Seekonk Woman Helps Marathon Bombing Victims

Seekonk resident Christine Lewis went to the Boston Marathon Monday to help, but she and fellow therapeutic massage and nursing students from Bristol Community College were more helpful than they ever thought they'd need to be.

NBC 10 in Providence reported:

She was inside a makeshift medical unit during the first blast. Afterward, Lewis and other students were evacuated and outside for the second explosion.

Lewis and other volunteers' training kicked into high gear and instead of running, they started helping.

"They were cold, they were tired. They didn't know what happened either and they couldn't find the people that were there to observe them. So it was mostly emotional support more than medical support," she said.

The situation worried Lewis' mother Priscilla Lewis-Pina, who saw what was happening on television, but was unable to get in touch with her daughter, NBC 10 reported. The two were finally reunited more than five hours after the initial blast.