[Mahler9th]

I hope the best for the witnesses and victims and their loved ones. Including caregivers at hospitals, et cetera. I am sure it is traumatic for them as well.

One of my old buddies is a marathon and ultramarathon runner, but I don't think he has done Boston for a few years. I can imagine what folks about to run in places like London must be thinking.

I have been watching some of the media stuff on TV. I am sure the folks in media are having interesting meetings and discussions and decision-making. They have to compete for audience and balance that with everything else. So far I have seen a lot more fumbling around with "information" (as opposed to facts) than I would like to see. But I am not their target audience.

A large public event incident is unfortunately not a surprise. My perspective on this is informed by a friend that died a couple of years ago. He was in the FBI working in the White House in the area of national security/counter-terrorism. Incredible work. They named a building after him this year.

I met some of his colleagues at his memorial service. I added that experience to what I knew of him and his work and concluded that all of these folks are really dedicated to their work trying to keep us as safe as possible. They will be working really, really hard on this, and they have my support.