AAOS Members Share Accounts of Bombing

Jennie McKee

“It was a perfect day for a marathon—55 degrees and sunny,” said Vivek Shah, MD, of April 15, 2013, the day a terror attack rocked Boston. The air of jubilation on the cool, crisp day of the Boston Marathon quickly turned to one of horror when two bombs exploded near the finish line just before 3 p.m. Eastern time, killing three people, and wounding more than 200 others.