Ann Arbor school board member OK after deadly blasts at Boston
Marathon  Vice-president of Ann Arbor Schools' Board of
Education Christine Stead was walking back to her hotel with her
husband and two children when she heard the blasts.  Just three
blocks away.  "Right now we're feeling like we're really lucky,"
said Stead at about 6 p.m. Monday several hours after finishing
Monday's Boston Marathon where deadly explosions killed two and
injured at least 80.  Stead said it wasn't until they went back
to the hotel and spoke to another runner in the elevator that
they learned they were explosions in possibly a planned attack.
"We were far enough away (from the blasts) that we still weren't
sure what it was, and we talked to another runner who wasn't
able to finish," Stead said. "That was when we first heard about
it."  Looking out from the hotel window, Stead said there was a
helicopter right outside as well as FBI and other law
enforcement personnel closing off different areas. She said that
she has not had an