A sports security specialist says to expect more crowd surveillance, in addition to heightened security at the London Marathon on Sunday, as a result of the Boston Marathon bombings.
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Amby Burfoot was running the Boston Marathon on Monday to mark the 45th anniversary of his winning the race. He’s among thousands of runners who didn’t finish, due to the bombing.
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Our colleague and avid marathoner Karyn Miller-Medzon explains why the bombings won’t deter her next year.
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For years, Alex Ashlock has covered the Boston Marathon for WBUR. He was along the course Monday, but instead of covering the post-race celebration, he ended up reporting on a crime scene.
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Nurse Kim Giroux was volunteering at a Boston Marathon medical tent at the time of the bombing. She tells us that she’d been trained for this situation, but had never seen wounds like this.
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Sports reporter Shira Springer was covering the Boston Marathon yesterday. She also covered the London Olympics, and tells us about the security challenges at major sporting events.
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Continuing our coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, we speak with Devlin Barrett, who covers the FBI for The Wall Street Journal, and updates us on the investigation.
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Here & Now host Robin Young shares her thoughts on the bombing at the Boston Marathon, and recalls the wonderful experiences of Patriots’ Days of years past.
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Continuing our coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, we speak with homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem, who dispels rumors about a Saudi suspect and “multiple devices” at the finish line.
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Boston Medical Center emergency physician Ron Medzon was on the front lines of treating people who were injured in the Boston Marathon explosions on Monday.
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The sequester budget cuts mean lower reimbursements for chemotherapy drugs for Medicare patients — a change that’s forcing some cancer clinics to turn away patients, in order to make ends meet.
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We usually talk to reporter Paul Eisenstein about cars, but when he mentioned he’d recently had a brush with death, we wanted to know more.
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The International Energy Agency is warning that unless nations take urgent action to reduce carbon dioxide levels, average temperatures on the earth could rise by more than nine degrees Fahrenheit.
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