Explosion at Boston Marathon!

[Jay]

My sister went to the Boston Marathon today to cheer the runners in Wellesley not downtown.  She, her husband, and my niece report they are fine.   

 

good news

[Socaliente]

Wow, that's one of the White Supremacist bomb-making signatures.

Its actually a common practice in low grade bombs. As of 4:56 pm CNN reported that hospital doctors are pulling out ball bearings from victims.

 

My guess is Al Qaeda. The multiple blasts spaced apart is something they love to do. Saw it in Iraq almost all the time. If all the bombs are set off its to create mass panic, otherwise the secondary ones are placed to hit first responders.

 

I'm gonna say its homegrown Al Qaeda. Probably a white guy turned Islamic Extremist who knew today was Patriot Day in Boston.

[sneaky_flute]

it wouldn't surprise me if the culprit had motives similar to those of that olympic bomber.

[gotbeer]

3rd person now has passed.  

 

And one of the three was an 8 year old boy.  

[GuliblGuy]

Wow, just horrible stuff...thoughts and prayers to everyone affected.

[Futch Winkleman]

The amount of blood on the sidewalk is disturbing. 

 

Just now flipped on the news and saw an aerial shot of the sidewalk.  Unreal.

[fan_since79]

CNN’s Nick Valencia is reporting that Boston police are on the lookout for a “darker skinned or black male” following today’s bombing at the Boston Marathon. Police were already on the alert for a yellow rental truck that was said to have been turned away from the race route.

[bdavis621]

I have a strong hunch that Al Qaeda is responsible. It seemed to organized for a domestic terrorist.

[mtangelsfan]

This could be a lot of different groups or individuals.  Hopefully it gets figured out and whoever is responsible gets what is coming.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Four friends in the area when this happened. One running in the marathon, had just crossed the finish line when the first bomb went off, unhurt. Three were spectators, one unhurt, two in fair condition at Mass General.

[Tank]

Four friends in the area when this happened. One running in the marathon, had just crossed the finish line when the first bomb went off, unhurt. Three were spectators, one unhurt, two in fair condition at Mass General.

Wow. Hope your friends are okay.

Espn reporting 140 are injured.

[Agalloch]

Wow, this is a lot worse than I imagined. I went to get coffee with some friends earlier and ESPN was showing but I didn't think much of it cause at the time I was only hearing 2 were injured (at least that's what I thought I heard). This is tragic, hopefully the majority of them are as ok as can be.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

BPD and the FBI served a search warrant at a home in the suburb of Revere late Monday night, hopefully something comes of it quickly.

[Brandon]

That raw footage video gave me the chills then nausea. Just very disturbing. You can even see someone on the ground not moving at the bomb blast.

I like Cat's "have you ever been to a marathon?" like it's some normal Joe Blow weekend event like eating out or going to the movies.

I like Eric's post about blaming some skinhead group. They apparently are attacking government officials but decide this one time to divert from their mission to attack random civilians. Then states the bombs are their signature like frags or frag bombs are some unique item.

[gotbeer]

Heartbreaking.  When I heard 8 year old, I had a feeling this is why he was there.  Just sad.

 

 

8-Year-Old Died at Boston Marathon Waiting to Greet Father

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

We get a bunch of papers delivered to the office daily - WSJ, NYT, etc.  Getting my morning coffee and looking at the front pages and the NYT page is pretty brutal showing blood all over the pavement.

[LBHalos17]

it wouldn't surprise me if the culprit had motives similar to those of that olympic bomber.

I agree at this point...

 

First off, my thoughts, prayers, and sympathy is with the victims, their families, and all the first-responders (paid and un-paid), and medical personnel; if not for all of these folks responding as Americans do, the count would be MUCH higher..

 

I think this is probly a home-grown incident for a couple of reasons..  AQ and other tango-idiots would be screaming for credit already.  The JTTF has said that there were no pre-incident indicators (chatter, etc.) prior to the incident to point to a terror cell.  Personally (through training and experience), these bombs didn't seem to be the size of a AQ/tango IED.  They seem to be more along the lines of pipe-bombs like our '96 Atlanta Olympic incident.  This may be proved incorrect tho, as the devices may have been shielded from their full-wield by the amount of people and other items crowded nearby.  If multiple-devices were found un-exploded nearby, that could show an AQ-type knowledge of using secondary-devices (targeting first-responders) or just a wish for over-kill with smaller devices.

 

Remember, that psychotic McVeigh planned a rather large homegrown incident with the help of a couple of friends... 

 

To the person/people who perpetrated this ultra-cowardly act:  Please don't take your own life when we find you; we will try to find a Judge to sentence you to a just end; locked standing to a pole in a blast-proof room, surrounded by similar devices.

[Eric]

I like Eric's post about blaming some skinhead group. They apparently are attacking government officials but decide this one time to divert from their mission to attack random civilians. Then states the bombs are their signature like frags or frag bombs are some unique item.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Spokane_bombing_attempt

[Jim]

Or worse.  Wait until Alex Jones starts spewing about how this was orchestrated by the Obama administration as a way to take our guns!

 

The batshit won't even wait for the sun to go down on this one.

You sound like their lead spokesman

[Jim]

Dang.  2 dead, 20+ wounded.  

 

All things considered.  We got off lucky.  Makes me think this is domestic, since it sounds like more of an explosive device than a bomb.  

I had no idea there was a difference?

[Jim]

Four friends in the area when this happened. One running in the marathon, had just crossed the finish line when the first bomb went off, unhurt. Three were spectators, one unhurt, two in fair condition at Mass General.

Thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims of this heinous act of terror. It is hard to imagine the pain one endures as they embark on the path to recovery, and on those who experience it first hand with loved ones having been hurt or deceased.

Best wishes to you and your friends Vegas. I hope they make a speedy recovery.

[gotbeer]

http://espn.go.com/boston/story/_/id/9177661/no-unexploded-bombs-boston-marathon-massachusetts-governor-says

 

Only 2 bombs.  No unexploded one's.  Also, the article says that the bomb was made out of pressure cookers, and packed with nails and ball bearings.  Sounds kind of big to be carrying around unnoticed.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

The article also says they were in duffel bags.  As I said earlier people at a marathon carrying around backpacks and larger bags to hold items for runners and load up on the freebies after isn't unusual.  At the local marathons I've been to there's probably a 3 or 4 to 1 ratio of fans to runners so there's a lot of people walking around.  I'm sure more details will come out but this also occurred near a hotel so seeing someone with luggage or a duffel bag isn't out of the ordinary or something people would generally think twice about.     

[Angel Dog and Beer]

http://imgur.com/icyyRLK

 

Image shows a younger male, with a large backpack, at the location of the explosion. Then leaving without the backpack?  Hard to tell.

[AngelsLongBall]

Damn