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University of Iowa, Iowa City Community Members in Boston React to Marathon Bombing: Daily Iowan Reader, April 16
Also inside: Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks at UI, Iowa baseball hits the road again, UI adds new bike-repair stations.
UI, Iowa City community members in Boston react to Marathon bombing
Individuals in Boston with ties to the University of Iowa and Iowa City community share their experiences and reactions to Monday’s fatal Boston Marathon bombing.
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Justin Hattan
Justin Hattan stood a few hundred yards from the finish line surrounded by family members as he watched his father complete his first Boston Marathon.
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Right when it seemed his dad was poised to cross the finish line, they heard the deafening blast.
He said the scene was immediately chaotic. Those around him thought it was some sort of riot.
“We saw people scrambling out of the area and police exiting people out of the area,” said Hattan, a 35-year-old 2003 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law. “My dad was almost at the finish line, so he was right there when it happened.”
The runners were diverted from the finish line, so Hattan said he and his family spent a “chaotic” and “nerve-racking” two hours walking around the city trying to gather information and locate his father.
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