Eight New Canaan Residents Registered for Boston Marathon

Eight registrants to today’s Boston Marathon—where two explosions on Boylston Avenue at about 2:45 p.m. have killed two and injured 22, according to the Boston Police Department—gave event organizers a New Canaan address.

New Canaan Patch is withholding their names until we know their status—anyone with information on who is safe, unaccounted for or injured, please use the comments thread below.  

Here's a phone number for people to call to check on friends, family: 617-635-4500. Here's a tool that Google has created to help connect people and for information on runners.

According to Back Bay Patch, area buildings are being evacuated, including the apartments at the Prudential.”

“All businesses along Boylston Street are being evacuated and officials are urging everyone to avoid Copley Square,” South End Patch says. The area of the marathon’s finish line has been cordoned off as a crime scene.

Veteran Boston marathoner from Maryland who didn't go this year says the explosions were set at the time and location to injure or kill the most people.

A team of parents from Sandy Hook, running to honor those gunned to death Dec. 14, including 20 children and six women, all are safe, Newtown Patch reports.

Go to Back Bay Patch for more information as it becomes available.