Doc Rivers en route to Boston Marathon finish line when bombs exploded
Doc Rivers was on his way to the Boston Marathon finish line when the bombs exploded. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers said he was on his way to the Boston Marathon finish line when the two bombs exploded, killing three and injuring scores of people on Monday.
According to a report from ESPN Network affiliate Celtics Hub, Rivers had just left the Prudential Center tunnel when the bombs went off. He lives just a few blocks from the end of the marathon and has made it somewhat of a tradition over the years to join the spectators whenever he is in town:
"It was just horrible. Living right there, it was an awful day. A sad day. I always go down after practice and watch, I’ve done it every year we are in town, since I live a couple blocks from the finish line. I was on my way actually. I had just gotten out of the Prudential tunnel when the bomb exploded. It’s just awful. It takes the joy out of sports, that’s what sports is supposed to bring is joy, and it took all of the joy out of the event and the day. It was a long day for everyone."
