# 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:** 34
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/661 "2013-04-19T07:30:35Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I’m confused as to how many suspects there are. So is everyone else following this as it happens. Pretty sure there are at least two, could be more… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/662 "2013-04-19T07:36:13Z")
All confused. Boston Globe source says if it is the marathon bombers we well know soon. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/663 "2013-04-19T07:38:23Z")
Watching CNN. They’re also admitting confusion. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/664 "2013-04-19T07:39:41Z")
Maybe there are more than two terrorists and there was a larger plot planned? ---
**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 19, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/665 "2013-04-19T07:40:06Z")
From Twitter: MASS STATE POLICE @MassStatePolice 3m Residents in and around Watertown should stay in their residences. Do NOT answer door unless it is an identified police officer. MASS STATE POLICE @MassStatePolice 2m If any concerns about someone at door, call 911 immediately. Repeat–Do not answer door, stay away from windows, keep doors locked. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/666 "2013-04-19T07:40:54Z")
Lots of reports indicated three, but it’s all confused. They’re killing time on TV right now because they don’t have anything new. Authorities must have a good idea by now though. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/667 "2013-04-19T07:41:12Z")
Press assembling for a statement from Boston PD, maybe others ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/668 "2013-04-19T07:42:51Z")
They have to say something new. People need to know if one of them is at large. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/669 "2013-04-19T07:43:42Z")
Where are they going to make this statement? CNN? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/670 "2013-04-19T07:43:55Z")
Heard from someone in Cambridge, things seem calm there right now. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/671 "2013-04-19T07:44:56Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Where are they going to make this statement? CNN? I’m sure it will be on every news channel. ---
**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 19, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/672 "2013-04-19T07:45:05Z")
This is bizarre…whdh is interviewing a guy over skype…he is showing the scene in watertown (a robot searching for bombs) in front of his house. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/673 "2013-04-19T07:45:57Z")
Police to Watertown residents. Stay inside, do not answer door except for identified police officers. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/674 "2013-04-19T07:50:08Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > This is bizarre…whdh is interviewing a guy over skype…he is showing the scene in watertown (a robot searching for bombs) in front of his house. One guy got sound and flashes from bombs and shootout on video. Another guy (or maybe the same) had bullet go into his house. Videos of naked suspect. This is all crazy. It’s the first major social media crime. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/675 "2013-04-19T07:50:15Z")
WHDH seems to have the best reporting. They’re saying that the police have said that _at least_ one suspect is still at large. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/676 "2013-04-19T07:51:10Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > WHDH seems to have the best reporting. Eyewitness News is probably busy covering a warehouse fire. ---
**Author:** ![EatTheSun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@EatTheSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EatTheSun)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/677 "2013-04-19T07:52:09Z")
Any links to that video or a live feed? ---
**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 19, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/678 "2013-04-19T07:52:44Z")
WHDH is the station that has been reporting that the suspect died ---
**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 19, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/679 "2013-04-19T07:53:46Z")
[http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive](http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive) ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/680 "2013-04-19T07:54:49Z")
This is… fascinating. We’re living in this weird transition where technology makes almost everything known, except for what we really want to know. And the traditional news media can’t keep up at all. Here’s speculation on [Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1cn9ga/is_missing_student_sunil_tripathi_marathon_bomber/?limit=500) from yesterday about whether or not one of the suspects was that Sunil kid. In it, there’s a bunch of really interesting links. Here’s a [GIF](http://i.imgur.com/3Bh7rkc.gif) overlaying the security camera photo of the FBI’s bombing suspect with the a photo of the missing Sunil. Here’s an [article](http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981864024) on Sunhil’s disappearance - written before the bombing occurred - which wants to know why so many resources had been committed to finding Sunil, especially the FBI, since they only get involved if it’s known that the suspect has crossed state lines. Not to mention, Sunil wasn’t actually a Brown student at the time, but that’s how it was pushed as - he dropped out due to depression, etc. A cryptic, unreleased suicide note might be another clue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=35)