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"It was a close call in Boston for two local cross country coaches.Head coach Kathy Riley and assistant coach Andrea Faulk were already back to their normal routines Tuesday, just a day after being so close to the explosions.They're mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted, but still trying to push through.Extended coverage: Boston Marathon bombingsThey caught an early morning flight back to Louisville, where a lot of people were very happy to see them return.\"That was more than luck, way more than luck, that we are here,\" said Riley.Riley, was in the crowd, supporting Faulk, who ran in the Boston Marathon.The bombs went off just minutes after Faulk crossed the finish line.\"You hear a big boom and it's Patriots Day and you think it is a cannon,\" said Faulk.\"I'm like, this is, this is not good,\" said Riley.Riley was just a block away from the explosions, and said she and Faulk's children could have been among those badly hurt.\"It is by chance that we missed the big explosion of being there because we were right there,\" said Riley.Before the bomb near the finish line exploded, Riley said she and the kids tried to get into the area, but security turned them away because they didn't have VIP clearance, and just minutes after they walked away, they felt and heard the terror.\"The two kids I was with, their eyes, I will never forget the expression on their face, looking at me, I just will never get rid of that,\" said Riley.Still reeling from the tragedy themselves, the coaches are trying to help the kids understand, Tuesday's practice was different from any other.\"It was terrible but we got to keep going,\" said Riley.There were about a dozen local people in Faulk and Riley's group, and none of them were hurt."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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