The day after the Boston Marathon is typically one of the year’s busiest at Marathon Sports on Boylston Street in Boston, as shoppers with running on their minds crowd the store. But the shop was closed on Tuesday, made the center of a blood-stained crime scene by the first of two bomb blasts that killed three and injured more than 170 others near the finish line of Monday’s race. With security anxieties heightened following the bombings at the Boston Marathon Monday, two flights at Logan International Airport were disrupted Tuesday morning, one due to concerns about passengers onboard and another due to a suspicious bag. High-rise offices at the Hancock Tower and Prudential Center were open Tuesday morning, allowing thousands to get back to work in the aftermath of the explosions near the Boston Marathon finish line. The buildings are owned by the real estate investment firm Boston Properties. Associated Industries of Massachusetts, or AIM, a group that represents the state's employers, announced Tuesday that it will honor the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education with its Legacy of Leadership Award. Rhythm, a Boston biotechnology company developing peptide therapeutics to treat metabolic diseases, said in a Tuesday press release that it is starting a Phase 2 clinical trial for an experimental drug designed to treat chronic constipation. Dunkin’ Donuts said that it has not received any reports that employees located near the explosions along the Boston Marathon route were hurt, but said that two of its stores are closed as a result of the evacuation of the neighborhood near the marathon’s finish line. Meanwhile, New Balance said that its employees are fully accounted for. As a Boston-based maker of athletic footwear, the company had more than 100 employees, guests, and runner on hand for the marathon. New Balance also has a store on Boylston. NStar, which has offices on Boylston Street, said it was unaware of any of its employees being injured. NStar added that it would defer to city and state officials in deciding whether to have Back Bay employees report to work on Tuesday. The heavy volume of mobile phone calls around downtown Boston following explosions at the Boston Marathon has clogged cell service, blocking many from getting through to people at the scene. “We are experiencing call blocking due to what’s happening,” said Mark Elliott, a Sprint spokesman. “The network is blocking calls due because the number of calls coming in exceeds the capacity.” He didn’t know what the exact volume of calls has been since the explosions occurred, but said many thousands of calls made at the same time can overwhelm cell towers in the area. AT&T said it was experiencing issues due to heavy volume. And Verizon Wireless reported elevated data and calling usage. | | |
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