# 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:** 35
**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, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/681 "2013-04-19T07:56:33Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > [http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive](http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/682 "2013-04-19T07:57:10Z")
So one died, one was taken into custody naked and one is at large? Isn’t Sunil Tripathi Indian-American? That’s unexpected. ---
**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, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/683 "2013-04-19T08:00:02Z")
really hard to tell… There is video of one guy laid out in the street with his arms out to the side and the police all backing away from him. There is also video of a naked guy being arrested. They are still looking for (at least) one suspect ---
**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, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/684 "2013-04-19T08:00:02Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > I’m reading on Twitter that one of the suspects was identified on the scanner as Sunil Tripathi, the missing Brown student. Did anyone hear this? Here’s a weird twist, if true. [http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981864024](http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981864024) > [@](#): > > In reality, however, this young man isn’t missing, per se, and he’s not a student at Brown University either. > > But those calculated embellishments are far more attention-grabbing than the unadorned truth would be: That Tripathi’s scholastic career at the esteemed institute of learning he used to attend was derailed by chronic, untreated depression; and that he left a three word goodbye-cruel-world note just before deliberately dropping off everybody’s radar. ---
**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, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/685 "2013-04-19T08:07:24Z")
He was a Brown student, I think he was taking time off. Lot’s of stories that he’s kind of loony. ---
**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, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/686 "2013-04-19T08:08:31Z")
Police will be going door to door in Watertown ---
**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, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/687 "2013-04-19T08:09:14Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > There is also video of a naked guy being arrested. Skolnik tweeted he was a bystander that did not move back when ordered by police. Stripped to check for weapons. And latest tweet–Boston Police Commissioner confirms Black Hat Guy is dead. Whit Hat Guy still at large. “black hat” suspect is Mike Mulugeta. ---
**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, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/688 "2013-04-19T08:10:16Z")
Skolnik tweets Black Hat Guy confirmed dead by Boston Police Commissioner, White Hat Guy still at large. “black hat” suspect is Mike Mulugeta. ---
**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, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/689 "2013-04-19T08:10:47Z")
I just saw an unblurred version of the picture released from myfoxboston earlier today showing suspect 2…right next to him is Martin Richard, the 8 year old that died. WHDH just reported he is the one that is still on the run. He apparently is in a building that is surrounded. ---
**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, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/690 "2013-04-19T08:14:48Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Skolnik tweeted he was a bystander that did not move back when ordered by police. Stripped to check for weapons. > > And latest tweet–Boston Police Commissioner confirms Black Hat Guy is dead. Whit Hat Guy still at large. So the first guy…laying on the ground with his arms out on the ground is (I’m assuming) Black Hat Guy, and is the one that was killed? And White Hat/Brown Univ student is still on the run? ---
**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, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/691 "2013-04-19T08:15:12Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > He was a Brown student, I think he was taking time off. Lot’s of stories that he’s kind of loony. The article raises the question of why the FBI expended so many resources looking for this one missing guy, when other missing men haven’t received the same amount of attention. Could it be that his family knew and reported that he had fallen under the influence of radicals of some sort, or maybe the FBI found something on his computer that made them think he was involved in a terrorist plot? ---
**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, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/692 "2013-04-19T08:16:15Z")
Skolnik (again): These are the marathon bombers. ---
**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, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/693 "2013-04-19T08:17:21Z")
Skolnik (again): These are the marathon bombers. ---
**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 19, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/694 "2013-04-19T08:17:48Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > So the first guy…laying on the ground with his arms out on the ground is (I’m assuming) Black Hat Guy, and is the one that was killed? > > And White Hat/Brown Univ student is still on the run? No, NBC says the guy laying on the ground isn’t either one of the two suspects. He was just someone in the wrong place at the wrong time. And he isn’t dead. ---
**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, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/695 "2013-04-19T08:18:51Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > The article raises the question of why the FBI expended so many resources looking for this one missing guy, when other missing men haven’t received the same amount of attention. > > Could it be that his family knew and reported that he had fallen under the influence of radicals of some sort, or maybe the FBI found something on his computer that made them think he was involved in a terrorist plot? Possibly, but that’s all pure speculation. He had a rich dad, might just be run-of-the-mill string pulling. But at this point nothing would surprise me. ---
**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, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/696 "2013-04-19T08:20:33Z")
Suspect at large is consistent with white hat guy from the marathon. I think they know they’ve found the guy and want the second guy before making the big announcement. ---
**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, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/697 "2013-04-19T08:21:45Z")
BPD just confirmed that these are linked and they released a frame of a security camera from the 7 - 11 that was robbed earlier tonight that started all of this and said that that robber is bombing suspect 2/White Hat guy ---
**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, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/698 "2013-04-19T08:22:56Z")
They robbed a freakin’ 7-11?!?! WTF kind of terrorists are these? ---
**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, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/699 "2013-04-19T08:23:46Z")
Boston Police just said in press conference: “He is a terrorist, he came here to kill people” ---
**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, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/700 "2013-04-19T08:24:29Z")
The press conference cleared up a lot. Naked guy was just some guy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=36)