Wasnt Something Small News Today

Kind of crisis coverage. im just wondering if you can kind of replay it in your head, those fractions of seconds where you went from what you thought you were doing, you actually thought you were covering a marathon and a wedding. when you went from that to realizing you are covering a major historic american disaster. >> yeah, we knew it immediately. the kind of carnage we saw, this wasnt something small. some people said early on maybe a manhole blew up. i couldnt imagine a manhole blowing up ...

Off. the group that i was with, all of us thought we heard a cannon fire, so we turned our attention. thats what it sounded like. we turned our attention to the finish line. thats when we saw the cloud of smoke. even then, we were sitting there saying what is going on. then within ten seconds of, you know, turning around, we actually saw the second one happen and thats when we kind of started putting things together. >> what did you do after you realized what was happening? >> caller: well, i wa...

Of started putting things together. >> what did you do after you realized what was happening? >> well, i was with my dad, my brother, and my future brother-in-law. my dad actually kind of had us back away from the street a little bit. we were kind of next to a building that had stone pillars that protected us a little bit. a lot of the people in my area just kind of were a little confused and stunned about what was going on. we kind of just stayed in the area trying to figure out what was happen...

Changed. you described it well, im from boston, too. i remember as a kid, i used to think i got the day off from school because of the boston marathon. >> exactly. >> in fact, its patriots day, this holiday that we celebrate there. its very festive. its just not the place where your mind is ready or poised to shift into any kind of negative or kind of crisis coverage. and so im just wondering if you can kind of replay it in your head those fractions of seconds where you went from what you though...