Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) alerted his colleagues to the explosions as the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon shortly after the incident occurred on the Senate floor, in case any senators had not yet learned of the incident. Toomey took to the floor to speak about gun control legislation.
“I would like to begin by actually taking a moment to inform the members of this body, people who might be listening, if you weren’t aware it appears tragedy has struck at the Boston Marathon,” Toomey said.