Thank you for making Boston guy feel at home

I am a Boston (Bawstin) guy. I've been in South Carolina for three years.

When those two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon, I was frantic. My sister, one of five, and my niece were there. As it turns out, they were fine.

Here's the thing, I have an affinity for you South Carolinians. At the outset of our revolution, it was South Carolina and Massachusetts that were the most vociferous in calling for the other 11 colonies to revolt. The Civil War started when you whackos fired on Fort Sumter.

When the Boston bombings occurred, my friends here called me nonstop.

I am known as Boston Dan, or just Boston. You people here have warmed my heart. Even people who don't know me, who saw me wearing my Red Sox cap, stopped to chat with me to ask if I were OK. I love all y'all. Thank you for being my friends.

Danny O'Hanlon

Hilton Head Island

This story was originally published May 14, 2013 at 10:26 PM with the headline "Thank you for making Boston guy feel at home."