Sometimes it pays to finish dead last !

Twitter says CNN

Also:

Dave Andrews ‏@Ballymagibbon 2m

@asymmetricinfo Police radio reporting other devices. One near JFK library.

****in North Korea !

Wow, that's crazy. Killed by a wave of molasses has got to be one of the worst imaginable deaths possible.

Why would international terrorists target Boston?

Not if they were intending to injure average American citizens.

Do it when the first runners finish, and you're just going to blow up a bunch of Kenyans.

Rather odd target for international terrorists. But then again....

Nevermind, she just posted and is safe.

I see it on twitter, but it seems like it's people hearing it on police scanners. I don't know if it's just panic though. People calling in with bad info.

Now you know how a biscuit feels.

why not? it's in the USA at a major event that was easy to target

Kind of makes me think they might have wanted to do it at a sporting event before but thought there was too much security.

Lots of reminders on Twitter, though, to take first reports with a huge grain of salt

Targeting the finish line of a marathon seems rahter weak for them. Then again it might just be what they have been reduced too.

Best friend was running it today. I've texted, but not heard back, though I doubt that means much.

Because it's on American soil?

a large city and sporting event would be a good reason for their demented reason.

Seems like somewhere between 2:45 and 3:00 East Coast time.

News reports are saying 2:45, but that seems a bit early based on my personal timeline of events (my co-workers girlfriend called about 3-5 minutes before I posted at a few minutes after 3:00, and she was actually near the scene of the blasts).

i dunno man, there have to be easier ways to kill a bunch of people though

Reports are all over YouTube.


<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/scGJqLfRcMU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Jesus, this photo taken outside the store front of Forum... looks like a severed leg hanging off the curb.

Because targets are traditionally symbolic. Consumerism, finance, defense, etc.

I'm very skeptical it's something other than a young American male(s).

Anyone know if Rick Pitino was running today?

This might be mechanical explosions--a gas main, electrical transformers? Just throwing it out there.

Surely not for the hundreds of media outlets covering the event, on Patriots day.

maybe its just some fatty that is mad because hes too fat to run

You mean it wasn't Ryan Lanza?

Easier perhaps but you have to remember that the death toll isn't just what international terrorists are after but the method and shock of how it happened as well.


On the surface this seems more like a McVey type than a Bin Laden type of bombing but then again, WTF knows?

Possible. Would be a hell of a coincidence though.

... shit. Shit shit shit. :(

One explosion maybe, not two.

Yep. A dear friend and neighbor of ours was in the race today. Praying she is okay.

CBS showing video...looks like it's coming out of that building behind the flags.

apparently it was "Patriots Day" in Boston.

I think that is the Library.

FWIW we've had such issues in Copley before. For some reason if there's an electrical fire in Boston that knocks out a major grid and causes a fire, it happens in Copley.

The timing is hella coincidental though for an accident.

Wow, short-lived explosion but that thing had some serious force.

that's just nuts. never heard of this. I read what you wrote and thought NO FRIGGING WAY!

2,300,000 gallons of molasses rolling down the street.
the wave 8-15 ft tall!

anyways....prayers out to those in Boston....

Reporting that there's 3 deaths.

That sounds about right based on the pictures I've seen so far.

**** I just got a text about it so I figured find out what the hell is going on here?

State holiday.

A few years ago I lived in a place the marathon route went right past, and the area where this stuff happened is one of the parts of the city I find myself in most. Seriously cannot process this and I can only hope no one I know has been affected.

ris Ketz ‏@KrisKetz 1m
RT @LaurenWBZ: Just talked to an Iraq vet who was near the finish line. He said its just "like an IED went off"
Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More

Seriously, I bet Stevie Johnson feels like a dick for his comments last week. What a ****ing idiot.

Baxter Holmes ‏@BaxterHolmes 1m

RT @BostonGlobe: RT @JOSreports Police say are they still finding "secondary devices," pleading with crowd to go home

I work in import/export did you know that bales of raw cotton is spontaneously combustible?

You can drop a bale of cotton on the street and it could explode.

So much for the Mechanical Theory...shit

Maybe someone wouldn't wear the ribbon? Got to wear the ribbon.

Yes. Patriots Day is a state holiday. It commemorates the Battles of Lexington and Concord. There are re-enactments (at ungodly hours of the morning) in both of those towns, the Boston Marathon is run every year on Patriots' Day, and the Red Sox play at home starting at 11:00 every year on that day also. It's rather a big deal for us.

They are finding shrapnel around the area of the explosion

I'm not sure I want to know but....what comments are these? I missed them, whatever they are.

They're telling people not to use their cell phones either. They're worried a lot of cell signals could detonate devices.

Tax day protest?

:(

Yeah, good luck with that. With kids today, that's like telling them to hold their breath for an hour.

Yeah, I thought the same thing when I heard about it. It's like wait, what, molasses? MOLASSES?

It's like hearing that a three-toed sloth got loose and killed 14 people somehow. But yeah, it happened.


Thanks, on behalf of all Bostonians.

he said something like he hopes a bomb blows up the patriots or something

<script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=9nZTcwYjqZs8ntu1J0m1D7nsdT5a6eJY&width=613&video_pcode=k4Nmw6Cri746xA2OsoSlngyrI udg&height=344&deepLinkEmbedCode=9nZTcwYjqZs8ntu1J0m1D7nsdT5a6eJY"></script>

WTF

I doubt any patriot who protests income taxes would harm civilians attending a race. It would be the IRS as the target.

Endless sirens here... JFC.

ha! i'd say "F that, im calling my wife"

Toby Keith..fixin to get paid

I hope they're just finding ten year old Aqua Teen Hunger Force ads. :(

Come on don't be a pussy

He tweeted that he hoped NK would bomb Mass...

Oh that one. He was kidding about North Korea, saying if they have to bomb us, he'd like them to hit Foxboro first. I took it in good humor, a sign of jealousy/respect.

CNN ARE GENIUSES

"WE ARE GETTING WORD THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT"

wtf idiots no crap

yeah, most people did, but then soccer moms that can't take a joke get all bent out of shape

Stevie Johnson's going to a CIA black site, never to be seen again.

WTF?

Garrett Quinn ‏@GarrettQuinn 2m

Just heard another loud explosion on Comm Ave.

Greg hall said another went off near him

@mitchweber: BREAKING!!!!! “@LaurenWBZ: Just heard another explosion. Police yelling at people to get inside #wbz”
Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More

yup.
bet it was these guys.

http://www.siyumhaseinfeld.com/image...reettoughs.jpg

The video I keep seeing replayed on Fox News is an almost perfect view of one of the explosions. It looks like it came 15 yards behind the fence, behind those flags. Is that just the grandstands?

Would not complain.

CNN still hasn't said anything.

Boston Marathon says they were bombs:

Boston Marathon ‏@bostonmarathon 9m

There were two bombs that exploded near the finish line in today's Boston Marathon. We are working with law... http://fb.me/1HdL4nLXX

Anybody who protests income taxes with a bomb is no patriot.

And you're assuming rational behavior from terrorists. That's a laugh.