The Boston Bombing

As the news from the Boston bombing comes out, we learn that a number of classmates were touched directly by the incident.  Two classmates, Jordan Warshaw and Janet Wu, were there.  Jordan was 400 yards away from finishing the marathon as a runner when the bombs exploded.  Janet was covering the marathon for Boston's Channel 7 and saw the second explosion.  Neither Janet nor Jordan were hurt.

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Classmate Stephen Epstein is a physician in Boston at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.  He was on duty the day of the bombing and treated some of the victims.  

In the wake of the bombing, another classmate has been in the press a great deal discussing the alleged bomber.  (Here is another.)  Tamar Birkhead is a University of North Carolina law professor and a former public defender known for representing Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber" from 2002.

Our thoughts are with the victims of the bombings.  We hope that they, along with everyone in Boston, heal quickly.