4/17/2013 12:30:00 PM | Rowing
UMass Lowell head women's rowing coach Veronika Platzer saw 4 hours and 9 minutes on the Boston Marathon clock when the explosions happened, and her heart sunk.
She knew that Leigh Eubank's projected finish time was four minutes after that, but Platzer had no idea if UMass Lowell's assistant rowing coach was running faster than usual on Monday.
"It was terrifying," said Platzer, who was watching the race on TV. "Between her finishing and thinking my team had gone down to the finish line to watch her finish, it was very, very frightening.
"I just said a prayer," she added.
Read the rest of Rick Sobey's story in The Sun
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