# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/421 "2013-04-16T19:02:17Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > [Yes](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/boston-marathon-bomb-victim-pictured-1835957). > > Jeff Bauman, Jr, age 27, apparently. He is alive. Thank you, **Colophon**. I had to stop watching the news after seeing that photo. “Can’t unsee.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/422 "2013-04-16T19:04:36Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > More info on the bomb and its possible origins. The cell phone trigger could be connected to the guy on the roof. They are still looking for him. That would have been a logical place to detonate the bomb and watch the carnage. It’s amazing watching the fearmongering online. People have never seen a roof terrace? No one sees the plant and lounge chairs with cushions on the roof? Does this rooftop terrorist shop at Pottery Barn? “They” can’t be looking too hard if you mean the FBI. Property records are public records, and roof access is valuable and spelled out pretty clearly. If you have it, you paid through the nose for it. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/423 "2013-04-16T19:06:09Z")
Just another small way people are rallying around Boston right now: [http://bostonmarathonconspiracy.com/](http://bostonmarathonconspiracy.com/) (It’s not what it looks like.) ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/424 "2013-04-16T19:07:07Z")
Investigators have found a “circuit board” believed to trigger bombs… ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/425 "2013-04-16T19:29:34Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > “They” can’t be looking too hard if you mean the FBI. Property records are public records, and roof access is valuable and spelled out pretty clearly. If you have it, you paid through the nose for it. True as this is, I’m a Chicagoland resident and have had dinner on a roof deck in a nice part of Boston (near the North End), in the company of a contractor who did not live in said building. So yeah, start with the residents, but they might have to broaden their net a bit if that doesn’t give them any leads. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/426 "2013-04-16T19:36:39Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > True as this is, I’m a Chicagoland resident and have had dinner on a roof deck in a nice part of Boston (near the North End), in the company of a contractor who did not live in said building. So yeah, start with the residents, but they might have to broaden their net a bit if that doesn’t give them any leads. I was being a bit sarcastic with that. The “they” is Anon, not the FBI. It’s conspiracy theorists and the like that are all abuzz over a man on a small rooftop terrace as if being on your roof on a sunny holiday afternoon during a famous marathon is a hanging offense. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/427 "2013-04-16T19:38:02Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Thank you, **Colophon**. I had to stop watching the news after seeing that photo. “Can’t unsee.” ☹ I know what you mean. I had to look, and then wished I hadn’t. I hope he can recover and lead an active life. A friend of mine lost one leg in a climbing accident, and he’s still the most outdoorsy person I know. (He now runs a rehab centre for people who have lost limbs, and takes them climbing anongst other things!) Prosthetics are pretty amazing these days. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/428 "2013-04-16T19:44:11Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > I was being a bit sarcastic with that. The “they” is Anon, not the FBI. It’s conspiracy theorists and the like that are all abuzz over a man on a small rooftop terrace as if being on your roof on a sunny holiday afternoon during a famous marathon is a hanging offense. Ah yes, and exactly - it’d be like “OMG those people on the rooftops!!1” if someone did this at Wrigley Field. Um, yeah, they were there to watch the game… ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/429 "2013-04-16T19:49:29Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > It’s amazing watching the fearmongering online. People have never seen a roof terrace? No one sees the plant and lounge chairs with cushions on the roof? Does this rooftop terrorist shop at Pottery Barn? > > “They” can’t be looking too hard if you mean the FBI. Property records are public records, and roof access is valuable and spelled out pretty clearly. If you have it, you paid through the nose for it. It does seem crazy. As you say, clearly there are chairs up there. It’s a roof terrace. Looking on Google Maps, [this](https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Boylston+Street,+Boston,+MA,+United+States&hl=en&ll=42.349679,-71.081038&spn=0.000449,0.000498&sll=51.528642,-0.101599&sspn=0.546792,1.018982&oq=boylston&t=h&hq=Boylston+Street,&hnear=Boston,+Suffolk,+Massachusetts,+United+States&fll=42.349751,-71.081069&fspn=0.000449,0.000498&z=21) is the roof in question. That’s the 45-degree view, [this](https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Boylston+Street,+Boston,+MA,+United+States&hl=en&ll=42.349414,-71.081168&spn=0.000317,0.000498&sll=51.528642,-0.101599&sspn=0.546792,1.018982&oq=boylston&t=h&hq=Boylston+Street,&hnear=Boston,+Suffolk,+Massachusetts,+United+States&fll=42.349404,-71.081166&fspn=0.000317,0.000498&z=21) is the overhead view. Again you can see chairs and a table. [Here](https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Boylston+Street,+Boston,+MA,+United+States&hl=en&ll=42.349092,-71.080969&spn=0.000638,0.000995&sll=51.528642,-0.101599&sspn=0.546792,1.018982&oq=boylston&t=h&hq=Boylston+Street,&hnear=Boston,+Suffolk,+Massachusetts,+United+States&fll=42.349261,-71.081138&fspn=0.000634,0.000995&z=20&layer=c&cbll=42.349137,-71.08089&panoid=WsVWTMrc6eWAgx3iDEhlVg&cbp=12,342.01,,0,0.85) is the Street View. 755 Boylston Street, above Starbucks. Here is the website: [http://www.755boylstonstreet.com](http://www.755boylstonstreet.com) And oh look… [http://www.755boylstonstreet.com/amenities.html](http://www.755boylstonstreet.com/amenities.html) > [@](#): > > Furnished common roof deck with community gas grill, kitchen and bathroom Weirdly, I’ve just noticed that you can go right inside the doorway where the second bomb went off: a bar called Vox when Google took its images, now seemingly called Forum judging by news pics. [Link](https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Boylston+Street,+Boston,+MA,+United+States&hl=en&ll=42.349092,-71.080969&spn=0.000634,0.000995&sll=51.528642,-0.101599&sspn=0.546792,1.018982&oq=boylston&t=h&hq=Boylston+Street,&hnear=Boston,+Suffolk,+Massachusetts,+United+States&fll=42.349261,-71.081138&fspn=0.000634,0.000995&z=20&layer=c&cbll=42.349092,-71.080969&panoid=iTbXPUVWSq32WN31Sz7ZSQ&cbp=12,109.62,,0,14.56). ---
**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 16, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/430 "2013-04-16T19:57:36Z")
The damaged Lenscrafters sign kept drawing my eye in some of the photos. Pretty much ground zero. I’m surprised no one in the store got hurt. The store windows were blown out. ---
**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 16, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/431 "2013-04-16T20:07:00Z")
The blonde lady in red that I asked about earlier is Nicole Gross. The press is doing a good job identifying the victims. According to this report Nicole suffered a fractured leg and had surgery right after the bombing. Another mystery solved. Her photo was featured in quite a few of the stories that I saw last night. [http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/apr/16/former-ut-swimmer-nicole-gross-injured-at-boston/](http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/apr/16/former-ut-swimmer-nicole-gross-injured-at-boston/) ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/432 "2013-04-16T20:37:20Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The damaged Lenscrafters sign kept drawing my eye in some of the photos. Pretty much ground zero. I’m surprised no one in the store got hurt. The store windows were blown out. Probably closed. I can’t imagine they would be getting much business on a holiday in the middle of a marathon. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/433 "2013-04-16T21:07:12Z")
Glad to see the Onion is on the [case](http://www.theonion.com/articles/this-is-a-tragedydoes-it-really-matter-exactly-how,32076/). ---
**Author:** ![Clarisse\_McClellan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Clarisse\_McClellan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarisse_McClellan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/434 "2013-04-16T21:20:16Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > Glad to see the Onion is on the [case](http://www.theonion.com/articles/this-is-a-tragedydoes-it-really-matter-exactly-how,32076/). Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/435 "2013-04-16T22:22:55Z")
CNN is reporting that a “suspicious letter” was sent to the Senate, and the envelope supposedly tested positive for ricin. The letter was intercepted in a federal mail facility. Two of the bombing victims have been named - the young boy was Martin Richard, and another victim was a local woman named Krystle Campbell. The third victim was a graduate student at Boston University, but his or her name has not been released. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/436 "2013-04-16T23:39:52Z")
[Comedian Patton Oswalt writes:](http://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/posts/10151440800582655) > [@](#): > > Boston. Fucking horrible. > > I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, “Well, I’ve had it with humanity.” > > But I was wrong. I don’t know what’s going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths. > > But here’s what I DO know. If it’s one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we’re lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they’re pointed towards darkness. > > But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago. > > So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, “The good outnumber you, and we always will.” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/437 "2013-04-17T00:02:39Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > Probably closed. I can’t imagine they would be getting much business on a holiday in the middle of a marathon. A lot of the stores on Boylston have a cement sill of 1 to 2 feet…if the bomb was on the ground, that might have provided protection. Also, much of that store’s inside is relatively far back from the street. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/438 "2013-04-17T00:15:52Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Comedian Patton Oswalt writes:](http://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/posts/10151440800582655) Thank you so much for that. I’m going to bookmark it, it has cheered me up about this whole awful event. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/439 "2013-04-17T00:43:49Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Comedian Patton Oswalt writes:](http://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/posts/10151440800582655) Exactly! Several times I’ve been tempted to point out to people stating that humanity and/or the world sucks that most of humanity is made of the type of people who were targeted and/or who rushed into the face of danger to help. Same with 9/11, when some people actually lost their lives trying to save others. Humanity in the main is made up of some pretty fine people. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/440 "2013-04-17T00:48:30Z")
I just learned today that a co-worker was there with her family, in front of the CVS. Fortunately, none of them were injured. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=23)