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APA Member Finishes Boston Marathon Moments Before Blast
Less than a minute after psychiatrist Brent Forester, M.D., crossed the finish line at Boston’s 117th Marathon—achieving his goal of running the race in under four hours—he heard the sound of what he knew could not be good news. “It sounded just like a loud cannon, but I was close enough to see there was smoke and debris everywhere, and I knew this was not normal,” Forester (shown here before the race) said of the attack that killed at least three people and injured more than 170. “I thought possibly it was an...
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