[Norseman]

>>The guy tackled him because he heard him say “Did the second one go off?”<<

You do have to be a little careful here. If I had been there, and heard a second explosion, I could easily imagine myself saying “Did a second one go off?”

That one little change (from “the” in your quote to “a” in mine) makes all the difference.

Now if the tackler clearly heard the word “the,” that’s a different matter, of course. And if the second one went off AFTER he said it, I’d have tackled him too, and probably be on Hannity saying so to anyone who’d listen.

[The_Media_never_lie]

You do have to be a little careful here. If I had been there, and heard a second explosion, I could easily imagine myself saying “Did a second one go off?”

Did this really happen? Why would someone in the crowd detain this guy for acting suspiciously? Did this happen? Where can I get the facts?

[frog in a pot]

And if the second one went off AFTER he said it, I’d have tackled him too, and probably be on Hannity saying so to anyone who’d listen.

Plus bouncing his face off the sidewalk a couple of times so as to "mark him for later identification" at the emergency room...and tying his hands behind him tightly with my belt, just in case things were too hectic to more effectively restrain him at the time.

[Mathews]

Why would he say it in English? Birds of a feather and all. If someone was with him, I'd guess they would both be from the same area of the world and BOTH would be speaking in their native tongue. If he was thinking out loud, I'd guess he would also do so in his native tongue, not English. So, he was either overheard by a person who speaks his native language, was speaking to someone who does not speak his language forcing him to speak English, or he has assimilated so well into the American culture he uses English as his primary language... even in stressful environments. Interesting.