Two bombs go off at the Boston Marathon

[motion]

Better go stick your head in the ground. The media is not going away any time soon.

[slakjaw]

If you want to be a media WHORE I am not going to stop you.

Better go stick your head in the ground. The media is not going away any time soon.

[motion]

Nope. I haven't even seen the TV news on this thing. Good try.

[HardDrive]

This photo is making the social media rounds. Purports to show bomber #2 on the far left. Just got it, but after a quick check, the guy who posted it seems legit. The photographers name is David Green.

[lonewolf]

lots happening right now at MIT and watertown.

[Heel n Toe]

Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers
By Asjylyn Loder & Esmé E. Deprez - Apr 18, 2013 9:45 PM ET

Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him.

Just before 3 p.m. on April 15, Bauman was waiting among the crowd for his girlfriend to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. A man wearing a cap, sunglasses and a black jacket over a hooded sweatshirt looked at Jeff, 27, and dropped a bag at his feet, his brother, Chris Bauman, said in an interview.

Two and a half minutes later, the bag exploded, tearing Jeff’s legs apart. A picture of him in a wheelchair, bloodied and ashen, was broadcast around the world as he was rushed to Boston Medical Center. He lost both legs below the knee.

“He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, ‘bag, saw the guy, looked right at me,’” Chris Bauman said yesterday in an interview.

Those words may help crack the mystery of who perpetrated one of the highest-profile acts of terror in the U.S. since the 2001 assault on New York City and the Washington area, one that killed three people and wounded scores.

While still in intensive care, Jeff Bauman gave the FBI a description of the man he saw, his brother said. Bauman’s information helped investigators narrow down whom to look for in hours of video of the attack, he said.

More: Boston Bombing Victim in Iconic Photo Helped Identify Attackers - Bloomberg

[Bill Douglas]

Ah ha, progress. One of the guys is in custody after the shootout with police.

[lonewolf]

Two new photos just being posted .front on pics .
explosives being used in shootout right now with police in watertown.
Saw a live shot of one guy spreadeagled on the ground.not saying it is but looks like suspect no.2 but is not
he was stripped naked and then put into a police car

[Lapkritis]

I hope this is them. If so and they were identified by the campus police and he gave his life to call it in and attempt to apprehend then that is truly heroic. I'm sure there is plenty more info to come out as this situation develops.

[lonewolf]

just reported suspect no1 is dead from shootout with police
no 2 is on the loose and huge manhunt on in watertown for him

[Heel n Toe]

The Boston Globe

[lonewolf]

they robbed a 7/11.MIT officer responding to robbery was shot and killed in his car,they carjacked SUV at gunpoint and headed to watertown and had shootout with police, suspect no 1 dead ,no 2 got away and still on loose right now.no1 got off easy .hope they catch no 2 .

naked guy set free.,not involved.

[sc_rufctr]

WOW... Go the cops.

I hope they catch the guy on the run alive. Hopefully he will talk and the cops will get everyone involved.

IMO, More than just these two involved.

[lonewolf]

2 brothers from Chechnya ,been living in Cambridge for 1 year. remaining one is 19years old
watertown shut down, 10000 cops looking for him.

[red-beard]

Chechnya Religion

Islam is the predominant religion in Chechnya. Chechens are overwhelmingly adherents to Sunni Islam,[39] the country having converted to Islam between the 16th and the 19th centuries. Due to historical importance, many Chechens are Sufis, of either the Qadiri or Naqshbandi orders. Most of the population follows either the Shafi'i, Hanafi,[40] or Maliki[41] schools of jurisprudence, fiqh. The Shafi'i school of jurisprudence has a long tradition among the Chechens,[42] and thus it remains the most practiced.[43]

Yep.

[lonewolf]

What a night.

Our news here has been showing a lot of feeds all night .
serious firefight overnight. These two were/are heavily armed. Sounds like wearing explosives.

The fella who's car was carjacked was with them for 30 min and then let go .He must have a H..ll of a story to tell.

[Baz]

Wow! Good work Boston!

Islamic terrorists....what a surprise....hope they burn in hell.

[Les Paul]

Going to be some major spin on this nightmare.

[widgeon13]

Glad I was wrong on this. Good for Boston.

[URY914]

So they needed to hold up a 7-11 to get some cash? Real smart ones here.....