KELOWNA – There were a handful of Okanagan residents who were taking part in Monday’s Boston Marathon where three people have died and several injured after two bombs exploded near the finish line.
Several of those Kelowna residents have taken to Facebook to get the message out that they’re Okay.
Liza Burgess of Kelowna writes: “I am okay. I got out of Boston as soon as I finished. Good thing my leg worked today otherwise I would have been there at the wrong time.”
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Burgess finished the race at 3:27. The explosions occurred at 4:09.
Liz Borrett of Kelowna is another runner in Boston. She tells friends through Facebook that she was close to where the bombs went off but escaped unharmed.
She’s friends with Patrick Gable. He and his wife, Corrine, were only a few hundred metres from where the blasts went off.
“Corrine and I are okay. We were about 500-plus meters past the finish line in the chute picking up Corrine’s bag when the first two explosions went off. Liz Borrett was closer yet reporting that she was getting her medal at the time. Pretty scary stuff. Very unnerving. Corrine has a health issue with her ticker that was supposed to have us back off on her pace.”
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