My boss was in Boston with her daughter who ran in the marathon. She finished about half an hour before the bombs went off. They always take a photo of her at the finish line with her medal. This time, they forgot. They decided to walk back to the hotel, when my boss realized they had skipped the traditional photo. She wanted to go back to take it, but her daughter just wanted to shower and change, so she posed in front of the hotel instead. If they had walked back to take the picture, they would have been right there when the bombs exploded.

I also spoke to a client whose daughter was in Boston cheering on friends, and thankfully they were all fine. She said that they couldn't leave the city yesterday because of lockdown, and when they went to take their bus today, the bus company wouldn't honor their tickets and made them pay for new ones. Real nice.