Breaking:Large explosion at public event in Boston***Mod warning in OP**

df1985

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

List of injuries from one hospital: leg trauma, age 9; femur fracture, age12; head injury, age2; head injury, age14; leg trauma, age10

Jesus Christ. Can only imagine the amount of kids there to cheer on their mam or dad at the finish line, what should be an incredible moment. Just sickening.

FouxDaFaFa

The thing I can't get out of my head is that the Sandy Hook families (parents of the children who died in the shooting) were at the finish line. Mile 26 was dedicated to the children because 26 children died. There were even a group of the parents running for charity. How many horrifying experiences do they have to go through in their lifetime?

roryc

roryc wrote: »

"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."

Jesus Christ.

http://news.sky.com/story/1078666/boston-bombs-sounded-like-a-sonic-boom

thats awful lets hope pray they make it

rebel girl 15

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

List of injuries from one hospital: leg trauma, age 9; femur fracture, age12; head injury, age2; head injury, age14; leg trauma, age10

not more kids come on pull thorugh kiddies

wonderfulname

Did that 2nd press conference ever happen?

brummytom

wonderfulname wrote: »

Did that 2nd press conference ever happen?

The BBC are still waiting for it.

Chucken

wonderfulname wrote: »

Did that 2nd press conference ever happen?

At 1am I think

Shamozzle

wonderfulname wrote: »

Did that 2nd press conference ever happen?

1am

thund3rbird_

wonderfulname wrote: »

Did that 2nd press conference ever happen?

think it's 1:00 am

at the end of the last one guy was informing the press next update in 2 hrs

Chucken

Chucken wrote: »

At 1am I think

thanks for the time im up anyway

fyi i wear a bagpack everywhere looks like i might have to leave it behind looks like that how there sneaking bombs around

rebel girl 15

thecornflake wrote: »

Would imagine that is what they actually planned, people running from the first explosion, get caught in the second. Was that not the tactic (for lack of a better word) in the Dublin bombings ?

Thats what I was thinking - having two that far apart would be designed to injure more than kill

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

The thing I can't get out of my head is that the Sandy Hook families (parents of the children who died in the shooting) were at the finish line. Mile 26 was dedicated to the children because 26 children died. There were even a group of the parents running for charity. How many horrifying experiences do they have to go through in their lifetime?

26 for 26 was the slogan, this seemed to be an attack on the spectators rather than the athletes

Deleted User wrote: »

not more kids come on pull thorugh kiddies

That was a Reuters source

Apparently according to eyewitness, smell of cordite was in the air after the explosions - twice in the last few minutes on the scanner officers were warned of an open mic.

temporary no flight zone just above the bomb site, but will not affect flights

donegal_road

donegal_road wrote: »

31 dead and 200 injured, according to BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22149863

i wish that number would stop rising :mad: bbc info is coming from new york times

rebel girl 15

thund3rbird_ wrote: »

think it's 1:00 am

at the end of the last one guy was informing the press next update in 2 hrs

It mentioned it on BBC that a press conference was due shortly, plus I heard it on the scanner about 30 mins ago about someone doing the press

Authorities questioning person of interest in Marathon bombings at Brigham and Women's Hospital according to the Boston Globe

Chucken

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Thats what I was thinking - having two that far apart would be designed to injure more than kill



26 for 26 was the slogan, this seemed to be an attack on the spectators rather than the athletes



That was a Reuters source

Apparently according to eyewitness, smell of cordite was in the air after the explosions - twice in the last few minutes on the scanner officers were warned of an open mic.

temporary no flight zone just above the bomb site, but will not affect flights

Ive switched off the scanner but I heard her saying about the open mic. What does that mean? I thought it was that 1 cop had left his mic on? Is it something else?

Cordite is gunpowder, is it?

rebel girl 15

https://twitter.com/EdSheerrann/status/323942163643789315/photo/1

8 year old that was killed today, have seen that picture a number of times

partyatmygaff

Deleted User wrote: »

i wish that number would stop rising :mad: bbc info is coming from new york times

That's not even the right event.

any guess who did this ? or just random ?

old hippy

Deleted User wrote: »

i wish that number would stop rising :mad: bbc info is coming from new york times

Best read the link. It's more to do with what's considered worthy of our time, grief, anger and opinions.

It's not a competition, btw. Just a reminder.

rebel girl 15

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/EdSheerrann/status/323942163643789315/photo/1

8 year old that was killed today, have seen that picture a number of times

she was running in the race also bless her little soul R.I.P

WayneMolloy

thecornflake wrote: »

Would imagine that is what they actually planned, people running from the first explosion, get caught in the second. Was that not the tactic (for lack of a better word) in the Dublin bombings ?

Its a common enough tactic - the slugs that were responsible for Omagh, did the same. It guarantees maximum carnage.

Whoever is responsible for this are vile, vile demonic bastards.

PizzamanIRL

This is ****ing sickening! Sick bastards why do they like hurting innocent people? So frustrating! What do they accomplish by killing and injuring these people? Not a ****ing thing!

Dr Silly Bollox MD

donegal_road wrote: »

31 dead and 200 injured, according to BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22149863

In Iraq.

Latchy

Duggy747 wrote: »

The explosives had to have been packed with something like ball bearings to cause vicious injuries like that.

Ball bearing were found strewn across the street.

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

This is ****ing sickening! Sick bastards why do they like hurting innocent people? So frustrating! What do they accomplish by killing and injuring these people? Not a ****ing thing!

Murder, terrorism and fear is usually the first objectives on their agendas ... they have already achieved that .

WayneMolloy

Deleted User wrote: »

any guess who did this ? or just random ?

The twitter machine has gone into overdrive - one source claiming x, the next claiming y. Very difficult to get reliable info.

old hippy

old hippy wrote: »

Best read the link. It's more to do with what's considered worthy of our time, grief, anger and opinions.

It's not a competition, btw. Just a reminder.

im sorry if i upset you i didnt mean to

Norwesterner

WayneMolloy wrote: »

Its a common enough tactic - the slugs that were responsible for Omagh, did the same. It guarantees maximum carnage.

Whoever is responsible for this are vile, vile demonic bastards.

That didn't happen in Omagh actually.
But way off topic.

if anyone knows anything about bombs did the blast tears limbs off or was it pieces of the building

if it was the blast only hows that possible ? chemials like acid ?

TheUsual

My heart goes out to the poor victims of this, just enjoying a family day out.

Thoughts and prayers with Boston tonight.

Bad as it was, it was designed to be so much worse. There could have been 10 times the casualties.


"Ball bearings being removed by Doctor's now" - Anderson Cooper on CNN.

Xavi6

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/EdSheerrann/status/323942163643789315/photo/1

8 year old that was killed today, have seen that picture a number of times

Twitter accounts like that are run by absolute pricks. Piggybacking a celeb with their handle and now a tragedy by tweeting pics for cheap RTs and follows.

Really wish they weren't given the time of the day :mad:

Dodd

An open mic means that a mic button is sticking on on one of the mics and interfering with others communicating.