Explosions at the Boston Marathon

[BoMac]

Developing situation in Boston. Is it terror or accidental? No one seems to be certain yet.

[u2popmofo]

There are two reported explosions, half a dozen confirmed injured at the moment.

Explosions rock Boston Marathon, several injured - CNN.com

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Fox News channel says at least 3 people dead (we'll see if the holds up)

The explosions occurred just before 3 p.m. Video of the scene showed a number of emergency crews in the area tending to victims and blood on the ground near the finish line.
"I saw two explosions. The first one was beyond the finish line. I heard a loud bang and I saw smoke rising," Boston Herald reporter Chris Cassidy, who was running in the marathon, told the newspaper. "I kept running and I heard behind me a loud bang. It looked like it was in a trash can or something...There are people who have been hit with debris, people with bloody foreheads.”
A photographer with Fox affiliate WFXT reported seeing a number of victims with lost limbs.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/15...#ixzz2QYwKVixj

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there will be a lot of speculation

this marathon, was to honor Newtown School Victims

Boston race to honor Newtown
Updated: April 11, 2013, 6:02 PM ET
Associated Press

BOSTON -- The Boston Marathon is honoring the victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting with a special mile marker in Monday's race.

Boston Athletic Association president Joanne Flaminio said there was "special significance" to the fact that the race is 26.2 miles long and 26 people died at Sandy Hook Elementary school.

Laura Nowacki, a spokeswoman for the Newtown Strong Fund, says the runners will hit Heartbreak Hill knowing it's nothing like the pain felt by the runners back home. She says, "It's just running, but we want our steps to count."

The mile marker that will hang at the end of the 26th mile will feature the city seal surrounded by 26 stars, one for each victim.

There also will be 26 seconds of silence at the start before the race.

[corianderstem]

What the fuck. Awful.

[PhilsFan]

They're finding more devices and the bomb squads are setting up controlled explosions of them now.

[Danny Boy]

Fox News says 3 dead and 10 amputations.

[PhilsFan]

Boston PD officially reports two dead, 23 injured as of two minutes ago.

[u2popmofo]

While I'm against censorship of news media, I really wish there were things they'd not show out of respect and decency.

[Jive Turkey]

Originally Posted by PhilsFan

They're finding more devices and the bomb squads are setting up controlled explosions of them now.

Not to possibly add to the misinformation, but I've heard they're detonating "suspicious packages" that aren't necessarily bombs, as a precaution. They could be people's abandoned backpacks

[Jive Turkey]

Originally Posted by u2popmofo

While I'm against censorship of news media, I really wish there were things they'd not show out of respect and decency.

I think it's important not to sterilize the coverage. People should be sickened by this

[PhilsFan]

They're finding lots of suspicious packages, but the reports I saw specifically mentioned them finding incendiary devices. I'm also hearing parts of this on the police scanner.

[PhilsFan]

AP is reporting there were two "explosive" devices found that are currently being dismantled.

Boston Globe's war reporter David Abel says he was ten feet from the explosion and that it was the worst thing he's ever seen.

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Originally Posted by Jive Turkey

Not to possibly add to the misinformation, but I've heard they're detonating "suspicious packages" that aren't necessarily bombs, as a precaution. They could be people's abandoned backpacks

I was going to post this, that is what they do.

and I imagine a lot of people decided to just leave, without personal belongings.

[BoMac]

Not looking forward to the conspiracy theories.

[u2popmofo]

Originally Posted by Jive Turkey

I think it's important not to sterilize the coverage. People should be sickened by this

I think that can be accomplished through other means.

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Originally Posted by PhilsFan

AP is reporting there were two "explosive" devices found that are currently being dismantled.

that is worthless

AP? what's that? someone tells someone the police just blew up an explosive device.*


* homeless person's bedroll

[PhilsFan]

Originally Posted by deep

that is worthless

AP? what's that? someone tells someone the police just blew up an explosive device.*


* homeless person's bedroll

Their source is an intelligent official. Are you trying to to your bullshit again or are you being serious with me?

[u2popmofo]

Originally Posted by BoMac

Not looking forward to the conspiracy theories.

Already hearing the, "Blast went off approximately at the 'average' run time for most participants", stuff.

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Originally Posted by u2popmofo

While I'm against censorship of news media, I really wish there were things they'd not show out of respect and decency.

you are wrong here, the victims can't get any more dead or limbless


no one has to look, let's put this out there, so whoever is responsible, we all know what they did, we can not pretend it away