Boston Globe: A perfect Marathon day, then the unimaginable

The Boston Globe’s Kevin Cullen is both an eloquent writer and a Boston journalistic institution. We’d like to share with you part of his column on yesterday’s tragic events:

“Before 3 p.m., the medical tent at the finish line had seen nothing worse than a blister. Then, in an instant, it was transformed into a battlefield triage unit. Doctors and nurses who had been running the race in turn raced to the medical tent and volunteered their ­services, still sweating, still wearing their running gear. People in the Back Bay opened their homes to runners who couldn’t get back to their ­hotels.

 

‘We will get through this, but we will never be the same.

 

‘Even as the smoke drifted away from Boylston, we are still in the fog, still in the dark, our ears still ringing from the bombs.

 

‘And we are left with this unnerving proposition: If it was home-grown, it was probably an aberration, the work of a ­lunatic. If it was foreign ­inspired or sponsored, we will never feel safe again in our own town.

 

‘President Obama asked the rest of the country to pray for Boston. But we need more than prayers. We need answers. We need peace of mind, and we’ll never have that again on Patriots Day. Ever. Because somebody came here on our Patriots Day and launched their own revolution.”

 

Once again, to find out how to help our friends in Boston, please head to www.redcross.org.