had an entirely different mission than what they came there for. jackie bruno of new england cable news. thank you for joining me tonight. your reporting has been invaluable to us at msnbc. i appreciate it. thank you very much. we ll have much more on this breaking story. we ll right back. ind reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. no company can pay to be on angie s list, so you can trust what you re reading. angie s list is like having thousands of close neighbor
untied. i realized that was not the case. that was was actually a guy with his legs blown off. i grew up here, i m from this area. i went to boston university. i reported here my whole life. it s just incredible. you love the boston marathon. it s a day of joy. when you watch those runners come in. you re so excited for them your inspirational for them. you see the joy on their faces. the runners i saw coming in, they re running in with joy, immediately that changed, they were looking to their left and they saw body parts and people without limbs, and a horrific scene that seems to be something out of a movie or one of those horrific shows. i keep on thinking of the walking dead this something that we don t see every day or a situation, unless you re in a war. that s the type of injuries we were seeing. it was really traumatic. jackie, i just want to go through how your mind-set
it s the biggest moment in their lives. mike, thank you very much for joining us tonight. you re welcome. joining me now by phone from boston, new england cable news reporter jackie bruno who was at the scene of the explosions today. jackie, you were covering this at the finish line today, weren t you? well, actually i was covering a different story. a feature, a story about a couple running the marathon from dallas, texas, who was supposed to get married at the boston commons at 5:30. we got them coming in. we were moving our car when this happened. literally coming out of the parking garage right next to where boylston street is. coming out of that parking garage. to give you an idea, mike barnicle said by lord & taylor, we were facing lord & taylor. we were coming out and i heard a big boom. i said what was that? even a joke, a gunshot, yeah, right, the race has already
their bravery was apparent. they went into action and had an entirely different mission than what they came for. jackie bruno, thank you. your reporting has been invaluable here at msnbc thank you. caller: thank you very much. we ll have more on this breaking story. we ll be right back. i m telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i m really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they re looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours.
saw people, strangers tieing turn kits on people s legs. he saw a man jump on two children to cover them from further blasts that, thankfully, did not a cur. the scene, as you know, is normally one of joy and celebration in a community of spirit. that scene, boylston street, the finish line is unfortunately tonight, a murder scene. yeah, mike, you and i both watched that scene so many times over the years, people coming down boylston street. even the ones coming in six hours after the finisher. it s the biggest moment of their lives. thank you very much for joining us tonight. reporter: you re welcome. joining me now by phone from boston, new england, jackie bruno who was at the scene of the explosions. you were covering this at the