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I suspect the Boston Marathon had its’ own multi-agency emergencyplan, with the relevant responders and incident managers, on site ready to respond to any incident and implement the plan. About 36 hours into the Texas incident, the Texas Governor turned up and was the first official to manage information on the incident.
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