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

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  • #782
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,411 ✭✭✭emo72


    [-0-] wrote: »
    Guy on the roof during the explosions. https://twitter.com/Fraank_Oceaan/status/323915519323426816/photo/1


    is it unusual for "a guy" to be on a roof?


  • #783
    funnights74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,952 ✭✭✭funnights74


    London marathon next sunday, security will be insane, authorities will be bricking it.


  • #784
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭ [Deleted User]


    An unattended running car in a parking garage.


  • #785
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Deleted User wrote: »
    new station in america are now calling this a terroist attack

    Well what else is it?


  • #786
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Coz ones an accident
    And other is an attack on innocent women and children ?

    Strange they didn't target the men at all alright...


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  • #787
    Sin City
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,375 ✭✭✭Sin City


    Dodgy car with Conneticuit plates the foucs of attention at the moment


  • #788
    con1421
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭con1421


    Oh no not another 9/11


  • #789
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    funnights74 wrote: »
    London marathon next sunday, security will be insane, authorities will be bricking it.

    And then the Flora womens mini marathon.Jaysus i'm never leaving the house again.


  • #790
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    Da Shins Kelly wrote: »
    Seriously, fair fcuks to Boston's response unit. They're doing great work down there. And if there's one thing that actually restores faith in humanity is seeing the footage of people on the news who, straight after the bomb went off, instead of running away, ran towards the people who needed help.

    +10 on this

    This picture sums up their response: http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/516c63876bb3f70b32000008-900-635/166665581-1.jpg

    Diving in through the smoke seconds after the bombs going off to protect this runner with no clue if the bombs are over or are they next to be blown up.


  • #791
    rebel girl 15
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    Adidas still have not managed to see if all their employees are safe yet


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  • #792
    Seachmall
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    pmcmahon wrote: »
    I'd imagine this is a case of chinese whispers after the New York Post report.

    Sky were stressing that he's not in custody, he's not a suspect he's just a person of interest and they reported Boston PD confirmed it.

    "Another point to try to clarify is information that was coming to us about an arrest. Now there is some indication, with Boston Police Department officials confirming, there is a man in his twenties who is being placed under police guard at a local hospital. He's being treated as a potential suspect, again though we caution not reading too much into that because often, as I say, after an incident like this people maybe put under police guard, maybe arrested, taken into police custody, questioned, their stories verified and they're completely cleared and exonerated."

    Also,
    Obama to address the U.S. in the next few minutes.


  • #793
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    What the?
    http://www.firehouse.com/press_release/10919925/boston-to-deploy-mass-casualty-tablet-device-during-marathon


  • #794
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,849 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Deleted User wrote: »
    new station in america are now calling this a terroist attack

    http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120712051253/deadliestfiction/images/6/6a/You-dont-say.jpg


  • #795
    Cantona's Collars
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    omega666 wrote: »
    Agreed, the feverish excitment over lets face it, was 2 pretty minor explosions is unreal.

    Ask the people who had their legs blown off it was a "minor explosion".


  • #796
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    The JFK incident is described as being a fire, so may not be related at all.
    Boston Police Dept. ✔ @Boston_Police
    Update JFK incident appears to be fire related #tweetfromthebeat via @CherylFiandaca

    Forgive the speculation but I'm going to suggest the bomber/s have absolutely nothing to do with foreign affairs and almost certainly something to do with anti-gun legislation and related "anti-Washington" types.

    How progressive is Massachusetts on guns?


  • #797
    Ganymede Glow
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    Definitely a terrorist attack. Their color/race/religion is irrelevant


  • #798
    BorneTobyWilde
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    rebel girl 15 wrote: »
    Adidas still have not managed to see if all their employees are safe yet

    I'm sure those kids in china are fine


  • #799
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,074 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    Hazys wrote: »
    +10 on this

    This picture sums up their response: http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/516c63876bb3f70b32000008-900-635/166665581-1.jpg

    Diving in through the smoke seconds after the bombs going off to protect this runner with no clue if the bombs are over or are they next to be blown up.

    These guys deserve a medal.


  • #800
    TheChizler
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    new station in america are now calling this a terroist attack

    I was surprised how careful they were at the start not to use the t word. It has a very broad definition, could be attributed to anything that creates fear I suppose.


  • #801
    [Deleted User]
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    Hazys wrote: »
    +10 on this

    This picture sums up their response: http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/516c63876bb3f70b32000008-900-635/166665581-1.jpg

    Diving in through the smoke seconds after the bombs going off to protect this runner with no clue if the bombs are over or are they next to be blown up.
    You're reading an awful lot into that photo.


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  • #802
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    mike65 wrote: »
    How progressive is Massachusetts?

    Arguably the most progressive state in the US.


  • #803
    Corvo
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    Clandestine wrote: »
    What the?
    http://www.firehouse.com/press_release/10919925/boston-to-deploy-mass-casualty-tablet-device-during-marathon

    Think it's a bit early for the Conspiracy Theories


  • #804
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,247 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Irish consulate in Boston says there are no known concerns regarding Irish citizens.


  • #805
    thund3rbird_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 866 ✭✭✭thund3rbird_


    chopper checking out a group of people near the military side of the airport


  • #806
    [Deleted User]
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    Only two devices exploded, weren't one or two others made safe, I thought? Seems like a coordinated attack, akin to the London attacks.


  • #807
    [Deleted User]
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    pmcmahon wrote: »
    Well what else is it?


    gas leak etc anything but this


  • #808
    daithi1970
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭daithi1970


    I suggest you start another thread on the issue of selective reporting,rather than posting about it on this thread...

    daithi


  • #809
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,247 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    During that press conference, the word bomb wasn't used as far as I could hear - kept saying explosion


  • #810
    COYVB
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    TheChizler wrote: »
    I was surprised how careful they were at the start not to use the t word. It has a very broad definition, could be attributed to anything that creates fear I suppose.

    2 bombs going off in a public place is always terrorism, the strange thing is how the word has changed now to mean something bad the muslims have done


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  • #811
    mrkiscool2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭mrkiscool2


    omega666 wrote: »
    Agreed, the feverish excitment over lets face it, was 2 pretty minor explosions is unreal.
    Doesn't matter if they were "minor explosions" (how you can call any explosion in a street minor is beyond me) its how much damage they caused and when it happened. If they planned it for the 4hr 10 min mark, it's far from minor.


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