Explosion on 117thfinshing line of Boston Marathon

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There are a lot of things that are not being reported. I have friends in Boston that have seen things that are either inaccurate or not being reported. I tend to think the latter.
 
Bruins will still find a way to pull it out.
 
Teela, I hope your friends stay safe, what is not accurate Teela, what is?
 
Pissed if I was American and asking where the trillions of dollars has gone into protecting the people since 9/11 if this sought of incident, in a public place is allowed.

Where was the prior intelligence warning the people of this?
 
xpansive
Pissed if I was American and asking where the trillions of dollars has gone into protecting the people since 9/11 if this sought of incident, in a public place is allowed.

Where was the prior intelligence warning the people of this?
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T-S-A T-S-A
 
Teela
There are a lot of things that are not being reported. I have friends in Boston that have seen things that are either inaccurate or not being reported. I tend to think the latter.
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I think they said they are in a media blackout.
 
That explains why there is no new footage being shown or anything.
 


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(6:05PM ET): NBC Boston is saying the youngest victim is 3 years old.


5:49 "two blackhawks in the area local standing by"


5:34 "they just declared a code black because they're looking at whatever it is they're looking at"


the boston globe, best footage yet

 
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one guy says bomb dogs on site before any explosions...said it was for a drill...lolz..conspiracy guys are going to have a field day
 
the media in this country should be shut down
 
RayRay, I don't care that those photo memes or whatever they are called are tasteless but they're kinda not funny, ya know?
 
not in my city, no



I was/am volunteering there (am still there). I was at the Gatorade booth about 50ft past the finish. It had been such a happy day. I was holding two Gatorades out to runners looking right at the finish line, Suddenly a big BOOM, absolutely thunderous. I was looking right at it, huge plume of smoke that went halfway up the church, we all just stared, all the runners turned and stared. I thought, "That's not gunfire" (I've lived in Rio, I know gunfire). BOOM, another one, I said "That was an explosion" (duh, I know). Everybody started running. To give you the picture I was at the point where everybody has just stopped running and is savoring victory and EVERYBODY STARTED RUNNING AGAIN - something about this scene was absolutely surreal, to see all those exhausted runners who looked like they could barely walk, just all spring back into action simultaneously like that. Volunteers running too. People abandoning their spots and that's when I thought, "this is the real thing." Me and the other Gatorade girls kind of instinctively backed up till we bumped into the water truck. Bit of a panic for like 5 min because we didn't know if there would be more bombs. I remember thinking "not in my city, no". I remember thinking "I'm not going to leave." Real chaos for a while. Most volunteers left. They were carrying people into the med tent near me. Saw some blood. (edit: I wanted to get closer to help - I know first aid - but they would not allow it. They didn't need me anyway, they had tons of EMTs and doctors anyway.) The cops needed waters so we ran waters up to the site. Then a cop yells "Get these tables out of the way" - the street had a loooooong center aisle of water tables and Gatorade tables, and the ambulances couldn't get in. We all started flinging the water out of the way, as quick as we could. There were only like 5 of us volunteers still there though (the rest had been told to leave) and like ten million tables. The crowd is watching us desperately hurling the waters to the side of the street and then the whole crowd starts LEAPING over the security dividers and helping us haul all the waters and tables out of the way. (edit: Guys were hurling those cartons of Poland Spring water bottles like big footballs!) I didn't start to cry till right then when everybody jumped to help.

We all got shepherded away then. But then I kept finding lost runners. It had gotten cold and everybody was wandering all over, streets closed, sirens everywhere, and you'd find some skinny runner girl (who'd just finished a marathon fer chrissake!), shivering and lost and in tears, and no phone and can't find her family. I found like 4 of those runners and walked each to where they needed to be. Just spent over an hour with one who couldn't find her family. (edit: she was trying to hide how scared she was - her brother & dad wouldn't answer their cells - turned out she knew that they'd been right at the finish line. But they were ok, it was just the lines were jammed. She was super cool and calm and collected the whole hour we were trying to call them [on my phone]. Shivering in her running gear the whole time. Then the second he & her dad showed up, she fell apart.)

I've been watching this race since 1977. I grew up here. This is the first time I've volunteered.
I am going to go look for more runners now. Half the streets are shut and the subway's closed, runners can't find their bags or family or their way home. Update later.

edit: they've finally diverted all the runners two blocks over. The remaining ones are coming in, 2 blocks over, to see a more organized setup with the mylar blankets and some of the waters, and they seem not as freaked out because they didn't hear/see the blast - they were miles away. But everybody's still pretty confused and stunned. The subway being shut is a huge problem - nobody can get back to the hotels they're staying at. I just had to tell a girl she was going to have to walk another mile or so to get to the Red Line because the Green Line subway is closed. Taxis can't get in because so many streets are closed. Also some hotels that runners were staying at were closed off, that were right near the blast site. I just came back home to recharge my phone since it became apparent one of the most useful things I could provide to runners was a working phone. While on the T a woman told me there have been bomb scares all over the city, at Tufts Medical and at the footbridge by the Prudential. Don't know if that's just rumors. I'm going to give my phone a half hour to recharge, then go back with more layers (I got chilly), to see if I can help with anything. I signed up to volunteer to help runners, dammit, and I'm going to go help runners.

edit2: just remembered something I'd totally forgotten. One of the volunteers in my Gatorade crew was going to propose to his girlfriend at the finish line. She was running and was due to come in just about the time the bombs went off. I can't believe I forgot about this till now, because we were all excited about it. I really hope they're ok.

#PolandSpring
 
i'm thirsty for some polandspring water now
 
"I was looking right at it, huge plume of smoke that went halfway up the church, we all just stared, all the runners turned and stared. I thought, "That's not gunfire" (I've lived in Rio, I know gunfire). BOOM, another one, I said "That was an explosion" (duh, I know)" -captain fucking obvious

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possible causes (not in particular order)

1. taleban
2. north korea
3. anarchists who lost shitload on metal
4. fringe fanboy who wants to create a portal to parallel universe
5. inside job from the defense department to get more funding

my guess it'll probably be some crazy white guy but the gov will blame the terrorists and start another invasion
 
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