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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 10:53 PM Apr 2013

Boston runners were warned: Squamish man

Runners getting set to take part in the Boston Marathon were warned beforehand that they were going to die, said a Squamish resident who took part in the race.

Two people were killed and more than 130 were injured when two explosions rocked the finish-line area of the famed, 42.2-kilometre running event on Monday (April 15).

Mike Heiliger, 59, said a woman holding several bags was telling runners who were picking up their pre-race packages in downtown Boston on Saturday (April 13) that they were going to die if they participated in the event.

“I was downtown on Saturday and you know, you see these people on the street and think it's just some nutbar,” he told The Chief from his Boston hotel on Monday. “It was a little creepy because you can identify who the runners are and I heard her say to this runner two feet away from me that, 'If you run tomorrow you're going to die.'”

more . . . http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20130415/SQUAMISH0101/130419985/-1/squamish/boston-runners-were-warned-squamish-man

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Boston runners were warned: Squamish man (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Apr 2013 OP
I wonder if she had any connection to the bombings... CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #1
Or if she was just a nut. proud2BlibKansan Apr 2013 #4
Or was the guy in need of a liver transplant pipoman Apr 2013 #2
A Woman? ChangeUp106 Apr 2013 #3
There was a woman in Philly who said that every day! jberryhill Apr 2013 #5

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,297 posts)
1. I wonder if she had any connection to the bombings...
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 10:58 PM
Apr 2013

I suspect the police are showing this man the videotapes and asking him if he spots her.

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
2. Or was the guy in need of a liver transplant
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 11:03 PM
Apr 2013

and the woman his sister? A lot of stories at the Boston Marathon..

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. There was a woman in Philly who said that every day!
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 11:47 PM
Apr 2013

She would rant on about the end of the world near one of the exits from the train station. One day she pointed at me and shouted, "You're going to Hell!"

And I said, "Well, good for that! I wasn't feeling up to another day at the office."
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