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1996 was a AMERICAN attacking AMERICAN's...........
these cowards need to get the death penaltyComment
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I will say this in all seriousness... If they catch somebody "real quick" my bullshit antennae will go up "real quick"Comment
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Most murderers are caught in the first 24 hours...Comment
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This was a decently set-up attack..I would expect whoever did it has a little sense to evade police for a bit..I still say local whacko with a grudge.Comment
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if it's true there were excercises on the day re bomb dogs etc. that would suggest a level of pre determined intel.
no law enforcement agency is infallible; to think otherwise is akin to believing psychics can predict next week's lotto numbers.Comment
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one would think with all of the cameras on in nearby bldgs or at the race especially near the finish line that they have these cowards who did this on tape somewhere...Now who`s that babe with the fab-u-lous shad-ow?Comment
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Boston runners were warned: Squamish man
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Heiliger 'stunned' by explosions, but escapes injury in marathon finish-line blasts
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.
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 (April 15). “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.'”
Heiliger said he thought about telling the woman that the race was Monday, but decided not to correct her.
Heiliger was in the process of calling the police after his conversation with The Chief.
“I thought it was just a nut and maybe she was a nut but she was holding a couple of bags like she just got off a plane and was accosting runners on Saturday,” he said.
The Squamish resident was one of a group of about 15 runners from the North Shore and he said they're all fine.
“We all run in a run club and as far as I know all of our people are OK,” he said. “Some of them didn't get to finish, unfortunately, because when the bomb went off — that was it. They [race officials] stopped everybody.”
Heiliger finished the race in 3:29:51 and was making his way back to his hotel when the explosions went off.
“I was just coming to the hotel and I heard all these sirens,” he said. “But you're in a big city and when you hear sirens you think nothing of it.”
It was the fourth time Heiliger had raced in Boston and said the scene was disturbing.
“I'm just stunned right now,” he said. “It's a terrible situation. Boston has really embraced this race, they really get up for this thing and they're so friendly. For something like this to happen it's mind boggling.”
He said whoever set up the explosions had put some thought into it.
“Whoever did this knew what they were doing,” he said. “They knew where to put where the most people were.”
Despite the disastrous day, Heiliger said the tragedy will not dampen his enthusiasm for the race.
“I think I would still come back to Boston,” he said. “I bet security will be insane from here on in but I take the attitude that if you stay away, you let the crazies win. Time will tell what comes of this. This is huge. They [locals] want to hang someone out on the streets.”
For updates on this developing story, check back with www.squamishchief.com or see this week's print edition of The Chief.
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