reporter: james maderas is forum s gm. before anyone could understand the source of the explosion a second blom bomb blew up directly in front of the restaurant. second explosion happens. what s the first thing you remember? i was looking out and there s a mailbox right there and i was looking at the mailbox when it blew up. so i saw the actual just the orange fire. just it looked like a huge like firecracker, like an m-80 or something. and you just see it, it blossoms. as loud as the first one was, the second one i don t ever recall hearing it, to be honest with you. i just remember my mouth was full of grit. like all of a sudden for some reason like dirt or dust or something. my mouth was gritty and dirty. you re like oh, my god, is this really happening. and just people are falling. there s glass everywhere. so i was just worried about people falling on the glass. and everybody s running toward the back and people are diving behind couches. and it was just the most anarchic sc
before anyone could understand the nature or the source of the first explosion, the second bomb blew up directly in front of the restaurant. the second explosion happens. what s the first thing you remember? i was looking right out and there was a mailbox right there and i was looking at the mailbox when it blew up so i saw the orange fire. it looked like a huge firecracker like an m-80 or something. as loud as the first one was, the second one i don t recall hearing it to be honest with you. my mouth was full of grit. for some reason it was just like dirt or dust or something. my whole mouth was just gritty and dirty. is this really happening? and just people are falling and glass everywhere so i was just worried about people falling on the glass and everybody was running toward the back and people were diving behind couches and it was just chaos.
assistant gm. before anyone could understand the nature or the source of the first explosion, the second bomb blew up directly in front of the restaurant. second explosion happens. what s the first thing you remember? i was looking out and there s a mailbox right there and i was looking at the mailbox when it blew up. so i saw the actual, just the orange fire. looked like a huge firecracker like an m-80 or something. you just see it, it blossoms. as loud as the first one was, the second one i don t recall hearing it. to be honest with you. i just remember my mouth was full of grit. like all of a sudden for some reason just like dirt or dust or something. all of a sudden my whole mouth was just gritty and dirty. you are like oh, my god is this really happening and people were falling. there is glass everywhere. i was worried about people falling on the glass and everybody running to the back and people diving behind couches. it was just chaos, it was crazy.
pressing forward to crane their necks to look down the street at what it was. reporter: james maderas is forum s gm. before anyone could understand the source of the explosion a second blom bomb blew up directly in front of the restaurant. second explosion happens. what s the first thing you remember? i was looking out and there s a mailbox right there and i was looking at the mailbox when it blew up. so i saw the actual just the orange fire. just it looked like a huge like firecracker, like an m-80 or something. and you just see it, it blossoms. as loud as the first one was, the second one i don t ever recall hearing it, to be honest with you. i just remember my mouth was full of grit. like all of a sudden for some reason like dirt or dust or something. my mouth was gritty and dirty. you re like oh, my god, is this really happening. and just people are falling. there s glass everywhere. so i was just worried about people falling on the glass. and everybody s running toward the b
to root on their loved ones. they were raising hundreds of thousands, millions of dollars during this marathon. so at first, we heard the first blast. it was nothing that alarmed the people where i was, which was at a restaurant. the doors are open, there s a huge patio. it s packed. the first blast, you re thinking maybe it s a car backfiring or an m-80, some type of fireworks. maybe somebody hit the building but you re not thinking explosion. it was further up the road, and it wasn t that big of a blast to where we were standing. but 12 seconds later. everything changed. that second blast was amazing. i mean, it was nothing you ve ever felt before. i ve never been near big like that. it rocked the whole building. once that happened, in the building, it wasn t chaotic.