# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/121 "2013-04-15T20:38:34Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > By the video I’ve seen, this is incorrect; runners were still crossing at the time of the first explosion. > > Re “gun time”: that’s standard race jargon, gun or not. I thought I read that it was an hour after the first runners crossed the line. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/122 "2013-04-15T20:38:46Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > NSFL picture of man being wheeled away with both legs blown off. Very graphic and disturbing. Link broken. > > http:// [cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/bos041513/s\_b08\_53227479.jpg](http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/bos041513/s_b08_53227479.jpg) Good fuck, why do I click on shit like that? This sucks. This world is just full of suck, isn’t it. I have to admit, my first thought was not homegrown terrorism. I think 9/11 jaded me more than I like to admit. Domestic terrorism? Could be. What motivation? Fucked if I know. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/123 "2013-04-15T20:39:12Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Oh, my god. How can that be real??? How is he conscious and almost composed? Absolutely horrific. He’s in shock. Probably doesn’t really feel anything. ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/124 "2013-04-15T20:39:56Z")
Now “the authorities” are saying the two additional bombs were, in fact, bombs, both found in trash cans. ---
**Author:** ![Dostoyevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Dostoyevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dostoyevsky)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/125 "2013-04-15T20:40:24Z")
Go die fucking fuckers who did this. Just go die. :so pissed: ETA: Thoughts and best wishes to the victims 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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/126 "2013-04-15T20:40:42Z")
I just brought up CNN and saw this breaking story. ☹ Whoever is responsible better start running because they will be found and dealt with. I just hope they aren’t N Korean. My prayers go out to todays victims and their families. ---
**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, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/127 "2013-04-15T20:41:04Z")
Police are now confirming the first two explosions were from bombs which were deposited in trash cans near the finish line. They are also confirming they have recovered a third explosive device intact. In addition, they report they have photos of a suspicious-looking person who was carrying a couple of backpacks in the area just minutes before the explosions occurred. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/128 "2013-04-15T20:41:34Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > He’s in shock. Probably doesn’t really feel anything. I hope so. I really do. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/129 "2013-04-15T20:43:13Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Assuming they are bombs this doesn’t have to be domestic terrorism, or even if so from any particular group. This was an excellent target for small scale terrorism from any source. There have been amateur Middle Eastern terror plots discovered in the area. This could be very small scale from someone who was just competent enough to produce the bombs (one or more of which may not have detonated as intended). So far this could potentially be a single unaffiliated psycho. > > While security cameras may be insufficient to identify a perpetrator, they should reveal if the same person stopped at one or more of the bomb locations, and possibly track their movements some distance further. But whoever did this could easily be lost in the massive crowds, many of them jampacking the rodes and public transportation right now. …there would have been live cams up and down the course: I wonder if the feeds are recorded? > **[CBS Boston - Breaking News, Sports, Weather, I-Team Investigations](https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/)** > > Latest breaking news from WBZ-TV CBS Boston. Also photography companies like [this one](http://www.marathon-photos.com/scripts/home.py) literally take a photo of every runner at several stages over the race. I’m sure the police will be combing over that footage. Just found out a relative was running in the race and had taken her son over there as well. And a former NZ MP had just crossed the finish line just before the explosion. Even on the other side of the world this hurts. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/130 "2013-04-15T20:43:37Z")
I don’t even want to turn the damned TV on at this point. What a fucked up world. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/131 "2013-04-15T20:44:10Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I just brought up CNN and saw this breaking story. ☹ > > Whoever is responsible better start running because they will be found and dealt with. I just hope they aren’t N Korean. I’d say the chances of it being North Korea are about zero. [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions/index.html?hpt=hp_t1) has the story evolving still (and probably will for some time yet), and has the injured count at 22 and death toll at 2…so far. > [@](#): > > (CNN) – Blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed two people and injured more than 20 others Monday, Boston police said. > > “It felt like a huge cannon,” a witness told CNN about one of the blasts. > > The marathon itself, on its Facebook page, referred to the blasts as bombs. Authorities did not say immediately what caused the explosions. > > Massachusetts General Hospital said it was treating 19 injured people; Tufts Medical Center reported that it was treating nine people. Combined, that brings the number of injured to at least 28. Police reported 22 people injured. > > The explosions sent smoke billowing into the air at Copley Square, turning a site of celebration into a mess of destruction. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/132 "2013-04-15T20:45:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Whoever is responsible better start running because they will be found and dealt with. I just hope they aren’t N Korean. This could be a lone nut or a terrorist group, but I’m pretty sure the North Korean government didn’t drop a couple of pipe bombs in the trash during the Boston Marathon. ---
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/133 "2013-04-15T20:45:24Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > By the video I’ve seen, this is incorrect; runners were still crossing at the time of the first explosion. 10 minutes after the last in the group of friends she was tracking crossed the finish line, not intended to reference all the racers. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/134 "2013-04-15T20:45:38Z")
Holy hell. ☹ Aus news reports saying they already have a suspect…wait and see I guess. What an abysmal thing to happen. Sending healing wishes from downunder. kam ---
**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 15, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/135 "2013-04-15T20:46:17Z")
@Boston\_Police: Boston Police looking for video of the finish line #tweetfromthebeat via @CherylFiandaca Now I’m hearing that a wounded suspect is being held at the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/136 "2013-04-15T20:46:35Z")
I’m real anxious to find out what sort of asshole would do this. ---
**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, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/137 "2013-04-15T20:46:37Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …there would have been live cams up and down the course: I wonder if the feeds are recorded? They are. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/138 "2013-04-15T20:48:06Z")
Well, at least they seem to have intact unexploded devices. That should make this ten times easier to solve. It’s funny how everyone knows this is probably right-wing domestic terrorism but no one can say it on TV for fear of the backlash. I just watched CNN for half an hour and the fact that today is tax day and Patriot Day was not mentioned even once. Fox news is probably blaming Bill Ayers. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/139 "2013-04-15T20:48:06Z")
NY Post saying suspect is identified and under guard - [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two\_explosions\_at\_boston\_marathon\_iMR0LCkcwASg0RQfVsH1yI](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two_explosions_at_boston_marathon_iMR0LCkcwASg0RQfVsH1yI) Also, lots more dead ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/140 "2013-04-15T20:50:16Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > NSFL picture of man being wheeled away with both legs blown off. Very graphic and disturbing. Link broken. > > http:// [cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/bos041513/s\_b08\_53227479.jpg](http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/bos041513/s_b08_53227479.jpg) That is … really just not something you ever expect to see on a street in America. I know we’re not special or better than anyone else, but… I just can’t really make it mesh - seeing something like that ON A BOSTON STREET. Poor bastard. If he was a runner, then I hope he gets the best prosthetics ever and runs again someday. This is why I’m afraid of people. I swear… shit like this just makes me want to crawl into a cave and hide for the rest of my life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=8)