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Explosion at Boton Marathon finish line...
OMG just heard there was an explosion at the finish line at the Boston Marathon with mass casualties/injuries.
Boston Marathon explosion: Marathon headquarters locked down after blasts heard
2:04 p.m. CDT, April 15, 2013
The hotel that serves as the headquarters for the Boston Marathon was locked down on Monday after a security incident near the finish line. Two blasts were heard by reporters in the media center.
A Boston Marathon spokesman told reporters that no one would be allowed in or out of the building.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...0,641755.story
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According The Boston Globe, there are dozens injured though there are varying reports on the number of injuries:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...ns-live/64246/
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“@ABC: Reports of 2 explosions @ finish line of the #BostonMarathon maybe #obama can pass a law about explosions & make everyone feel better
Being kept far from scene. Suggestions we stay away from trash cans. #WBZ #bostonmarathon pic.twitter.com/d7DFOrM1oc
http://www.wjbo.com/articles/nationa...e-of-11191336/
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Eyewitness: Boston Marathon explosions rocked nearby building
4:03 PM 04/15/2013
George Scoville was one block away from the Boston Marathon’s finish line, inside the Lord & Taylor department store Monday afternoon when he felt two explosions rock the store within about “15 to 20 seconds” of one another.
“I was actually in a shopping mall right next to the finish line, Lord & Taylor, and heard an explosion and thought it was construction or building demolition,” the 33-year-old Scoville, a Washington, D.C. resident, told The Daily Caller in a phone interview from Boston Monday.
“You could feel it. There was a loud boom and then there was a second one that was even louder,” Scoville continued, explaining that the blasts shook the store. He then made his way for the door as people fled the scene of the nearby blast.
“I went outside because I saw people just take off running,” he relayed. “Spectators were just fleeing from where the finish line was.”
“Cop cars just started pouring in and firetrucks and everything. You could see a little bit of smoke and I tried to take some pictures and put them up on Instagram of like the storefronts there right by the finish line.”
Scoville uploaded about six shots of the scene to his Instagram account. The photos quickly made their way around the web alongside the hundreds of other pictures eyewitnesses began sharing.
“The glass was blown out and there were just people everywhere who had been right down there, and people crying everywhere.”
Scoville said he could see at least one emergency response team tending to someone on the ground outside before he made his way to his parents’ nearby hotel room.
“My brother ran the marathon and the whole family was down there. You know, we’re all fine and all that,” Scoville said.
According to the Associated Press, neither race officials nor public officials could immediately estimate the number or degree of injuries.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/15/ey...#ixzz2QZ6tKSZz
White House issues public response to Boston Marathon explosion
4:06 PM 04/15/2013
The White House issued a cautious public response to Monday’s explosions at the finish line of the Boston marathon.
“The President has been notified of the incident in Boston,” said a White House officials.
“His administration is in contact with state and local authorities. He directed his administration to provide whatever assistance is necessary in the investigation and response.”
Two people were killed and 23 were injured, according to the Boston police department.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/15/wh...#ixzz2QZ78NaSE
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chlan Markay @lachlan
RT @katz:
Boston scanner: "EMS is reporting another device" in front of Mandarin Hotel
7:26 PM - 15 Apr 13
Matt Viser @mviser
RT @
BostonGlobe: BREAKING NEW: Lenox Hotel is being evacuated
7:37 PM - 15 Apr 13
Zeke Miller ✔ @ZekeJMiller
On scanner: "There are three handbags right in front of the bleachers...you might want to get away from those bags"
7:08 PM - 15 Apr 13
Twitchy has more. http://twitchy.com/2013/04/15/horrib...reported-pics/
This is how Fox News broke the story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlD_o...layer_embedded
Luke Russert ✔ @LukeRussert
Homeland Security source tells me Boston Firefighters discovered an undetonated device at corner of St. James Ave and Trinity place
7:58 PM - 15 Apr 13
Erik Rush @erikrush
At least three reported killed, more than 30 injured... #bostonmarathon
http://ow.ly/k5wlS
7:51 PM - 15 Apr 13
Zeke Miller ✔ @ZekeJMiller
Uniformed Secret service is putting up yellow police tape to keep pedestrians off Pennsylvania Avenue in front of White House
8:02 PM - 15 Apr 13
Steven Ertelt @StevenErtelt
MT @BostonGlobe:
Boston Police have called in all off-duty officers.
8:01 PM - 15 Apr 13
http://michellemalkin.com/2013/04/15...ston-marathon/
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Explosions reported at Boston Marathon
11 min ago|By MSN News with wire reports
The Boston Marathon headquarters is on lockdown and the race has been stopped after an explosion was reported near the race's finish line. Preliminary reports say at least two are dead and 23 are injured, according to the Boston Police Department.
BOSTON — Two explosions shattered the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry away the injured while stragglers in the 26.2-mile race were rerouted away from the smoking site.
The Boston Police Department reported that there are at least two people dead and at least 23 others injured.
The explosions occurred as thousands of runners finished the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, with crowds watching and cheering at the finish line, with the clock reading at just over 4 hours. At least four people were being treated at Massachusetts General Hospital, and various media are reporting deaths. CNN reports that at least two are dead from the explosions.
The New York Police Department has stepped up security around landmarks in Manhattan, including near prominent hotels, in response to at least one explosion near the finish line of the Boston marathon on Monday, said Paul Browne, deputy commissioner of the NYPD.
Competitors and race volunteers were crying as they fled the chaos. Bloody spectators were being carried to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners. "There are a lot of people down," said one man, whose bib No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina. He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg. A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg injury that was bleeding.
Neither race officials nor public officials could immediately estimate the number or degree of injuries.
EXPLOSIONS HEARD SECONDS APART
About three hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later.
Smoke rose from the blasts, fluttering through the national flags lining the route of the world's oldest and most prestigious marathon. TV helicopter footage showed blood staining the pavement in the popular shopping and tourist area known as the Back Bay. "There are people who are really, really bloody," said Laura McLean, a runner from Toronto, who was in the medical tent being treated for dehydration when she was pulled out to make room for victims of the explosions. "They were pulling them into the medical tent."
Cherie Falgoust was waiting for her husband, who was running the race. "I was expecting my husband any minute," she said. "I don't know what this building is ... it just blew. Just a big bomb, a loud boom, and then glass everywhere. Something hit my head. I don't know what it was. I just ducked."
Runners who had not finished the race were diverted straight down Commonwealth Avenue and into a family meeting area, according to an emergency plan that had been in place.
Reporters in the media center heard a blast. "There was an explosion, police, fire and EMS are on the scene. We have no indication of how many people are injured," a spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department said.
A spokesman for the Boston Marathon told reporters that no one would be allowed in or out of the hotel that was serving as headquarters for the event. Mike Mitchell of Vancouver, Canada, a runner who had finished the race said he was looking back at the finish line and saw a "massive explosion."
Smoke rose 50 feet in the air, Mitchell said. People began running and screaming after hearing the noise, Mitchell said. "Everybody freaked out," Mitchell said.
OBAMA NOTIFIED
The White House says President Barack Obama has been notified about the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The White House says the administration is in contact with state and local authorities and directed his administration to provide whatever assistance is necessary in the investigation and response.
Vice President Joe Biden was on a conference call with gun control activists when staffers turned on televisions in his office Monday to view coverage of the explosions. Biden said during the call that his prayers were with those who suffered injuries.
http://news.msn.com/us/explosion-rep...oston-marathon
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3 killed as 2 bombs explode at Boston Marathon
Undetonated devices found
By JIMMY GOLEN (AP Sports Writer) | The Associated Press – 9 minutes ago
BOSTON (AP) -- Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing 3 people, injuring 23 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators, race organizers and police said.
One runner, a Rhode Island state trooper, said he saw at least two dozen people with very serious injuries, including missing limbs.
About two hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later.
The Boston Marathon said that bombs caused the two explosions and that organizers were working with authorities to determine what happened. The Boston Police Department said two people were killed and 23 others injured.
Competitors and race volunteers were crying as they fled the chaos. Bloody spectators were being carried to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners. Authorities went onto the course to carry away the injured while stragglers in the 26.2-mile race were rerouted away from the smoking site.
Roupen Bastajian, a 35-year-old state trooper from Greenville, R.I., had just finished the race when they put the heat blanket wrap on him and he heard the first blast.
''I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the floor,'' he said. ''We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated. ... At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing.''
A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg injury that was bleeding.
''There are a lot of people down,'' said one man, whose bib No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina. He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg.
Smoke rose from the blasts, fluttering through the national flags lining the route of the world's oldest and most prestigious marathon. TV helicopter footage showed blood staining the pavement in the popular shopping and tourist area known as the Back Bay.
A third explosion was heard about an hour after the first two after authorities warned spectators to expect a loud noise from a water cannon.
''There are people who are really, really bloody,'' said Laura McLean, a runner from Toronto, who was in the medical tent being treated for dehydration when she was pulled out to make room for victims of the explosions. ''They were pulling them into the medical tent.''
Cherie Falgoust was waiting for her husband, who was running the race.
''I was expecting my husband any minute,'' she said. ''I don't know what this building is ... it just blew. Just a big bomb, a loud boom, and then glass everywhere. Something hit my head. I don't know what it was. I just ducked.''
Runners who had not finished the race were diverted straight down Commonwealth Avenue and into a family meeting area, according to an emergency plan that had been in place.
BREAKING: Intelligence official: 2 more explosive devices found at Boston Marathon; being dismantled
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/two-exp...5988--spt.html
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UPDATE: 3 dead, 64 hurt from Boston Marathon bomb blasts.
We are praying for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and their families, as well as for the first responders, who are dealing with a unimaginably horrific scene.
---Latest is 2 dead 23 horrifically-injured. 2 explosions and 2 additional bombs found. Police reportedly detonated a 3rd explosion themselves. All cell service disabled in area due to radio-controlled bombs.
Idiots on CNN and MSNBC already playing politics after tragedy. Shame on them.
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