Boston Marathon explosions attract an outpouring of help from city's residents

It's a plain spreadsheet with a simple title: "I have a place to offer."
What follows is simply inspiring.

There are names, thousands of names of people in the Boston area with standing offers to help those displaced by the horrifying explosions near the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon. By Monday evening, the Google document had become more than a resource for the stranded. It became a viral statement of solidarity from the proud people of Massachusetts.

Links to the list can be found on the front page of the Boston Globe website. "Have a place to offer?" the website reads. "Fill out this form."

There are email addresses and phone numbers for nearly every entry. And there are messages.


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