# Explosions at Boston Marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781 "2013-04-15T19:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/221 "2013-04-15T21:39:16Z")
> [@Haunted\_Pasta](#): > > Boston Police would like to point out the New York Post is [full of shit](http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/boston-police-no-arrests-have-been-made-in). > > Any chance we can go the rest of the thread without another cite from the Post? And after the BPD dismissed the Post report, [the FBI has “no commented” it.](http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/boston-police-no-arrests-have-been-made-in?ref=fpblg) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/222 "2013-04-15T21:39:26Z")
Boston Bruins game for tonight is rightfully postponed. ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/223 "2013-04-15T21:39:38Z")
Swat team on the Boston Common > Someone handcuffed: [https://twitter.com/Eric\_Twardzik/status/323910549895262210/photo/1](https://twitter.com/Eric_Twardzik/status/323910549895262210/photo/1) ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/224 "2013-04-15T21:39:54Z")
This is just so awful. It was the Rotterdam marathon on Sunday, and my SO was running. After I saw him to the start I stood on a boulder to try to pick him out of the crowd at the start. It struck me then: 10.000 runners, and all these people watching… if someone had had bad intentions… Eery that I thought that just yesterday. ☹ At the same time, 2 people when there were so many people there. They’re not just vile criminals, they’re also incompetent morons. Let’s be grateful for their incompetence. I’m am relieved every time I hear someone reporting a loved one is ok, my fingers are crossed for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/225 "2013-04-15T21:40:46Z")
I work at a Boston hospital. Mayhem. (I am non clinical, though.). It was wall to wall ambulances. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/226 "2013-04-15T21:40:46Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Just found out that one of the remaining runners I was tracking is OK - found out via the Google people finder. And the last one has checked in. Sigh of relief for my friends, thoughts and prayers for the people affected and their families. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/227 "2013-04-15T21:41:01Z")
Boston Globe is live tweeting info as it comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/228 "2013-04-15T21:42:12Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Reports are that the fire at the JFK Library were caused by an electrical problem, and not by an explosion. Weird coincidence, if so. Not that weird - the concussive force of the explosion could have caused a bad connection to arc or something. The injured count is going up dramatically, but I expect that isn’t more serious injuries but rather people with minor cuts and such who were triaged into low priority categories in ERs finally being counted. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/229 "2013-04-15T21:44:42Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Not that weird - the concussive force of the explosion could have caused a bad connection to arc or something. The JFK Library is miles away from the finish line of the marathon. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/230 "2013-04-15T21:45:01Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Boston Bruins game for tonight is rightfully postponed. So is the Boston Symphony performance. With the Green Line shut down, those decisions were forced anyway. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/231 "2013-04-15T21:46:13Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > The JFK Library is miles away from the finish line of the marathon. Only 5 miles away. ---
**Author:** ![Parenchyma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Parenchyma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parenchyma)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/232 "2013-04-15T21:46:30Z")
Yeah, I was avoiding that photo of the guy with his legs blown off, and watching the Globe’s live update site, and someone tweeted that exact pic and it was up for 2 seconds before someone at the Globe wisely removed it. Can’t unsee it though. It’s good to see all the offers of help there. [http://live.boston.com/Event/Live\_blog\_Explosion\_in\_Copley\_Square](http://live.boston.com/Event/Live_blog_Explosion_in_Copley_Square) ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/233 "2013-04-15T21:47:30Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > The JFK Library is miles away from the finish line of the marathon. Okay, that’s weird then. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/234 "2013-04-15T21:47:31Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Only 5 miles away. Far enough that the explosions at the finish line didn’t cause an electrical problem at the JFK library. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/235 "2013-04-15T21:48:49Z")
A tweet from NBC Sports: > [@](#): > > Reports of Marathon Runners that crossed finish line and continued to run to Mass General Hospital to give blood to victims. #PrayforBoston I don’t even care to fact check it. I need to believe it right now. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/236 "2013-04-15T21:49:50Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > No - Boston Police Commissioner stated it was another device at a press conference - they’re treating it as connected to the others. According to CBS, the library has reported that it was indeed an electrical fire which just happened to have occurred by coincidence and that no one was injured. So it appears that the commish spoke out based on insufficient information. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/237 "2013-04-15T21:49:54Z")
> [@Parenchyma](#): > > Yeah, I was avoiding that photo of the guy with his legs blown off, and watching the Globe’s live update site, and someone tweeted that exact pic and it was up for 2 seconds before someone at the Globe wisely removed it. Can’t unsee it though. I had the exact same unfortunate experience. ---
**Author:** ![Brewah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@Brewah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brewah)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/238 "2013-04-15T21:51:16Z")
Google has set up a people finder for those still looking for word on friends or family: [http://google.org/personfinder/2013-Boston-explosions/](http://google.org/personfinder/2013-Boston-explosions/) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/239 "2013-04-15T21:51:32Z")
Obama to speak at 6:10 pm Eastern. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/240 "2013-04-15T21:51:54Z")
I’m so very glad that so many Dopers have been able to account for their family and friends well-being. There’s a lot of tragedy in this, so any instance of escape is remarkable and uplifting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=13)