Posted on 04/15/2013 12:35:59 PM PDT by Olog-hai
At least one explosion struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, police and witnesses said.
The explosion occurred as thousands of runners finished the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, with crowds watching and cheering at the finish.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
dang ... fluid and ongoing.
Shephard ‘s back on...ugh.
Even $$ this is a protest against the “bad” treatment the prisoners are getting at Gitmo
He obviously meant dismemberment..
What a putz.
Sheesh. . .
Sounds like the JFK Library had a bomb go off and it was not a fire. Confusing reports I have heard. One report said it was a fire at the library.
CBS in Boston says that more devices were found under the grandstands, but can not confirm it. Just what they were told.
A guy supposedly was found on surveillance tape putting backpacks into garbage cans.
I think amputation, but dismemberment would have worked.
No one decapitated would be in critical condition, Shep
Logan Airport: No flights landing. Ground stop.
Unknown whether planes are being allowed to leave.
report is planes are being held ... no takeoffs.
report of confusion at Logan. Trying to figure out if open or closed. CLOSE IT!
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NBC banner: More than 100 being treated after Boston Marathon explosions.
Tufts Medical Center emergency room has been evacuated.
[Is this where the Saudi was taken? Suicide bomber?]
I am not sure, but if I look at the photo’s I see a lot of people with injured legs. I suspect the bomb was a copy of the IRA nailbombs:
http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/europe/unitedkingdom/iranailbomb.html
If it was in a bag on the sidewalk with the bomb in it and standing upwards it would create this kind of injuries by the fragments of nails that fly sideways, in this case at street level.
The intact devices will tell them a lot.
BREAKING NEWS! President Obama has released a photo of himself talking on the phone with the FBI director.
Not so breaking news: It’s all about him.
SWAT, ATF, FBI at Brigham hospital, per WCVB reporter. Hospital has been on lockdown since about 3:30 CT.
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WCBVB news reader says they have heard many other unconfirmed ‘things’ that they will not relay until confirmed.
Hostage situation, perhaps?
http://www.moviesoundclips.net/download.php?id=1633&ft=mp3
Gorman: “We’re coming in.”
Hudson: “He’s coming in. I feel safer already.”
Obama to address the nation around 6:10 ET.
FYI
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