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| Boston Marathon bombing survivors drawn to Cathedral of the Holy Cross | Boston Marathon bombing survivors drawn to Cathedral of the Holy Cross |
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| Hundreds gathered outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston's Sound End as the memorial service took place inside, including some who were hurt in the blasts. | Hundreds gathered outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston's Sound End as the memorial service took place inside, including some who were hurt in the blasts. |
| Diane Bensel, is one of those in attendance despite suffering injuries in the first explosion. She had been watching her husband, Kenzo An, complete the marathon, and was walking toward the finish line to congratulate him when the first bomb exploded just a few feet away from her. | Diane Bensel, is one of those in attendance despite suffering injuries in the first explosion. She had been watching her husband, Kenzo An, complete the marathon, and was walking toward the finish line to congratulate him when the first bomb exploded just a few feet away from her. |
| "All of a sudden I was just thrown to the ground and glass fell on my head," she said. "I was engulfed in fire briefly and I immediately couldn't hear anything except for high pitched noise." | "All of a sudden I was just thrown to the ground and glass fell on my head," she said. "I was engulfed in fire briefly and I immediately couldn't hear anything except for high pitched noise." |
| Two of Bensel's friends picked her up from the ground and they hurried away from the blast. "There was blood running down my face," she said. | Two of Bensel's friends picked her up from the ground and they hurried away from the blast. "There was blood running down my face," she said. |
| Bensel, 39, was helped into a medical trolley and wheeled to the emergency tent. She was taken to hospital by ambulance, sharing the vehicle with a man who she said had suffered severe injuries to his lower legs. | Bensel, 39, was helped into a medical trolley and wheeled to the emergency tent. She was taken to hospital by ambulance, sharing the vehicle with a man who she said had suffered severe injuries to his lower legs. |
| In addition to cuts on her head Bensel suffered deep gashes to her hands and right forearm. She also has a perforated eardrum. The damage to her hearing may be permanent. | In addition to cuts on her head Bensel suffered deep gashes to her hands and right forearm. She also has a perforated eardrum. The damage to her hearing may be permanent. |
| Even so, she was determined to be in the crowd, with An and their two friends Sam Rosen and Laura Hartzell. Hartzell helped rush Bensel to safety despite being injured herself. | Even so, she was determined to be in the crowd, with An and their two friends Sam Rosen and Laura Hartzell. Hartzell helped rush Bensel to safety despite being injured herself. |
| "The fact that we were hurt by what happened … I just thought it was important, we all did, that we are part of the moving forward," Bensel said. | "The fact that we were hurt by what happened … I just thought it was important, we all did, that we are part of the moving forward," Bensel said. |
| The blast perforated both of Hartzell's eardrums. Glass or shrapnel ripped through her boot causing a deep puncture wound close to her right ankle. She was wearing a protective boot outside the cathedral, and needed the support of two crutches. Both she and Benzel wore ear plugs and cotton wool in their ears to protect the damaged drums from loud noise. | The blast perforated both of Hartzell's eardrums. Glass or shrapnel ripped through her boot causing a deep puncture wound close to her right ankle. She was wearing a protective boot outside the cathedral, and needed the support of two crutches. Both she and Benzel wore ear plugs and cotton wool in their ears to protect the damaged drums from loud noise. |
| "We grabbed each other and ran," Hartzell, 39, said. They hurried three blocks from the blast and found aid. | "We grabbed each other and ran," Hartzell, 39, said. They hurried three blocks from the blast and found aid. |
| "People started helping us right away. The response was amazing," she said. | "People started helping us right away. The response was amazing," she said. |
| Friends have been sending Hartzell links to photos on news sites, showing her in the immediate aftermath of the blast. Hartzell is bent over, hands over covering her ears amid the smoke. She is heading toward Bensel, who can be seen lying flat on the ground. Rosen is there too, facing toward Bensel. | Friends have been sending Hartzell links to photos on news sites, showing her in the immediate aftermath of the blast. Hartzell is bent over, hands over covering her ears amid the smoke. She is heading toward Bensel, who can be seen lying flat on the ground. Rosen is there too, facing toward Bensel. |
| "We were really lucky. We could have been hurt far worse. We were right in the centre of where the first blast was." | "We were really lucky. We could have been hurt far worse. We were right in the centre of where the first blast was." |
| Hartzell said she had some reservations about coming to the cathedral, and about being in a large crowd again so soon after being injured. | Hartzell said she had some reservations about coming to the cathedral, and about being in a large crowd again so soon after being injured. |
| "I was hesitant. Not out of fear of something happening but I think just it was quite an experience. But waking up this morning we all felt good, and we wanted to just be together with everyone in Boston, and celebrate life and the people who didn't make it out as fortunate as we did." | "I was hesitant. Not out of fear of something happening but I think just it was quite an experience. But waking up this morning we all felt good, and we wanted to just be together with everyone in Boston, and celebrate life and the people who didn't make it out as fortunate as we did." |
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