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Posted on April 15, 2013 at 4:34 PM
Updated today at 4:41 PM
NEW ORLEANS – At least 95 people from Louisiana took part in the Boston Marathon.
Danny Bourgeois of the Louisiana Marathon LLC in Covington was near the finish line before the blasts went off. He said the area was jammed with people when he was there.
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Opelousas residents safe after Boston Marathon explosions
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Dianna Hunt
They finished just seconds apart and just a little over two minutes before the first bomb went off.
But Opelousas residents Jennifer Castille and Kathryn Jarrell were unharmed in the explosion that rocked the Boston Marathon today, according to husband Ric Castille.
“She called me but then we got cut off almost immediately,” Ric Castille said. “She told me everything’s OK, and that the group that came from Opelousas, they’re all OK.”
Ric Castille said that about 12 women from Opelousas went to Boston for the iconic marathon, but only Castille and Jarrell ran in the race.
Both are veteran marathoners.
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9 local runners participate in Boston Marathon
By: Nikki Henderson
[…]
- Frank Bright
- Elodie Burlet
- Christopher Huff
- Laura Nanda
- Wallace Robertson
- Elizabeth Van Savage
- John Van Savage
- Lisa Walter
- Robert Walter
All of them are reported to be safe and unharmed and were able to complete the race.
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La. marathon runner describes chaotic scene in Boston
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Posted on April 15, 2013 at 4:38 PM
Updated today at 4:54 PM
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“It was like Bourbon on Mardi Gras. You know, it was so packed with people. Everybody just stopped. ”
Everhardt’s daughter, Brandy Jenkins, finished the race at about 1 p.m., before the explosions happened.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Jenkins said. “Imagine had it happened any earlier, or any later. I just can’t believe that all the people — the limbs, the people that lost their lives, limbs, blood were everywhere, and people had lost their limbs. It was so scary.”
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Local runners escape harm in Boston Marathon blast
BOSTON —Dozens of Louisiana and Mississippi runners are among those who participated in the Boston Marathon, and while there were no immediate reports of any injuries to local participants, family and friends are scrambling to establish contact with each of them.
One local runner who escaped harm is Jessica Kempainen, who is co-owner of Hour Blast Fitness in New Orleans. Kempainen had already completed the course when the first explosion happened.
“It’s absolute chaos, and everyone around here seems to be in complete shock,” she told WDSU in a phone interview Monday afternoon. “I can’t explain how lucky I feel. Thankfully, I ran a fast race and didn’t have to experience this firsthand.”
Kempainen was accompanied to Boston by her mother and boyfriend. They were already on their way back to the hotel when the blasts erupted.
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