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At 118th Boston Marathon, Heightened Security, But A Positive Atmosphere

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Keith Shields,
Rick Ganley
Published April 21, 2014 at 8:11 AM EDT

Executive Producer of The Exchange Keith Checks in with Morning Edition host Rick Ganley about the scene at this morning's 118th running of the Boston Marathon.

"There are definitely more police here. I'm sure there's a lot more undercover police that I'm unaware of," Shields said. "We chartered a bus from my area of Boston. We got here. We have bags on our bus and there's no problems so far. We really haven't had anybody check our bus, nobody come on. It sort of feels kind of normal here today."

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The security checkpoint at the Boston Marathon this morning.
NHPR / Michael Brindley /
The security checkpoint at the Boston Marathon this morning.
A group of Boston Marathon runners pose for a picture.
NHPR / Michael Brindley /
A group of Boston Marathon runners pose for a picture.
Athlete's Village at the Boston Marathon.
NHPR / Michael Brindley /
Athlete's Village at the Boston Marathon.
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Rick Ganley
Rick joined NHPR as morning host in January 2009. He has a 20 year career in radio including on-air work at stations in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire in formats from rock to classical. He was co-owner of an FM station in Maine in the mid 90s. Rick spent the last ten years as Operations Manager and Morning Host of WPNH-FM, Plymouth NH and Production Director for Northeast Communications Corporations' five-station group. He also writes occasional pieces on media and music for the Hippo, Manchester's weekly paper, and voices radio and TV spots on a freelance basis.
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