Flags fly at half-staff to honor Boston victims

April 16, 2013 at 1:23 p.m.

by Arkansas Online

Flags fly at half-staff Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at the Arkansas Capitol after President Barack Obama issued a proclamation as a mark of respect for the victims of the Boston Marathon attacks Monday, April 15, 2013. Arkansas state flags will also fly at half-staff until sunset Saturday.
Flags fly at half-staff Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at the Arkansas Capitol after President Barack Obama issued a proclamation as a mark of respect for the victims of the Boston Marathon attacks Monday, April 15, 2013. Arkansas state flags will also fly at half-staff until sunset Saturday.

President Barack Obama has issued a proclamation Tuesday directing that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds to honor the victims of Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon.

Like the U.S. flags, Arkansas state flags are being flown at half-staff until sunset Saturday.

On Monday, two bombs blew up seconds apart at the Boston race's finish line, killing three people and wounding more than 140.

At least 27 Arkansans ran in the Boston Marathon; none of them was injured.

INTERACTIVE: Boston Marathon

ARKANSANS IN BOSTON MARATHON

FINISHED
  • Cortney Allison
  • Will Berry
  • James Bresette
  • Arthur Brown
  • Javier Delgado Granados
  • Mikah Felkins
  • Joe Fennel
  • Kim Howard
  • Wesley Hunt
  • Betty Ann Hurt
  • Christopher Moutos
  • Joseph Nichols
  • Lance Osborne
  • Tish Pace
  • Abrena Rine
  • Nate Smith
  • Tia Stone
  • Jonah Tanui
  • Nathan Venable
  • Randy Vest
  • Dave Wilkinson

STILL RUNNING AT TIME OF EXPLOSION
  • Julie Bridgforth
  • Mary Jo Brinkman
  • Abdi Dubed
  • Jeffrey Glasbrenner
  • Jamie Merriman

Of those Arkansans who competed, none was injured as a result of the explosions.

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