Two bombs go off at the Boston Marathon

[Rot 911]

The talking heads on the news seem almost disappointed there weren't more dead.

[lane912]

of course they are

and that there was not a semi auto long rifle on the scene with a bag of loaded magazines-

[intakexhaust]

not trying to be funny here or in poor taste right now but I don't like these things

[carreradpt]

I think that they are here now. What a surprise. How completely insane these people are and how terrible their acts can be upon us. (not the ira)

Very sad day today.

[Lapkritis]

^Poor taste. 8yr old victim reported dead.

[motion]

Originally Posted by intakexhaust

not trying to be funny here or in poor taste right now but I don't like these things

WTF are you thinking, dude?

[Baz]

The supposed explosion at the library has turned out to be an unrelated fire in a mechanical room. The timing was just coincidental.

[Spud]

Originally Posted by Baz

The supposed explosion at the library has turned out to be an unrelated fire in a mechanical room. The timing was just coincidental.

We'll see, would be an excellent diversion if the perp(s) were headed in the opposite direction.

[intakexhaust]

Re-read my statement. I'm serious. THEY ARE NOT TO HAVE COVERED WASTE CANS OR THE LIKE IN OR NEAR THESE TYPE OF EVENTS - HAVING THESE PROPS ARE RIDICULOUS AND A POTENTIAL PLANT. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO INTERNATIONAL EVENTS WHERE HIGH ORDER OF SECURITY IS 'SUPPOSED' TO BE IMPLEMENTED? THIS IS AN ERROR ON SECURITY PREPERATION.

[Ronbo]

Originally Posted by daepp

Boston police Commissioner says no one is in custody.

This is true, but the FBI have detained a Saudi national who was "acting suspicious and caught fleeing the scene" for questioning. The quote is from CBS news.

[notmytarga]

Here's what all the people I work with in California have been seeing today .. the clock over the finish in the pictures of the blast reading 4:10 and our friend projected to finish at 4:04:51. We finally got word that she was a few hundred ft away, past the finish line, safe and sound. She's 62 BTW. Finished 41st in her division. About 17,000 people finished previously. The spectator density could have been worse earlier.
Very sad, disruptive situation. There needs to be a unique way of dealing with this level of malefiecence.

[Hydrocket]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

.................

especially the ones you have little knowledge aboot.

[sc_rufctr]

My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims. And RIP to the victims.

Just saw Obamas address to the nation (the world)... You'll get the people responsible.

God bless you all.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by intakexhaust

not trying to be funny here or in poor taste right now but I don't like these things...

Please think about what you're posting. This is in poor taste and inappropriate.

Did you see the blood on the ground?

[varmint]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

Exactly. I'll wait until sometime next week to get the correct details...

we all have our prejudices. in my mind i'm wondering if the bomber will be named mohammed or muhammed. but i've learned to keep my mouth shut, at least for the first few hours.

i've already seen the "saudi national in custody" story go from unconfirmed to confirmed back to unconfirmed.

[slakjaw]

Originally Posted by Hydrocket

Guess this means you guys will be invading Iraq again?

Hey, you are a real *******. Why don't you go **** off. A.

[dan88911]

I am surprise an attack like this has not happen sooner.
Events like this on the street with large crowds has always worried me.

Leo has done good job protecting us.

[lonewolf]

Cnn just reported a person of interest in custody. confirmed by homeland security rep.
Police searching for a penske rental truck

device contained ball bearings so was ment to harm and mame which it did.

[rusnak]

In defense of Intake, if there was a second one of those M&Ms figures, that would have been a perfect place for a terrorist to plant an explosive device. I think the FBI is looking at the MO, and working back to who (which groups) could be likely suspects.

[lane912]

^^^
more work than needed to be done-
large running event-
finish line, people meeting runners as they finish with multiple backpacks - normal
many bags lying about in the open-

temporary structures obscuring video surveillance-
more?