Explosions at the Boston Marathon

It's going to be a fucking nightmare getting home tonight. I wonder if the T will be running. There's also a big Red Sox game today which I'm right around the corner from. I wonder what's going on there security wise.

Um a friend just IMd me that another bomb just went off on Boylston?

Sorry, been checking in with family/Facebook/Twitter (worked from home to avoid the marathon crowds... and apparently the explosions)

Channel 5 news is hypnotic

red sox game has been over for a while fwiw

If the cops are saying that they're still finding "secondary devices" I feel like it's probably not an accident.

https://twitter.com/samsteinhp/status/323887231364378625

red sox game has been over for a while fwiw

― lag∞n, Monday, April 15, 2013 3:55 PM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ah OK that would explain all these people outside. I thought maybe they were leaving because of the other thing.

there was just a controlled explosion, they blew up a suspicious package

we're all set; concerned at the moment about a number of my students

my wife just texted me that there are 12 dead?

they keep showing footage of someone on a stretcher who appears to be missing their left foot

fuvk

horrible :(

globe reporter on scene:

https://twitter.com/billy_baker

oh remy I'm glad you're both OK!

Holy fuck at that Billy Baker feed.

2 confirmed fatalities, 22 injured reported at MGH

Live video stream from CBS in Boston here: http://boston.cbslocal.com/live-video/

Two different explosions at the finish line area - separated by roughly 15-20 seconds

Cheryl Fiandaca ‏@CherylFiandaca 2m
22 injured. 2 dead #tweetfromthebeat

Jenan Moussa ‏@jenanmoussa 2m

The thought of every Muslim right now. RT @LibyaLiberty Please don't be a Muslim. #BostonMarathon

Stay safe, Boston people.

^^^ this

dear god, the news is useless

record conspiracy response time

http://i.imgur.com/DKgb72R.jpg

thought of every human right now should be for the victims

NBC Nightly News NBC Nightly News ‏@nbcnightlynews 1m

BREAKING: Small homemade bomb is preliminary cause of explosion at Boston Marathon, law enforcement officials tell NBC News

Also 'don't be a muslim' is really ridiculous at the moment. Who gives a shit who (if who) is responsible?

Everyone who talks about false flags should be beat about the head with one.

I was just in Marathon Sports store last night around 7 PM, evidently right where on of the explosions happened.

2 dead, 23 wounded

omg I want to shake the shit out of any false flag fuckers right now.

somehow it's already a false flag before we even know what "flag" it is!

Also 'don't be a muslim' is really ridiculous at the moment. Who gives a shit who (if who) is responsible?

― POSTOBON Naranja (soda), maandag 15 april 2013 22:09 (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You obviously have not been a muslim for the last, oh, say three decades... MUSLIMS care if it was a muslim or not who did this.

"There's no official explanation for this yet but the official explanation is obviously fishy"

Alex Jones is a cunt.

there'll be a bunch of disgusting political theatre to follow

and urban marathons will be rather regimented henceforth

muslim or not, self-interest is self interest. the 'not me, not me' impulse is so crass in the face of compassion from/for who are still trying to ascertain safety of friends/family.

wtf is wrong with me that my first response to crut's post is "Doo-dah, doo-dah"?

Apparently Peter Sagal from Wait Wait Don't Tell Me had just finished the marathon before the explosions happened, has been reporting on All Things Considered.

muslim or not, self-interest is self interest. the 'not me, not me' impulse is so crass in the face of compassion from/for who are still trying to ascertain safety of friends/family.

― POSTOBON Naranja (soda), Monday, April 15, 2013 4:13 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gtfo dude

@davabel Fine. Reporting. I was 10 feet from explosion. Shaken up. But not a scratch. Worst thing I ever saw.

I can't imagine running a marathon, experiencing two explosions, and then immediately reporting on the aftermath

man ive watch the marathon from m/l that same spot, ive watched the marathon from lots of spots, i grew up blocks from the marathon, i worked near the marathon, the marathon is a cool scene, i love the marathon, why you have to bomb the marathon

Am listening to the police scanner. Heard reports of an explosion at the library...

peter sagal is kind of a pro, atm.

and, well, i just hope it wasn't a colombian

Fuck. I am really glad my little niece has a bad cough & had to stay home with my sister today. Kind of feeling panick-y anyway. It might be time to turn off the computer and take a walk. Stay safe, Boston ilxors.

I have already said that if terrorists did this, I really hope they're white. :/

The T is shut down.

friend working in MGH ER says it's living hell in there – injuries are really awful

muslim or not, self-interest is self interest. the 'not me, not me' impulse is so crass in the face of compassion from/for who are still trying to ascertain safety of friends/family.

― POSTOBON Naranja (soda), maandag 15 april 2013 22:13 (21 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You clearly do not know what you are talking about. It is not about "not me, not me!". What I meant with my quotation is that many Muslims right now fear this was the doing of a muslim. For they will face the retaliation in the most harsh way, as they have experienced, just because previous terrorists have done terrorist deeds in the name of islam.

@TimWilliamsCBS: #BREAKINGNEWS: AP reporter says Newtown families were in the VIP section right by the explosion.

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Obviously this is far from the most important concern but depending on what this turns out to be I'm wondering if the London Marathon in six days time will even go ahead, and whether it should. Probably even bigger security for the Thatcher funeral as well.