seen in afghanistan, and frequently used there, that is not to say that authorities have come to any kinds of conclusion abouts who built these bombs or where they came from. there is also the kind of work underway right now, we wanted to tell you about the fbi is honing in on the cell few towers in the vicinity of the finish line. the cell towers could have carried some kind of a signal from a cellphone that would have triggered these explosions. if they can establish that as fact that will help them a great deal toward figuring out who left those bombs there. in the meantime, many eyewitnesses are telling their stories today. one of the runners, just crossing the finish line was u.s. army reserves captain tom ken aoerbgs he s just back from kenny, he s just back from serving in afghanistan. captain kenny had just crossed the finish line was about 50 feet away from the blast when the first blast went off. lucas carr is a former army ranger who finished the race and
captain kenny, sergeant lucas carr we thank you for your service, we thank you for your her oeus eupl yesterday and thank you for heroism yesterday and thank you for your time. any time. as we go forward let s just keep our thoughts and prayers with the families, and the victims, and everybody that this has affected worldwide, and as americans today we all stand, but today america has a touch of bass tone yan inside of them bostonian inside of them so let s just hold on tight, i m sure, you know, we get the best of the best going after these people, and justice will prevail. jon: important point and very well put. again, we thank you both. jenna: well, as you have seen over the last several hours there have been plenty of cameras at the big events like the boston marathon, and that s why we were able to see such
went back to help the wounded. both of them are joining us now over the phone. sergeant carr to you first when you heard this thing go off did it take you back to afghanistan? yeah. and iraq, more iraq, but, yeah, of course. you know, i mean you kind of invisioned it happening there, not coming back here to haunt you, you come back and have this happen to you. jon: and when you saw the wounded, i mean i m sure your military training just kicked in. yeah. i just i didn t even think twice, you know, and everybody was everybody is in a state of panic to get away from it, you know, and firefighters, ems, first responders, and boston police, eod teams, i mean everybody was there quick to preserve the scene so that