Local runner who was at Boston Marathon bombings reacts to verdict, pending sentence

SEATTLE -- Bill Iffrig vividly remembers the Boston Marathon bombings nearly two years ago after the first blast knocked him to the ground.

The thing Iffrig remembers most about that day is the conversation he had with his son on the phone.

"He told me, 'Dad, you are so lucky,'" Iffrig said.

Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, followed the trial and knew the mountain of evidence that piled up against Dzhkohar Tsarnaev. He still can't believe someone would do something like that.

"I think it’s terrible. These people come into our country and go to school over here. Some of the best colleges around and they pull tricks like that. My God. They’ve got to know that’s not the right thing to do," Iffrig said.

Iffrig now hopes the man found guilty of all 30 counts will pay the ultimate price for his crimes.

"I’d like to see him get the death penalty for this crime," Iffrig said. "I think that’s what he deserves. I think the amount of hurt put on all the people that were there that day … and that sort of thing. I think he should pay for that."