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Tx4obama

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Mon Apr 15, 2013, 11:14 PM Apr 2013

Newtown families (and runners) were at Boston Marathon



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An AP reporter also says that Newtown families were in the VIP section, by the explosion, but were not injured.

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/15/1868281/explosions-at-the-boston-marathon/



ALSO...

Boston Marathon runners for Newtown safe, finished before blasts

(CNN) -- Six members of the Newtown Strong team who ran the Boston Marathon on Monday are OK, according to a Facebook post from the group.

"Members of the Newtown Strong team which ran in today's marathon are safe. All runners completed the race before the explosions happened," the post said.

The runners ran the 26.2-mile event to honor the 26 people who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. The Newtown Patch reported there were six runners from the town in the race, including Laura Nowacki, whose daughter survived the shooting.
Terror attack disrupts Boston Marathon

Marathon organizers held a 26-second moment of silence before the race to honor the first graders and educators who were killed by Adam Lanza and dedicated the final mile to the victims.

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http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/massachusetts-newtown-runners/index.html




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