Marathon Organizers, Next Time Let’s Do It Right, by the Numbers
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Scott Ostler says that the marathon on Sunday drew 1.4 million spectators. Allowing 18 inches per spectator, they would have had to be lined up 7 1/2 deep on both sides of the street for 26.2 miles.
1.4 million? More like 400,000.
ROBERT L. PIERCE
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