We are in a time where the favorite sport is media lynchings. The facts mean little when a few can persuade the profit driven media to sensationalize stories so much it becomes too big of an issue for anybody else worried about losing a few dollars who cave in under the pressure.
As for the marathon, hundreds of small events that nobody worries about will go on as usual throughout the city and nobody will think anything of it. They were on the nba game spouting all that garbage about how strong a city they are and they are going to restart construction on the world trade center TONIGHT. Like it or not, the majority of the people just hate these marathons because it inconveniences them for a few minutes of their precious time. They are feeling great right now getting the city to bend over backwards for them.