Thank you! Yes this was at a race where they would have had tons of wheelchairs for the runners..
And as for why they didn't bring ambulances to the injured.. Well at the time they didn't know if there was more bombs so getting them out of there was the top job at hand... You don't drive ambulances into that type of area where they could be used as bigger bombs..
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
the answers to all of those questions is google.
i'm not sure if you've tried to look all of that up yourself,
the reason they used wheelchairs is because they were already set-up to wheel any runners needing medical assistance to the finish line medic tent, which was staffed with top level doctors and triage equipment. as in any marathon, you can't just roll an ambulance up to the finish line if a runner needs assistance, so they have the volunteers with wheelchairs.
here are some links to first hand accounts from the tent
http://www.wjtv.com/story/22008610/triage
http://www.people.com/people/article...693740,00.html
here is a bird's eye view of the finish line and the finish line medical tent
here is the inside of the tent
here is jeff bauman being wheeled to the medical tent by a volunteer
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