Samaritans and Community Response to Boston Marathon Bombings April 15, 2013

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Samaritans and Community Response to Boston Marathon Bombings April 15, 2013. Nashville, TN October 2014. What Happened?. Two  pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon at 2:49 pm  EDT 3 people died that day, 1 police officer on April 18 264 others were injured - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Samaritans and Community Response to Boston Marathon Bombings April 15, 2013

Nashville, TN October 2014

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What Happened?• Two pressure cooker bombs exploded during

the Boston Marathon at 2:49 pm EDT• 3 people died that day, 1 police officer on April 18• 264 others were injured• The bombs exploded about 12 seconds and 210

yards apart, near the finish line on Boylston Street.• Samaritans had 15 charity runners in the race• Samaritans office is less than 1 mile from the

bombing site

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Samaritans Response• Because of a planned post marathon

celebration volunteers were already set up with phones from home

• Regular volunteers resumed shifts Monday night

• Thursday April 18th overnight volunteers caught in “shelter in place”

• Samaritans sees a 20% spike in call demand• On site support to foreign students at Pine

Manor College

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What we Heard on the Phone• Was across the street from the bombings.

Can’t sleep.• Depressed about events. Had friend with

store near bombings• Veteran, just started to feel safe, then

bombings• Knows the family of the boy killed.• Scared about yesterday and having flashbacks• Nurse at trauma center, upset about the

bombings.

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Community Response

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Community ResponseStay Strong Boston

Help is available! Call Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They are always available and always confidential, offering you a unique, human kind of help.

Samaritans Greater Boston: 617.247.0220Samaritans MetroWest: 508.875.4500

Samaritans State-wide Toll-Free: 877.870.HOPE

Mass211: Dial 2-1-1 or go to www.Mass211.org for local referrals.

SAMHSA: You can also find treatment services at SAMHSA's Treatment Locator:www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov.

Taking Care of Yourself After a Disaster: Anyone experiencing distress has a free resource for emotional support 24/7 by calling the nationwide Disaster Distress Helpline at 1-800-985-59901-800-985-5990 or texting "TalkWithUs" to 66746. Both are funded by the federal mental health agency. All

calls are confidential. More information is available online at Disaster Distress Helpline.Visit the American Red Cross website for resources for recovering emotionally.

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Signs of Stress Related to Disaster

• Eating or sleeping too much or too little• Pulling away from people or things• Having low or no energy• Feeling numb or like nothing matters• Having unexplained aches and pains• Feeling helpless or hopeless• Smoking, drinking or using drugs more than you

should

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Signs of Stress Related to Disaster• Feeling unusually confused or forgetful; or

upset; or worried and scared• Yelling or fighting with family and friends• Having thoughts and memories you can’t get

out of your head• Thinking of hurting or killing yourself or

someone else• Unable to perform daily tasks like taking care of

your kids or getting to work or school

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One Year Later – 2014 Marathon• 36,000 registered participants – second

highest ever• 1 million people lined the route – double the

number of spectators in 2013• One Fund Boston has raised $71.3 million• Samaritans had 24 runners and raised over

$250,000

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Images of Bostonto leave

with you

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