. >>> alicia lane is an anchor at knbc, nbc station in los angeles. friend when those explosions went off. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> you hear these explosions. what happens next? what did you do? >> we were inside of a restaurant at the lennox hotel which is right there at the corner of boyleston and exeter. 100, 150 feet from the spectator and finish line. we were having lunch, waiting for my best friend who had run the marathon to have lunch with us. she had already passed through. the massive explosion takes place. we can feel it beneath us. the table is shaking. everything on the table is shaking. ten seconds later another explosion goes off. at that point, panic just struck the entire restaurant inside of that hotel. we all moved back toward the back of the restaurant in order to stay away from blasts, any glass that might shatter. everyone was terrified, myself included, not knowing if that was the only bomb, if that was the only bombs, if there were more to come. boston police then came inside a little bit later, few minutes late

our thanks to them joining us earlier today and with us tonight, morning anchor at our nbc station, knbc who was in boston because her best friend was running in the race. where were you and what did you experience when the blast happened? >> reporter: we were at the lenox hotel about a half block from where the bombs exploded. we were rating for my friend who had run the marathon to meet up with us. suddenly at 2:50 this massive explosion occurs and we could feel the ground shake below us and everything at our table shook. we we'll be right backed outside and saw a plume of smoke. nobody knew what happened. nobody knew if there was another blast on the way or if our hotel was going to be a target. one of the gentleman in the hotel rallied us to the back of the restaurant to stay away from windows in case there was any glass that might make its way to all of us. at that point people started running in and out hysterical looking for their loved one, scared. nobody knew what was happening. what was running through my mind is what's going on. where do i need to go? do i need to hide in the

our guest joins us from knbc tv but joins us from boston. >> i'm no longer in the hotel. 150 feet from where the two bombs exploded. i'm here to see my best friends run at the race and we were waiting for her. explosionthis massive occurred and we felt that and 10 seconds later, it went off and everyone in the restaurant panic. there were people running and screaming and nobody knew what was going on. was terrifying. we moved into the back of the restaurant. was trying to find loved ones and a short while later, they told us to turn off because they could perhaps detonates another bomb. thing andccess to any no one could get in. at which point, they came back a short time later and i have been out of my hotel since the bomb exploded. >> does it feel like a lock down? i heard the governor say stay where you are but also avoid crowds. there is no way to move traditionally on this day traditionally in boston without being in the thick of a crowd. >> the streets were flooded with people. about one hour ago, it remained that way and that's when the governor and police commissioner issued th

. >> that was alicia lane from knbc in los angeles who was in town here in boston to cheer on a friend running the marathon. the investigation began today almost immediately. federal agents joining local law enforcement in trying to figure out what happened and who did this. earlier tonight, not long ago outside mass general i spoke with congressman keating. he represents the suburb south of boston. he's also a member of the house homeland security committee. he has a good perspective on what happened here today. you are a new congressman. you are not new to massachusetts politics. am i right that you serve on the homeland security committee? >> that's correct. >> can you should any light in terms of how this incident should be characterized. how we should think about their investigation going forward? >> it's hard to separate yourself out from being someone that's represented boston before and being here. the city is just, has a somberness that i can't remember in a long time. try to do that as all of us are looking at the family members of now three people that have lost their lives,

. >> that was alicia layne from knbc in los angeles who was in town here in boston to cheer on a friend the marathon today. the investigation began today almost immediately. federal agents joining local law enforcement in trying to fig wrur out what happened and who did this. earlier tonight, not long ago here outside mass general i spoke with congressman bill keating. congressman keating represents the suburb south of boston. he's also a member of the house homeland security committee. he's also a former district attorney in massachusetts which gives him a good perspective on what happened here today. you are a new congressman. you are not new to massachusetts politics and to public service. and am i right that you serve on the homeland security committee? >> that's correct. >> can you shed any light from your perspective as somebody on the homeland security committee in terms of how this incident should be characterized, how we should be thinking about this investigation going forward? >> it's hard to separate yourself out from being someone that's represented boston before and being

alicia lane is with us from knbc tv, but today finds her in boston. you're in a hotel. what have you witnessed there today? >> i'm no longer in a hotel actually, brian. we were in the lennox hotel, which was about 150 feet from where the two bombs exploded. at the time. i'm here to see my best friend to run the race. she had already made it through. i got with her. we were waiting for her in a hotel/restaurant. that was when we were sitting right next to the window. this massive explosion occurred. and we felt it. we saw smoke. then another one about 10 seconds later went off. and everybody in the restaurant panicked. there were people running and screaming. and clearly no one knew what was going on. it was terrifying, frankly. and so, we all moved to the back of the restaurant. we were trying to find out what had taken place. obviously, everyone was frightened and trying to find their loved ones, trying to make phone calls. then the boston pd came in a short while later, told us to turn off our cell phones, all of our devices, because they thought it could perhaps deto

alicia lane is with us from knbc tod tv, but today finds her in boston. alicia, you're in a hotel. what have you witnessed there? >> i'm no longer in a hotel, actually, brian. we were in the lennox hotel, which was about 150 feet from where the two bombs exploded. at the time, i'm here to see my best friend run the race. she had already met through but we hadn't met. we were waiting for her in a hotel restaurant, and that was when we were sitting right next to the window, this massive explosion occurs, and we felt it. we saw smoke. then another one about ten seconds later went off, and everybody in the restaurant panick panicked. there were people running and screaming. and clearly no one knew what was going on. it was terrifying, frankly. and so we all moved to the back of the restaurant, and we were trying to find out what had taken place. obviously, everyone was frientded and trying to find their loved ones, trying to make phone calls. and then the boston p.d. came in a short while later, told us to turn off our cell phones, all of our devices because they thought it could perha

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