Crime & Safety

Christine Kopcha, Julie Francis OK At Boston Marathon, SoundRunner Reports

Associated Press reporting 20 injured and two may be dead following at least three explosions. Two more explosive devices found.

Christine Kopcha, the manager at the Old Saybrook branch of SoundRunner, and Julie Francis, the former owner of SoundRunner are at the Boston Marathon, and both have reported in as being OK, said Lisa Sparago, the manager of the Branford, CT store. 

Sparago said that SoundRunner was recently purchased by Marathon Sports, which has a location at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, where there were several explosions Monday afternoon. 

Authorities are reporting that more than 20 are injured and two may have been killed. There have been three explosions and two more explosive devices found, the Associated Press is reporting. 

Area runners listed as running in the Boston Marathon include the following: 

From Madison, Bruce C. Beebe, Jennifer N. Gregoretti, Kritina Rath, and William B. Zuconi. 

From Guilford, Karen Febbraio, Kameron Shahid, Dominique Stasulli. 

From Clinton, Erik Savage. 

From Durham, Brian E. Lentz. 

If you have heard back from any of these runners, please let us know whether they are OK. Thanks. 

A searchable list of entrants can be found here: http://www.baa.org/entrants.html


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