. >>> we're back now with "boston globe" sports columnist dan shaughnessy. he describes yesterday as one of our best days is forever tainted. the 117-year-old boston marathon will never be the same and there goes another piece of our freedom and another sacred institution. dan joins me now, along with brent o conner, who was feet away from the explosion. dan, your feelings about what this means to boston, the marathon, to this country. >> patriots day in boston, it's a very unique thing. nobody goes to work. nobody goes to school. the red sox play a game at 11:00 in the morning. it's a boston only event. it's always been sacred and a very inclusive event. the people finishing that race, that's every man at the finish line. they're not elite runners. this hit hard and hit at home. >> you put the crepe up there, >>> we're back now with "boston globe" sports columnist dan shaughnessy. he describes yesterday as one of our best days is forever tainted. the 117-year-old boston marathon will never be the same and there goes another piece of our freedom and another

. >>> we're back now with boston club sports columnist dan shaughnessy. he describes yesterday's horror as, quote, "one of our best days is forever tainted." the 117-year-old boston marathon will never be the same. there goes another piece of our freedom and another sacred and oh, so local institution. dan shaughnessy joins me now along with brent o'connor, feet away from yesterday's explosions. dan, your feelings and your thoughts about what this means to boston, the marathon, to this country? >> well, that day, patriots day in boston, it's a very unique thing. we have -- nobody goes to work. nobody goes to school. the red sox play a game at 11:00 in the morning. it's a boston only event. it's always been sacred. and it's always been a very inclusive event. the people finishing that race, that's every man at the finish line there. they're not elite runners. this hit hard and hit home. >> what do you think? i know you put the crepe up there pretty badly. my sense is next year you'll have just as many entries, just as much enthusiasm. there will be some se

here with us now from newton, massachusetts, sports columnist for the "boston globe," dan shaughnessyan, neither one of us want to admit how long we've been around. so with that said, let me ask you to set the scene for this day that we've both covered for decades. set the scene in terms of the route, what the route means to people who run it, people who watch it, and what the day means to people who live in and around this region. >> mike, as you know, it's one of those unique days that we have that no one else has. patriots day. your friends call from out of town, you're not working. the there's no school. the reenactment, the goofy ball game. it's the only major league baseball game of a country that starts in the morning every year. it's a boston thing. fans generally go down to the finish line to see what's going on. you've got 26 miles, along the route, a lot of us live along the route. people line up everywhere. go through where the college girls come out and scream at everybody. there's heartbreak hill at newton, the turn at the fire station. come in, down through coolidge cor

dan shaughnessy, thank you. brent o'connor. we're going to come back. we're going to be back in an hour with the very latest of this investigation at 7:00 eastern. right now coverage continues with the reverend al sharpton. >>> thanks, chris. and we start with the latest of the terror attacks at the boston marathon. three people are confirmed dead. at least 176 more are injured. some of them critically. with missing arms or legs. two of the dead have been identified. the first, 8-year-old martin richard. martin was in the third grade. his mother and sister were seriously wounded. this photo of him is breaking hearts across the country. martin holding up a sign that says "no more hurting people, peace." the other identified victim is 29-year-old krystle campbell. her father says the family is shocked and devastated. officials think the bombs consisted of explosives and shrapnel packed in pressure cookers. hidden inside black duffel bags. president obama will travel to boston on thursday to speak at an interfaith service. today, he vowed to find those res