Greywolf2375 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Two explosions have been reported at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. I know we had some boarders participating/attending.Nothing definite that I can find - just the notice that the area is on lockdown.http://news.yahoo.co...59876--spt.htmlCNN/WCVB (local channel):http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/Explosions-reported-near-Boston-Marathon-finish-line/-/11971628/19757044/-/ktnc1wz/-/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I actually saw that news through Deadspin posting it on Facebook. Seems to be very little info thus far. Frightening nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebla Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Oh man...pic up at Deadspin.com of blood on the sidewalk. Just horrible. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Please tell me that none of our own were in that marathon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Please tell me that none of our own were in that marathon.That I don't know. However, my assumption would be that the explosion went off at a random time as some people were finishing. (I know that the race was actually won an hour or so earlier.) Speaking from a probability standpoint of them being in the race... the likelihood of being injured is small. (But not nonexistent I suppose.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebla Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I immediately went to Chataya's FB page. She didn't go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Oh man...pic up at Deadspin.com of blood on the sidewalk. Just horrible. :(Yeah... that was pretty grisly. They posted a warning on their Facebook link before you actually clicked through to the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Oh man...pic up at Deadspin.com of blood on the sidewalk. Just horrible. :(Someone I work with made the comment that their source was listing something similar - thankfully without pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 I immediately went to Chataya's FB page. She didn't go.Oh good, she was the first one I thought about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 The pictures are getting worse on Deadspin. Missing limbs, etc. If you have a weak stomach, do not go to the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 The competitors finished earlier, but Boston is a huge marathon and many people are running for causes, and will drift in over hours after the main race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Lotta confusion still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 no real info in the uk press yet. are we assuming this is a deliberate act? or an accidental explosion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 The competitors finished earlier, but Boston is a huge marathon and many people are running for causes, and will drift in over hours after the main race.I assume that the rest of the race has been cancelled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 The pictures are getting worse on Deadspin. Missing limbs, etc. If you have a weak stomach, do not go to the site.yeah, starting to see some more footage and didn't want to comment on what was being seen, but yeah, it's pretty gruesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Presumably - it seems like the explosions took a format used many times in the Middle East. A main explosion, a pause, a second explosion to get people who run over to help.The explosion was slightly before the finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UVA Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I have a few friends that are there today. :worried:I believe that the forum's Zelticgar was running it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a wooden chair Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 So fucking angry right now at whatever fucked up piece of shit did this. Relieved to hear no boarders hurt so far. No one I work with too, so another blessing there.Coworker was saying 12 reported hurt but I can't get to any of the nsfw sites or updated info beyond the major news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 There would be spectators, visitors, family and group members waiting for finishers, competitors, shops full of people, first aid stations and lots of police officers at the finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Ah hell, they are showing all kinds of reservists running to help, they were out for crowd control, Bookwyrm is a reservist in Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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