An impulse of sympathy by a Sitka couple in Boston has gone viral on the Internet as a symbol of people pulling together in the face of violent tragedy. Monday after the bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon, police stopped the race. Those who could not finish didn’t know if their families waiting at the finish were okay.
Laura Wellington was one such runner. She was sitting in tears when a woman put a space blanket around her and a man who had finished the race gave her his medal. Later she reached out through Facebook, and was soon in touch with Brent Cunningham of Sitka, who had finished the race, and his wife Karin.
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Ed Ronco is a reporter at KCAW in Sitka.
