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Explosions at the Boston Marathon

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theBearJew
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Just saw a friend post on FB about this whos in Boston right now. Whats going on? Anyone have any news updates? I can't find anything online.

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Apr 15 2013 3:05PM
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quixotic
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http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cen3t/there_was_just_an_explosion_at_the_boston/
Apr 15 2013 3:54PM
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TNORTS
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My sister's friend was there. She can't get in touch with him... Hoping he is ok.
Apr 15 2013 3:54PM
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E-Nix
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Another one just went off.
Apr 15 2013 3:54PM
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TOAST.
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My cousin was running this year, and my aunt and uncle went to spectate. Hope my family hears from them soon.
Apr 15 2013 3:56PM
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the_moderaper
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Fuck. Source? Link?
Apr 15 2013 3:56PM
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1337
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Also, what a FUCKED UP place to place bombs. People running 26 miles only to be surrounded by explosions and forcing them to run/evacuate the area. Some of the runners collapsed after the shock wave, many were completely drained. W.T.F.
Apr 15 2013 3:57PM
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Kid.Kelley
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Another bomb just went off
Apr 15 2013 3:57PM
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Huck_Norris
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Next motherfucker to say some shit and not post a link to a source is getting fucking screamed at.
Apr 15 2013 3:57PM
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GayWolf420
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Holy fucking shit, this is nuts. Just got home from school.
Apr 15 2013 3:57PM
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marsland
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it was a bomb squad controlled explosion.
Apr 15 2013 3:57PM
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Troy.
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Holy shit.
Apr 15 2013 3:59PM
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Kid.Kelley
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It's all over every news stations on the tv
Apr 15 2013 3:59PM
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1337
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many were completely drained physically and could do nothing*
Apr 15 2013 3:59PM
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GayWolf420
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Found another one in a hotel too. Holy fuck, what's going on?
Apr 15 2013 3:59PM
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ski4fun420
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NO TIME FOR FUCKING JOKES!!!!!!!! ^^^^
Apr 15 2013 4:00PM
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JackJohnSki
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Religions are peaceful dude. Being religious, and being a(n) extremist/radical who is planning on intentionally hurting people are totally different things...
Apr 15 2013 4:00PM
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corona
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what do you mean by "you guys". just pointing out an idiot when I see one. It's also not nice to jump to conclusions.
Apr 15 2013 4:00PM
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Phil-X-
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Any source to this trash can theory? All that garbage is stuff left behind by EMTs I'm 80% sure



No doubt in my mind this is a act of terrorism, the real question is whether its domestic or international.
Apr 15 2013 4:00PM
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Huck_Norris
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Well some of us can't be in front of the TV right now and are sort of freaking out. The little "facts" here and there without any source can make for a stressful few moments dude.
Apr 15 2013 4:00PM
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theBearJew
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Source??? News isn't reporting it. They are just saying that they found another device not that it went off
Apr 15 2013 4:01PM
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Phil-X-
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POST SOURCES!! PLEASE!
Apr 15 2013 4:01PM
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JStrathern
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From what I've heard they found another device and then did a controlled detonation, but I could be wrong
Apr 15 2013 4:03PM
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Phil-X-
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Top comment on reddit about this





Physician says the hospitals are on 'disaster alert' (cbs)

Kylie Atwood (CBS Newsproducer) was on around the finish line. She heard two explosions. The second one was around three minutes later. She isn't sure because she was running away.

Kylie with 'Joe D', he ran the marathon, says he saw over 100 victims.

BostonDotCom says over 60 are injured https://twitter.com/BostonDotCom/statuses/323873378240974848


Police officer near Boston Marathon finish line: 'There are secondary devices that have been found and are unexploded.' https://twitter.com/Fara1/status/323882889253113856

Atleast three confirmed deaths http://fox17online.com/2013/04/15/breaking-at-least-3-confirmed-dead-at-boston-marathon/#axzz2QYvlDPUU

Friend of /u/bernardolv posted a video with a mobile phone of the second explosion

NYPost says 12 died http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two_explosions_at_boston_marathon_iMR0LCkcwASg0RQfVsH1yI

CBS just said there was a third explosion!

Third explosion was controlled https://twitter.com/BostonDotCom/status/323886877746790402

WARNING: ALL OF THE LINKS ARE POSSIBLY NSFW

Liveblog:

http://live.boston.com/Event/2013_Boston_Marathon_live_blog

Livestreams:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22160978 http://www.keloland.com/custompages/cbslive/

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013-boston-marathon-finish-line/

http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive/

http://abcnews.go.com/Live/

Police feed:

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/6254/?rl=rr

Pictures:

A still of the explosion http://twitpic.com/cjmdwu

Picture from helicopter https://twitter.com/Livestream/status/323878631908716545/photo/1 (blood, NSFW/NSFL)
Apr 15 2013 4:03PM
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Huck_Norris
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AGAIN PEOPLE IF YOU READ IT OR HEARD IT PLEASE LIST A GODDAM SOURCE SO WE KNOW IT'S NOT SOME STUPID BITCH ON FACEBOOK PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
Apr 15 2013 4:03PM
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nagger
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wowee my cousin was coming up to the finish like when they went off.

she used to run for boston college but I thought she would be fine cause she moved to nyc. crazy shit
Apr 15 2013 4:03PM
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kung_powpow
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I heard it on both ESPN and NBC
Apr 15 2013 4:04PM
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cornholio
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https://twitter.com/BostonDotCom/status/323886877746790402

"source"
Apr 15 2013 4:04PM
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marsland
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why would i joke about this. the later explosion that kid pointed out was a controlled one by the bomb squad. i dont have a source ive had the boston abc news station on for an hour so unless you have that you can go ahead and not believe me. news just reported 22 injured and 2 dead.
Apr 15 2013 4:05PM
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XtRemE11
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so fucked up, especially to do this at a sporting event where everyone is pretty much purely innocent civilians, just killing for the sake of killing.
im actually surprised this type of thing hasnt happened more, just because its so damn easy to do. hopefully this doesnt turn into the next "cool thing" for psychopaths to do like school shootings have.

and whats worse, is by the looks of it, they were relatively small explosions, this could have been ALOT worse.
Apr 15 2013 4:06PM
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GayWolf420
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Fox right now. Sorry about that. Probably gonna change to CNN, I like their coverage more
Apr 15 2013 4:06PM
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RimJobber
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Fox reported over 60 in the hospital and 3 confirmed dead
Apr 15 2013 4:07PM
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Jeebus.
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Apr 15 2013 4:08PM
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ski4fun420
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Sorry about that. I Did not realize they actually did that. It was the 3rd bomb; at least from what I read. Either way this is terrible for the victims and families. Take care everyone
Apr 15 2013 4:10PM
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1337
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more suspicious devices being found according to the boston police scanner


http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/6254/web
Apr 15 2013 4:10PM
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JWeinstock
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im here right now as my aunt was running in the event. i was 1 block away from the explosion and then thousands of people started screaming and running. pretty crazy scene
Apr 15 2013 4:10PM
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Huck_Norris
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Thank you.
Apr 15 2013 4:11PM
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fupaface
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Shit man, hopefully nothing else happens.
Apr 15 2013 4:13PM
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Willgum
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Useful reddit link:

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cen3t/there_was_just_an_explosion_at_the_boston/
Apr 15 2013 4:14PM
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theschneidler
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holy fuck my dad is in this and my mom is watching
Apr 15 2013 4:14PM
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Squable
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Shit, that's wild. I think had it all gone as planned there were meant to be simultaneous explosions all down the race. I mean luckily only two went off but thats still awful.
Apr 15 2013 4:15PM
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theBearJew
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Glad to hear you're okay. Still can't believe it happened.

And sorry for beating you to it gnartron. I also beat you to the Osama news story.
Apr 15 2013 4:16PM
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.Apex.
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Really hope they're ok dude

This shit is happening far too often.
Apr 15 2013 4:17PM
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theschneidler
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okay thank god, I just called his phone and hes fine. my mom is pretty shaken up, that really got my heart going
Apr 15 2013 4:18PM
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ski4fun420
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Hope they are fine man. Keep us posted
Apr 15 2013 4:19PM
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Phil-X-
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Thank god, good to here. Make sure they stay out of public areas. If they are staying at a hotel I recommend they leave it and go somewhere that would be less targeted
Apr 15 2013 4:20PM
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1337
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anyone checking for a runner, use this site, it supposedly gives you the runner's last check in position and time.

http://raceday.baa.org/individual.html
Apr 15 2013 4:21PM
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chicken
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holy fuck. so fucked up. god dammit.
Apr 15 2013 4:23PM
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1337
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AP reports 2 more have been found and are being dismantled
Apr 15 2013 4:24PM
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Huck_Norris
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I imagine everyone is freaking out about every bag right now. Panic is not going to help. It it is inevitable
Apr 15 2013 4:24PM
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XtRemE11
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damn just looking at those video's and the runners after the explosion, like what a weird ass scenario to be in. for anyone who runs somewhat long distances you'd understand how physically and mentally beat you would be, some of them hardly even react.
Apr 15 2013 4:25PM
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