Crime & Safety
Orinda Marathoner Reported Safe
Boston Marathon runner Patty Hung is quoted in a Boston-area news site. Thanks to 'Orinda Mom' for alerting us to the link.
Boston Marathon runner Patty Hung of Orinda is reported to be all right.
"Orinda mom" wrote a comment on the Patch story that lists the Lamorindans who registered for the marathon. Orinda mom said Patty Hung was OK, with a link to WickedLocal.com in the Gloucester, Mass., area, which reported:
“'We knew that there was a disaster,'” said Patty Hung, of Orinda, Calif., whose son Kevin was at the finish, very near where the bombs exploded. Hung was half a mile from the finish.
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She found Kevin thanks to text messages, as officials temporarily shut down cell phone service.
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