Eyewitness News Chief Meteorologist Lee Goldberg and reporter Jim Dolan reflect on their experience witnessing and covering the Boston Marathon bombing.
Ten years ago, on April 15, 2013, three people were killed when two pressure-cooker bombs detonated 11 seconds apart on Boylston Street near the finish line of the iconic 26-mile Boston Marathon race.
The bombers also took the life of Sean Collier, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police officer who was executed while on patrol. "It was a great motivator for me to just keep training," said Scott. "I always want to run a marathon, just chop it off the bucket list. But the goal was I had to do it in under four hours.""A little chilly in the morning - great for the runners - we were all excited conditions were good," said Lee."That's the very famous grueling stretch that the runners have to get through and they need the most help. So our whole family was there.
Scott had finished his race in a little over four hours and passed the finish line a few minutes before the first bomb went off. Lee got a call from an unknown number and luckily, it was Scott. Scott had run into an old friend that he had trained with back in Florida. She lent him the phone and he was able to call Lee.
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