Security tight as crowds gather for 120th Boston Marathon
Runners and volunteers from Methuen rose at 3:30 Monday morning to accomplish it to the starting band in time for the 120th Boston Marathon. For abounding in the Merrimack Valley Striders, it’s a attitude years in the making.Lou Peters, 91, was appear as the oldest advance at the event. He’s in his 26th year allowance the acclaimed race. He and accompany Will Meredith and Charlie Farrington came forth with the active club, which beatific about 40 runners forth with the volunteers.
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“It was appropriate already, and now it’s even added special,” he said. “We were there at the accomplishment band if it happened. There’s no abode abroad we would be.”
The atmosphere abreast the starting band was blithe Monday morning, as balmy temperatures drew large, celebrating crowds. The that appears to smell of absurd chef wafted through the air.
Many families brought their accouchement to the area, and crowds were acquisition throughout the arena for a day of anniversary that aswell includes an 11:05 a.m. Red Sox bold and added celebrations of the Patriots’ Day accompaniment holiday.
Public assurance admiral said Monday “no specific, aboveboard threats” accept emerged, but emphasized that federal, state, and bounded agencies are attention anxiously adjoin any arising danger.
At a account appointment on the bend of Hopkinton Common just afore the race, Harold Shaw, appropriate abettor in allegation of the Boston FBI office, said the contempo attacks in Paris and Brussels accept helped admiral hone their abilities on tracking and responding to accessible attacks.
“Strategically, we’re a well-oiled apparatus at this point,” said Colonel Richard McKeon, administrator of Accompaniment Police.
Security is bound this year, with a ample amount of surveillance cameras, and checkpoints for visitors. The amount of admiral stationed at the chase is constant with endure year, McKeon said. There are plainclothes admiral throughout the crowd, as able-bodied as uniformed accompaniment and bounded badge forth the route.
“Law administration is actuality -- uniformed admiral and admiral you may not see,” McKeon said.
His bulletin to the accessible was: “Remember the restrictions that are in place” and adore the race.
Hopkinton Badge Chief Ed Lee said admiral are acquisitive for a accustomed marathon, but “everyone has to be vigilant.”
The bombing adventure was present in addition way Monday morning, as the chase arena angled as a ambience for the Mark Wahlberg’s cine “Patriots Day.”
Tom Meagher, who has been authoritative abiding aggregate is in abode at the accomplishment band for 20 years, said there was a slight appulse from the filming this time around.
He said that ancient in the afternoon, the being arena the appearance of above Boston Badge Commissioner Ed Davis will be active down from Exeter Street against the Accomplishment Band for a arena in the film.
“It’s different, but they accomplish adjustments and we accomplish a little bit of adjustments,” he said. But he’s not afraid about the blur — Meagher said today is all about the runners. “For me it’s the boilerplate agent who’s active for a cause,” he said, referencing what his admired allotment about the chase is. “That’s the a lot of important affair to me, that animal emotion.”
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