Two explosions, twenty seconds apart, a block or two away from each other. In your own post, you acknowledge a third device being detonated by police.
The probability of this all being a horrible accident is pretty much zero.
And that’s from the Boston police.
On Patriot’s Day during the Boston Marathon at the finish line. Yeah, not likely it was an accident of some kind.
Police scanner feed, if anyone’s interested.
ETA: Just heard on the scanner that another suspicious package has been found near Berkley.
One of my friends is OK, as is her boyfriend who was pretty close to the action. Big sigh of relief!
Officials on the Boston Marathon facebook page report that it was “two bombs”
The controlled demolition may have been a suspicious package, not a confirmed explosive device. It’s too soon to tell and the police aren’t saying.
I have lots of friends running Boston, but based on their times they were either finished or not yet on Boylston. But one of them would be close and the online times don’t update often enough so I’m not sure where she was. There were also lots of friends spectating near the finish line and at least one friend who is a cop stationed at the finish line.
I can’t say how much this hits home.
Telemark, I hope your friends are all OK.
BREAKING: Small homemade bomb is preliminary cause of explosion at Boston Marathon, law enforcement officials tell NBC News
— NBC Nightly News (@nbcnightlynews)
Pretty much, yes. Something being detonated by a bomb squad doesn’t have to be a bomb, it can just be something that looks suspicious. But in the broader context it sounds like bombs.
I’ve got friends running. It’s a block from where a family member works. Hope everyone is OK.
Blaming the Tea Party for this? Really? That’s just sick. I can’t imagine hating people with different political view than me so much that I jump to assume it’s them when terror attacks happen.
I’m so glad, tdn - I hope you’ll hear from the other friend soon.
telemark I’m so sorry - you’re in my thoughts and I hope with all I have that they’re all ok.
That goes for you too, Debaser.
Boston P.D.'s Facebook page now saying outright there were two bombs.
Confirmed explosion at the JFK library, according to scanner feed.
The markets are tanking. Dow is down 265 as of right now.
It looks like the police and fire response to this has been fantastic. It’s a horrible situation, but it looks like these professionals have been able to do well with what they have.
This is the only possible explanation.
Not likely - pretty hard to target a specific runner. More likely, timed to cause the maximum casualties, since there’s usually a big block of runners who are well behind the winners of the race.
What do you think a terrorist attack is? It’s attacking someone with a different political view then you.
IOW, you just said you shouldn’t do and did it in the same sentence.
That supposition is *not *born of simple enmity (and stating that it is is “just sick” :dubious: , as is dismissing political disagreement as simple emotionalism, if you want to take it to the Pit, friend ). No, that supposition comes from our regular experience in this country with anti-government domestic terrorism, combined with the notability of this date.
It’s a New York Post headline, so take it with as much credibility as you would a Fox News one, but…