Reading these Boston Marathon tweets is like getting punched in the gut
Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker was on the scene of the marathon explosion. Watch as his tweets go from inspirational to horrifying in mere minutes: After 2 hours atop Heartbreak Hill, starting to see the struggling runners, cramping and crying, inspiring, and soon to be smiling. — Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 15, 2013 Marathon ...
Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker was on the scene of the marathon explosion. Watch as his tweets go from inspirational to horrifying in mere minutes:
After 2 hours atop Heartbreak Hill, starting to see the struggling runners, cramping and crying, inspiring, and soon to be smiling.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 15, 2013
Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker was on the scene of the marathon explosion. Watch as his tweets go from inspirational to horrifying in mere minutes:
After 2 hours atop Heartbreak Hill, starting to see the struggling runners, cramping and crying, inspiring, and soon to be smiling.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 15, 2013
Marathon Monday is a nice reminder of how inspiring humans can be, and of how drunk Boston College students can get by noon.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 15, 2013
I’m on Boylston just past finish line. Witnesses report two large explosions. Lots of blood. Ambulances descending on area.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 15, 2013
Now getting gruesome first-hand accounts of hair on fire, severed limbs, battlefield scene in front of Charlesmark Hotel.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 15, 2013
Two explosions right in front of Marathon Sports. Witnesses saw bones sticking out, legs on ground, blood everywhere, and awful smell.
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 15, 2013
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