Explosions Marred End of Boston Marathon: 14 Mountain View Runners

Last updated at 7:38 p.m. with updated information on injured and clarification on John F. Kennedy Library situation. Updated at 3:35 p.m. with new injured information and telephone number for families to contact. Updated at 2 p.m. with information from Boston Police Commissioner. Updated at 1:20 p.m. with information of casualties and injured.

A day of celebration has turned into tragedy and chaos as two explosions took place at about two hours after the first man crossed the finished line in Boston this Monday. The time on the marathon clock read 4:09:43.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick confirmed during the last press conference of the day that three people died and more than 100 people suffered injuries. Here's a link to the Boston PD police scanner.

Edward Davis, Boston Police Commissioner, at an afternoon press conference suggested that a fire at the John F. Kennedy may have been related to the events at on Boylston Street, but by the end of the day moved away from that premise.

The police department would like witnesses to contact 800-494-TIPS. Families can contact the Mayor's Office at 617-635-4500.

According to the Boston Athletic Association website, 14 people registered for the race from Mountain View. Of those, eight had already crossed the finish line.

• Black, Charles (USA)
• Brady, Lance (USA)
• Green, Gary (USA)
• Ikeuchi, Kiyoko (USA)
• Klevtsova, Alla (USA)
• Miller, Carolyn (USA)
• Moore, Li (USA)
• Oberhofer, Denise (USA)
• Pinzini, Maressa (USA)
• Pletcher, Nathan (USA)
• Scharfen, Nanci (USA)
• Widoff, Seth (USA)
• Wolff, Vincent (USA)
• Zhu, Qian (CHN)

It's likely that others from the city travelled out there to give them support. Patch will continue to report this story as it develops and bring news about our local runners as we hear more.

There is no confirmation about what may have caused the explosion.

If you know anyone of these people, please encourage them to call Patch or their family members.

The Red Cross has set up their family search site for this event. Mountain View-based Google has launched their People Finder too.

Stay tuned to Patch.

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