This article was posted by Jessie Sawyer. It was reported and written by West Hartford Patch Editor Ronni Newton.
Fleet Feet owner Steph Blozy and her associates have been working to track down store customers and staffers who were part of today's Boston Marathon to ensure their safety after reports of two explosions at the finish line occurred approximately four hours after the start of the race.
"Everyone we know associated with the store is safe," Blozy said just before 6 p.m. Monday. She said that the staffers had all finished the race and were out of the area, and the charity runners were not yet at the finish line and were pulled off the course.
Fleet Feet employee Chaz Koch said they had used social media to try to gather as much information as possible.
"It sounds like mostly spectators and volunteers were affected. It really makes you afraid," said Blozy.
Officials stopped the race following two explosions that reportedly left two dead and dozens injured.
As of 4:30 p.m., Fleet Feet had heard back from 50 or 60 of their customers, Koch said. "All have been okay so far. We have our fingers crossed," he said.
Koch said that Fleet Feet staffer Andrew Judd was watching at the finish line and called the store shortly after the explosion to tell them to turn on the TV.
"He was standing about 50 to 100 feet away and said there were two explosions and he wasn't sure what it was," Koch said of the call from Judd.
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