While thousands of people throughout Statesboro huddled around televisions watching the aftermath of Monday’s bombings at the 117th Boston Marathon, a few members of the Statesboro and Georgia Southern community found themselves in the middle of the tragedy. Former GSU students Robert and Callie Wigington were in town to cheer on a friend running in the race while sport management professor Brian Menaker was competing in the marathon. Thankfully, none of them found themselves in harm’s way, but all were in the immediate vicinity of the bombs that killed three and injured more than 170 slightly more than four hours into the race.