Lisa Rust started her 18th year at Hood River Middle School this past week, teaching literacy, social studies and climbing wall classes to seventh graders. She began at the school as a science teacher in 1997, and wouldn’t dream of teaching any other age group.

As stalwart runners from around the world crossed the finish line at the Boston Marathon on April 15, the first bomb went off, according to national news reports, at 2:50 p.m. EST with a second blast following just 13 seconds later.