2 explosions rock Boston

Authorities are investigating a report of two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon

By Associated Prss

Published April 15, 2013 7:08PM (EDT)

Shalane Flanagan approaches the finish line to finish fourth in the women's division of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP/Elise Amendola)
Shalane Flanagan approaches the finish line to finish fourth in the women's division of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP/Elise Amendola)

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities are investigating a report of two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

There were two booms heard from near the finish line inside the Fairmount Copley Plaza Hotel.

Race officials locked down the hotel because of the report.

The sound of two booms, which sounded like thunder, had come a short time earlier.


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