how far from the scene awere yo taken? >> well, it was an odd experience. if you've ever run a marathon, you know part of the finish is you're very carefully and efficiently moved away from the finishing line to make room for the next finishers. as far as we were concerned, we were just walking more quickly through the chute. we were given our medals and our mylar blankets and bananas just like we normally would. and at this point we were hearing only rumors of what had happened. people were guessing all kinds of things, from something harmless as a blown-out transformer to something more serious. so in an odd way our experience beyond the finish line moving away from the explosion was perfectly normal for a post-marathon. it was only after a while that the police started moving through the area and telling us in rather, shall we say, energetic tones to get out and