April 26, 2013
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA
Vol. 31, No. 35
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MUSC dietitian survives Boston Marathon terror, credits strained Achilles tendon BY ASHLEY BARKER Public Relations
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anet Carter described the running injury she incurred five weeks ago during a 10K as her “saving grace.” If the MUSC/Sodexo dietitian and manager of the Heart Health program had not strained her left Achilles tendon, she would have been on track to cross the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15 around the same time two bombs exploded, killing three people and injuring more than 250. Instead of running the marathon, she limped her way through the race. Around the mile22 mark, she remembered seeing a flurry of emergency vehicles zoom through the path she was on, completely unaware that the first bomb had already exploded four miles away. “There were five to seven police cars and motorcycles that had raced down the route, which is very rare during a race for them to be dodging runners. So I knew something Photo by Dan Lampariello/Reuters Carter was going on,” Carter said. “I saw 7KA=!,!DKF=? A;F =E]KA*? =#( QF!?# _!F( E' =#( >E?=EF SKAK=#EF EF @DA!_ -& K? KF ([D_E?!EF (A;D=?M people on their phones and heard a girl crying.” Eventually marathon officials barricaded the half of the runners had phones. Everybody was willing of Boston and was waiting around mile nine, to tell her course and escorted the remaining participants to a to share so we could all get in touch with our families, father that she was fine. nearby church on the Boston College campus. which was tough because they shut down the cell Glenn was waiting for his daughter to finish the race Carter, whose father, Glenn, had her cell phone, service so we could only text.” approximately 200 feet away from the second bomb spent nearly three hours waiting in the church. Administrators at Boston College eventually catered when it exploded. He was not injured in the blast. “It was pretty impressive how they were taking care hot food to the runners in the church, and a student “We had big hugs and were so glad that we were both of us. They were giving us blankets, because we were brought a handful of various cell phone chargers. OK,” said Carter about seeing her dad for the first time sweaty, and it was cold. They had tons of food and went Carter used another person’s phone to send a text after the explosions. across the street to buy snacks,” she said. “Probably only message to her brother, who lives about an hour outside See Tragedy on page 2
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