AT LEAST 3 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AS THE RESULT OF YESTERDAY’S 2 BOMBINGS NEAR THE FINISH LINE FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON, AND AT LEAST 175 WERE WOUNDED. WITH OUR LOCAL RUNNERS, MORE THAN 20 FROM THE TRI-COUNTY AREA ARE REPORTEDLY FINE (INCLUDING DANIEL TAPIA FROM CASTROVILLE, WHO WAS THE 2ND AMERICAN TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE (AND THE OVERALL 9TH TO DO SO)), BUT WE DON’T HAVE ANY STATUS REPORTS ON 8 RUNNERS FROM SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THEY ARE:
SANTA CRUZ RESIDENTS:
25 YEAR-OLD KARIN OHMAN,
31 YEAR-OLD MATTHEW MARTIN,
33 YEAR-OLD JAY THOMSON,
48 YEAR-OLD KELLYANN NICHOLSON,
AND 53 YEAR-OLD ANDREW KENNEY….ALONG WITH:
YEAR-OLD TED CHEN FROM CAPITOLA, 66 YEAR-OLD STEVE BOYADIJAN FROM SOQUEL, AND 76 YEAR-OLD RON KOBRINE FROM APTOS.
ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THESE 8 PEOPLE IS ENCOURAGED TO CALL K.S.C.O. (AT 831-475-1080), AND LET THE NEWSROOM KNOWN HOW THEY ARE DOING.
