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It's doubly wonderful that so many people rushed to help and render assistance when one considers that it's a common tactic for terrorists to use multiple explosives with a few seconds or minutes delay between them - the idea being to use the follow up detonations to injure and kill the responders. I've run the Boston Marathon twice in my younger days and really hope this event doesn't ruin a wonderful and time-honored tradition in what really is a great city. It's a rite of spring every year - people all come out, line the course for miles, scream and cheer their lungs out for hours - and not just for the "elite" athletes either. For many years this event really has brought out the best in people and been a great time for participants and spectators alike. It'd be a shame if the response next year is a heavy-handed mandatory screening or pat-down of the thousands of spectators in Back Bay. If we resort to that (a la TSA) then the terrorists win. It means the event is permanently overshadowed by their actions. I think the best way to honor those who suffer/died is to dismiss the evil actions and allow the event to continue as what it's been for so many years - a positive and uplifting experience for everyone involved. I hope the person or persons responsible get some serious karma levied upon them and my heart breaks for the people that lost family members or friends. That said I hope the event goes own as it has for over a hundred years and we don't let this action define it in the years to come. My motivation is rising to train again and maybe run it one more time in honor of the fallen and broken. We'll see - I'm a much older and more out-of-shape guy than I once was, but I think it'd be appropriate to do.

All the best to the victims and the police working to solve this.