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Breaking: Two Dead in Boston Marathon Explosion
More than 100 people injured near finish line in large annual event. There were 11 Fredericksburg runners participating in the event.
Two people are dead and more than 100 people were injured Monday in an explosion at the Boston Marathon, according to live reports from CNN.
The Patriot-Ledger is reporting two booms were heard from inside the Fairmount Copley Hotel near the finish line on Boylston Street. There are also reports of multiple serious injuries, but no word yet on whether those injured were spectators or runners.
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Here's a list of Fredericksburg runners at the event Monday, according to the Boston Athletic Association website.
Name Baxter, Lisa M. Cook, Richard A. D'Addio, Susan Hamlen, Andrea Harrison, James G. IIIHess, Joey Jasparro, Vicky L. Meyer, Michael D. Pirch, Christopher J Randall, Carl S
Resnick, Matthew S
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