From KOMOnews.com
By Kristen Drew

Retired football coach and marathoner from Orcas Island returned home from Boston Wednesday afternoon.

Dennis Dahl was just a half mile from the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the two bombs went off.

“I was just so looking forward to crossing that and saying, ‘Yeah I did this,'” Dahl said. He never got to experience that celebration, because he never crossed the finish line.

“It’s sad that something that you worked so hard for and that you want to be special,” he said. “It still is very special, but in a different light now.”

(To read the full article, go to komonews.com/Local-Boston-terror-survivor-Relief-just-washes-over-you)

Thanks to Kari Schuh.

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