In Friday’s (4/11) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Elizabeth Bloom writes, “On April 15, 2013, Susanne Park was following her sister’s progress in the Boston Marathon online when the tracking website stopped working. Ms. Park, a violinist in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, thought little of the technical difficulty and decided to run a few errands. But when she returned, the website was still down, and the Lawrenceville resident learned about the two bombs that exploded near the finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 250 others. After four dreadful hours without any news about her sister, Irene Park, whose phone was inaccessible in the frenzy following the bombings, Ms. Park learned that she was safe, although she was unable to finish the race. On April 21, Irene will get another chance, and Ms. Park will join her sister in running the 2014 Boston Marathon. As a member of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital’s Race for Rehab team, the violinist is raising $5,000 for the Boston hospital tasked with treating the wounds of bombing victims. To that end, she will perform a benefit recital here Sunday” with musicians including her husband, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra double bassist John Moore.
Posted April 11, 2014
