Boston wheelchair winner to help the wounded

Boston wheelchair winner to help the wounded
By ROB HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
April 19, 2013

LONDON (AP) — Tatyana McFadden's thrill at winning her first Boston Marathon wheelchair title didn't last long.

Shortly after leaving the Boston streets to prepare for a night of celebrations, McFadden's family informed her of the bombings near the finish line that killed three people and injured more than 180.

"They had this glazed look on their faces and it was like, 'What happened, what is going on?'" she said Friday. "And they said two explosions had gone off. ... We were watching the replay over and over and over and over and over. That was just the toughest part to see, the mad chaos, people running, people were injured."

Along with five teammates, McFadden scrambled out of Boston onto a flight to her Baltimore home.
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