South African athlete Rene Kalmer was having lunch after her race in the Boston marathon when she heard two explosions outside, she said in an interview with eNCA on Tuesday morning.

"It's really very emotional...it feels like we are in a movie, except that it is reality," Kalmer said.

"We were sitting.... We were busy having lunch and we just heard the explosions going off and we weren't really sure what has happened, and then next thing the volunteers...read more here: Boston blast felt like a movie