Longtime Boston Marathon Runner, Announcer Calls Event 'A Symbol Of Freedom'

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Longtime Boston Marathon Runner, Announcer Calls Event 'A Symbol Of Freedom'

吉彩网网站 | By Dick Gordon

Published April 16, 2013 at 4:10 PM EDT

Two bombs exploded near the finish line at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

On , host Dick Gordon speaks with longtime Boston Marathon announcer and runner Kathrine Switzer.

She was covering the event on Monday and witnessed the explosions. She says the event may have been targeted because it is a symbol of freedom.

"This has gutted me," she tells him.

Hear the interview at The Story's site. Alson in the show: , she got them shut down and was awarded a Goldman Environmental Award for her work; and writer for reporting on the end of World War II.

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Before coming to North Carolina Public Radio to host The Story, Dick Gordon was host of The Connection, a daily national call-in talk show produced in Boston, from 2001 to 2005. Gordon is well-known in the profession as an experienced, seasoned journalist with an extensive background in both international and domestic reporting. He was a war correspondent and back-up host for the CBC's This Morning, a national current affairs radio program. An award winning journalist, he has also served as a Parliamentary reporter, Moscow correspondent and South Asia correspondent for both radio and television.

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