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

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  • #1082
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,247 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    space_man wrote: »
    Fox is reporting an unexploded device has been found.

    doing another sweep - plus a large number of suspect items being investigated


  • #1083
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,438 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    SRFC wrote: »
    Im 99% sure this is a terrorist attack by a middle eastern jihad group no way an american nut done this with such good success.
    SRFC wrote: »
    9/11


    We can all use history to suit our opinions.
    ? ? ?


  • #1084
    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,192 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    rebel girl 15 wrote: »
    Number of other children were caught in the blast as well

    Ya CNN reported a 2 year old is among the injured,sicker this is getting.


  • #1085
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    rebel girl 15 wrote: »
    Just saw this on twitter

    April 15: Titanic Sunk
    April 15: Hillsborough Disaster
    April 15: Lincoln's assassination
    April 15: Boston Bombing

    Most days of the year have a number of historical events associated with them. Nothing particularly special about today really.


  • #1086
    daithi1970
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭daithi1970


    any chance we could stop going on about the hierarchy of victimhood please? it serves no purpose....


    daithi


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  • #1087
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Working the whole day in the dungeons so didn't hear anything, hope the families affected get some clarity soon. Devastating. Hope any boardsies running are safe and sound.


  • #1088
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Anyone who doesn't fancy seeing a lot of blood should avoid Sky News, helicopter shot with a fairly big bloody area on the ground.

    Sadly, Sky tends to cream its pants over stuff like this. :(


  • #1089
    Shamozzle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭Shamozzle


    NiallSparky wrote: »
    Most days of the year have a number of historical events associated with them. Nothing particularly special about today really.
    In fairness they are now 4 big "events" all on the same day.


  • #1090
    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,247 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Dow Jones down by 2% following the explosions


  • #1091
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    I don't get the people trying to one up others in this thread in some sort of demonstration of their superior sense on humanity.

    The vast majority of people are showing an outbreak of empathy and remorse towards the victims and to start nit picking like this at this time is quite sad.


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  • #1092
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    rebel girl 15 wrote: »
    Just saw this on twitter

    April 15: Titanic Sunk
    April 15: Hillsborough Disaster
    April 15: Lincoln's assassination
    April 15: Boston Bombing

    Lincoln was shot on April 14.


  • #1093
    Havermeyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Havermeyer


    April O Neill wrote: »
    Sadly, Sky tends to cream its pants over stuff like this. :(

    So do most 24hr news stations, in fairness.


  • #1094
    cardwizzard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭cardwizzard


    Seachmall wrote: »
    Lincoln was shot on April 14.


    Depends what time zone u were in:pac::pac:


  • #1095
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Ruubot2 wrote: »
    Working the whole day in the dungeons so didn't hear anything, hope the families affected get some clarity soon. Devastating. Hope any boardsies running are safe and sound.

    Ive been keeping an eye on the Athletics forum, they seem to be ok, but shocked, needless to say.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056763738&page=27


  • #1096
    space_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 663 ✭✭✭space_man


    i spent a few summers in Boston while in college, and i always found it a great city. so sad.
    but rest assured the perpetrator(s) will be caught.
    i dnt think Mass. has the death penalty, does it?


  • #1097
    Jimmy Iovine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,416 ✭✭✭Jimmy Iovine


    Seachmall wrote: »
    Lincoln was shot on April 14.

    He died the next morning.


  • #1098
    Norwesterner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Norwesterner


    Just saw a video of the explosion going off.
    Certainly not a military or industrial explosive.
    Looks more like black powder device, maybe a home-made pipebomb or such.
    Lone-nut cannot be ruled out.
    A similar attack happened at the Atlanta Olympics site.
    Deliberately trying to kill civilians is indefensible.


  • #1099
    lc180
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭lc180


    Very very sad situation

    Has the exact location of the second blast been mentioned? Which store/hotel on Boylston Street etc?


  • #1100
    SantryRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭SantryRed


    Guys, I really don't mean this in a mean way at all, but will this weaken the Dollar in the Euro-Dollar exchange rate?


  • #1101
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    dark crystal wrote: »
    Do you deliberately come on threads just to admonish other posters? If you have your own opinions, state them - no need to try and shame others for their opinions all the time.

    Of course anyone's death in such a situation is a tragedy, but a life just having started out on it's journey to be snuffed out like that adds an extra sort of poignancy. It doesn't diminish the death of anyone else.

    The endless nit-picking in this thread is tiresome....

    Well, stop nitpicking, then. Gahhh.

    It's horrible and sickening, no victim has a monopoly on the tragedy of it all.


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  • #1102
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    nummnutts wrote: »
    So do most 24hr news stations, in fairness.

    The only two 24 hours I've ever seen are Sky and the BBC, and the Beeb would be nowhere near as bad. I'm sure other ones are though.


  • #1103
    cardwizzard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭cardwizzard


    lc180 wrote: »
    Very very sad situation

    Has the exact location of the second blast been mentioned? Which store/hotel on Boylston Street etc?


    I think it was nearly at the corner of Mass Ave, not totally sure but.


  • #1104
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,734 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    any news on that guy that lost his leg :(


  • #1105
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,290 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    SantryRed wrote: »
    Guys, I really don't mean this in a mean way at all, but will this weaken the Dollar in the Euro-Dollar exchange rate?

    Maybe for a day or so.


  • #1106
    nocoverart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭nocoverart


    I'm not here bitching about it because no one forced me to click, but I can't get that horrific picture that was posted here of the guy who lost his legs in the blast. I just can't get it out of my head! is he alive? and would his life even be worth living now? Sometimes I feel a bit untouched or perhaps even removed by global news, but that really hit home to me how tragic and cruel life can be


  • #1107
    space_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 663 ✭✭✭space_man


    April O Neill wrote: »
    Sadly, Sky tends to cream its pants over stuff like this. :(

    car crash tv.
    there's an adjective for it now i believe.
    shockatainment or someit like that.:confused:


  • #1108
    COYVB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    Deleted User wrote: »
    any news on that guy that log his leg :(

    Lost both of them by the looks of the photo. Hopefully he got the attention he needed before he bled out


  • #1109
    Dr Silly Bollox MD
    Site Banned Posts: 256 ✭✭Dr Silly Bollox MD


    Norwesterner wrote: »
    Just saw a video of the explosion going off.
    Certainly not a military or industrial explosive.
    Looks more like black powder device, maybe a home-made pipebomb or such.
    Lone-nut cannot be ruled out.
    A similar attack happened at the Atlanta Olympics site.
    Deliberately trying to kill civilians is indefensible.
    Initial tests describe it as small and crude, no high grade.

    http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/15/explosions-near-finish-of-boston-marathon/?hpt=hp_t1


  • #1110
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    old hippy wrote: »
    no victim has a monopoly on the tragedy of it all.

    I don't think anyone was saying that.


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  • #1111
    COYVB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    space_man wrote: »
    car crash tv.
    there's an adjective for it now i believe.
    shockatainment or someit like that.:confused:

    There's a massive market for it, so it'll continue to be prevalent until people don't watch it any more. Mass media coverage of this kind of stuff only plays into the hands of the perpetrators


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