On Monday afternoon, two explosions went off near the finishline of the Boston Marathon, one of the country’s largest races. At least three people have been killed and roughly 175 people have been injured. UT Students are speaking out on their reactions to what President Obama is calling “an act of terrorism.”
Many students have family and friends that were at the marathon. Corinne Singleton, a sophomore and elementary education major had a close friend that attends Boston University that was running in the marathon.
“She was really close to the first explosion. She told me that she had blood spatter all over her and she saw a man that had lost his leg from the blast,” Singleton said
Singleton is not the only student who knew someone close the the explosions. Tyler Romanelli, a sophomore and entrepreneurship major, has a sister that was also running in the marathon.
“I had a lot of anxiety,” Romanelli said. “Cell service was down and I couldn’t get a hold of her for a while.”
While some students didn’t know anyone directly impacted, many still had strong reactions.
“I’m just in shock,” Tyler Allen said, a freshman and government and world affairs major. “It’s truly horrible. There are so many terrible events happening in our country lately,” Allen added.
John Adams, a sophomore and communications major is curious as to what a plan of action will be in response to the bombings.
“I am curious as to how the government is going to respond to something like this. I definitely think it was a domestic attack, I just want to know what the course of action is going to be,” Adams said.
Mark Patterson, a junior and marketing major is concerned what kind of results will come from the government because of the tragedy.
“Sometimes [the government] will use events like this to create laws that violate our rights, like increasing gun control,” Patterson says.
Allen hopes that is exactly what happens.
“I hope that this leads to more security and gun control,” she said.
Thelma Bodiford, a junior and public health major first heard about the blasts via Facebook, and was disappointed with the posts she saw.
“Someone said that Obama wasn’t doing his job because we aren’t at war. We don’t know who did this yet. Why should we be at war?”
Chelsea Daubar can be reached at chelsea.daubar@theminaretonline.com.
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“Corinne Singleton, a sophomore and elementary education major had a close friend that attends Boston University was running in the marathon.” = This sentence doesn’t make sense after ‘Boston University.’ It should say ‘that was running in the marathon.’
“Entrepreneurship major” = Entrepreneurship doesn’t need to be capitalized.
“She told me that she had blood spatter all over her and she saw a man that had lost his leg from the blast,” Singleton said = MISSING A PERIOD.