That was beautiful, thank you.
A report I read said that her left leg was broken in two places, and her right ankle fractured.
Her sister Erika, didn’t fare so well. Her right leg and ankle were broken, and she’s had her left leg amputated.
It’s all horrifying.
I’m sure they’re reviewing matters, but we have prior experience of urban terrorism - bombing of parades and the like courtesy of the IRA
The english have a history of being…stoic is the best word I can come up with in the face of this stuff.
After the battle of Britain in WW2 and then the IRA they’ve had the bejeesus blown out of them and just toodle pip on their way.
Security will be tightened, but it’s pretty tight already. There will be silent tributes observed before the race too.
Article in The Guardian: London Marathon to include tributes to Boston bombing victims | London Marathon | The Guardian
“evil doers”? :rolleyes:
Interesting viewpoint on humanity where nothing happened between 9/11 and Boston marathon bombing.
I realise there will be lots of this sort of claim, but this pic (from Reddit via 4chan) looks interesting: same colour rucksack, similar markings, and from the way it’s being carried it looks heavier than normal.
Quick edit: here’s the thread in question. Lots of people already challenging it though.
The reason the tweet’s been posted, re-posted, Facebooked and re-treated by zillions, etc. is because it’s a thoughtful, uplifting sentiment, but cheers to you for stopping by to take a shit on it!
You’re doing a fine job of making the world a better place. Really. Keep it up!
OMG a comedian didn’t meet some nebulous standard when trying to lift spirits and talking about how we react to bombings in the US! String him up!
Well, once you see a 10 year old boy laying on the street in a circular pool of dark red blood whose head had just been blown up by a Serbian sniper in Sarajevo, his hand still holding onto a plastic container he planned to fill up with water, it kinda gives you a different perspective.
It may be uplifting to you or some such but - as many pointed out - this is nothing compared to what’s going on.
Ask yourself how come no censorship on blood and mayhem from Boston but full-on censorship on Americans or locals dying in Iraq or Afghanistan.
This statement reminds me of a patriot whose contribution is to put a flag on his car. Which, strangely enough, seems now as more work than sending a Tweet or Facebook update.
Please… :o
Do you know that your sentences seem coherent, but aren’t? I can’t parse much of this. There’s no argument here. Bad shit happens everywhere. Patton Oswalt is trying to say that good shit happens everywhere, too, and that the number of people who basically want to do good shit is larger than the number of people who basically want to do bad shit. There is nothing that you’ve said up there that even seems to relate to his statement, let alone rebut it.
The New York Times has an article about the guy in the gruesome photo. He’s alive and his family learned of his fate from the picture via internet. I’m not sure how I feel about that. But I guess there really isn’t any good way of learning that your son’s legs have been blown off. Though, they probably didn’t need to see pictures of it.
Warning photo (cropped) at top of page. Don’t click if you don’t want to see. The article is very moving and upsetting.
Jon Stewart’s thoughts on Boston at the start of last night’s Daily Show. Stephen Colbert’s somewhat more roast-y tribute.
Interesting.
That thread also sheds light on the yellow balloons that floatyed up after the explosion. This pic was taken two minutes before the blast, according to a post there, and it shows the guy holding them.
Our local sportscaster (over 20 years) is from the Boston area. He was at race cheering on his niece. She was one of the runners that got stopped a miles from the finish line. His brother was across the street from the bombing.
I found his perspective very interesting. A native that knows that area and could have lost family if things had worked out differently.
I’m seeing on twitter that they may have identified a suspect.
Patton Oswalt has always been one of my favorites, ever since he was on *The King of Queens, * but my respect for him has gone even higher. He expressed himself very well and more words like his need to be heard.
I sincerely hope that’s true.
I wonder if that means they have a suspect in custody or not.