Boston Marathon - what the heck?

[NicoleCanoes]

Anyone else find it odd that no one has taken responsibility for the attack?

 

I encourage all of you to donate blood, if you can, no matter where you are located. The blood the people donated in Boston won't be available for use for a couple weeks until it all gets tested. That blood will be used to replenish the stock that was used to help the victims. So go help out your local hospital and make sure they never have a shortage when they most need it.

[Rexxar Txan]

I offer a moment of silence to honor all the victims in this atrocity. My brother and sister-in-law live in Boston. Fortunately they wrote to us saying that they are fine. If only the world would focus on improving themselves than holding grudges and starting wars...

[CharlieBoston]

I am grateful that most of the news reports and even people on my Facebook feed refrained from wild speculation. Sure, there was some misinformation (i.e. what was initially reported as an explosion at the JFK library was actually just a seemingly inrelated fire), but that was largely kept to a minimum.

 

I don't usually get emotional about things like this, or at least I didn't used to. I was almost bawling on my commute to work because I made the mistake of listening to the radio and I heard a terrible story from a reporter who was right by the finish line when it happened. It was something he saw between a young boy and what he thinks was the boy's father and I think it afftected me because I've got kids and also because it's right in my backyard. Just a horrific thing.

 

I truly hope whoever is responsible for this is caught and soon.

[guest439437484421]

the one good thing about where and when this happeend is that there's a lot of photographic and video evidence for the police to piece together the events that led up to the explosion.  Give it some time, we'll figure out who did it.

[FutureErin]

Bostonian here. Terrifying day, but thanks to the insanity that is social media, all my loved ones were accounted for within an hour of the news breaking. I am feeling shaken and lucky. Hug everyone always.

[Fishercat]

This senseless act of violence to my wonderful Boston makes me so sad. I don't understand why someone would want to randomly hurt anyone else and I hope I never do.

I have been able to account for my family that were at the race and I am glad to hear no rebels or their loved ones seem to have been hurt.

[pwallace]

I am sorry if this post comes across as to harsh or two agressive but this is my opinion. The ones responsible for this attack have become the lowest forms of life on this planet. On their level are those that commit geneside, and thsoe who attacked the world trade center. They are not people they are rabbid animals and deserve to be put down as such. We do not need them becoming a burden on the tax payers dollars living in a federally funded jail. The world will be a better place without scum like those who feel the need to kill numerous innocents to TRY and make their point. (these feelings do not apply to the military. They have a different set of standards and are to held accountable to those.) As I said sorry if this seems harsh but I am so sick of hearing aobut people doing this type of sh*t because their "god" told them to or because they ahve to take down the "evil regime" or whatever other crap excuse they come up with.

[CharlieBoston]

Well, Mass. has no death penalty. So the best anyone can hope for, if they want these people dead, is for the responsible person(s) to put up enough of a fight to require deadly force.

[I-Jo]

Suicide by cop is such a pu$$y bitch way to go.

 

hate people like that.  well- I dislike them anyway- but it's so lame.  You're so fucking cowardly you can't even handle it yourself?  You put that on someone else's conscious. 

 

Way to go you douchebag- as if you weren't a big enough douchcanoe- lets just add it to the list.

[CharlieBoston]

CNN is reporting that a suspect has been identified thanks in part to security camera footage from a department store as well as from a local TV station. Authorities have a press conference scheduled for 5pm eastern.

 

http://us.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/boston-blasts/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[CharlieBoston]

And just like that, CNN is now reporting that an arrest has been made!

[AgentsSka]

This will be interesting.

 

Arrest doesn't mean guilt, however.

[CharlieBoston]

True, true. At least it is some sort of progress, though.

[AgentsSka]

Big fan of this tweet:

 

Scruffy Wallaceâ„¢ â€@ScruffyDKM26m

Dear FBI...please drop the 'suspect in custody' off at Pope John Paul park in Adams Village,Dorchester. Sincerely,EVERYONE.

[CharlieBoston]

Damn, now it looks like no one has been arrested as of yet.

[CharlieBoston]

Big fan of this tweet:

 

Scruffy Wallaceâ„¢ â€@ScruffyDKM26m

Dear FBI...please drop the 'suspect in custody' off at Pope John Paul park in Adams Village,Dorchester. Sincerely,EVERYONE.

HA! Nice.

[Guest asdf]

I know one person in Boston who is thankfully alive and well. This stuff is scary. REAL scary.

[CharlieBoston]

Oh my God. On elf the suspects is dead. The other is still at large. They've killed more people (an MIT police officer for one), and were lobbing explosives out of their getaway vehicle duRing the police chase! Surreal and scary doesn't quite cover it. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/boston-area-violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[AgentsSka]

No kidding.  It is so strange to be on lockdown for something other than weather.

[This is Seth]

That shootout was at the Target in Arsenal mall. That's like a mile away from my house. woof.

[AgentsSka]

shootout at Target?

[MariahSnow]

I don't mean to be insensitive or trigger anything for anyone... but how do y'all feel about graphic images in the media? I got into a debate with my significant other about this. I'm a firm believer that if you want to see graphic images, they should be made available. That does not mean showing leg fragments on the evening news. It means if you read an article and it has a link that says, "warning: graphic images", you have the choice to click it or not. His train of thought was that it's someone's pain, someone's life changing, and that shouldn't be splashed across the front pages of every news website.

 

BTW - I went to college in Boston, went through many Marathon Mondays, and have lots of good memories from that city. I also grew up in the DC area, so all the crazy shit like 9/11, the DC sniper, etc... I've been there, I know what it's like to have your daily life disrupted by police presence. It's all very unnerving.

[This is Seth]

shootout at Target?

 

yeah, where the MIT cop was shot was apparently around the Arsenal Mall area. They're over near Mt Auburn area now. 

[guest439437484421]

I don't mean to be insensitive or trigger anything for anyone... but how do y'all feel about graphic images in the media? I got into a debate with my significant other about this. I'm a firm believer that if you want to see graphic images, they should be made available. That does not mean showing leg fragments on the evening news. It means if you read an article and it has a link that says, "warning: graphic images", you have the choice to click it or not. His train of thought was that it's someone's pain, someone's life changing, and that shouldn't be splashed across the front pages of every news website.

 

BTW - I went to college in Boston, went through many Marathon Mondays, and have lots of good memories from that city. I also grew up in the DC area, so all the crazy shit like 9/11, the DC sniper, etc... I've been there, I know what it's like to have your daily life disrupted by police presence. It's all very unnerving.

 

 

imho it should be up to the person or person's family (you know... depending...) on whether those images should be made public or not.

[I-Jo]

Cop shot was a guy from my Alma Mater.. .Dic Donahue.

 

His' in critical condition last I heard.