fluffhead77 Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Just nuts. 2 bombs exploded just near the finish line at around 3pm EST today injuring at least 22 and killing 2. What is wrong with the world??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Fairly up to date feed on reddit. http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cen3t/there_was_just_an_explosion_at_the_boston/?sort=new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Horrific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Fairly up to date feed on reddit. http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cen3t/there_was_just_an_explosion_at_the_boston/?sort=newthere's a 2nd one now. 1st was closed down from traffic. http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cf17c/boston_marathon_explosions_live_update_thread_2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 You'd be hard-pressed to name a setting more joyous than a marathon finish line. The juxtaposition alone is gut-wrenching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 I love you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AoXVKFw1Uci5dFNpRGdWd2pXZTN4a3Fza0VhVTRVaGc&output=html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wow. That's an awesome spreadsheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 That spreadsheet is heart warming for sure. I like that blurb going around the net about what to tell children when they see horrible things on the news or in person. It says to tell them to look for the helpers. That they will allways be able to see good people helping. Pretty sound advice for grown ups too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 That is the one Ollie. It's the best-kindest advice I've seen in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 It was pretty amazing to watch people running towards the carnage in order to help people. I would like to think, but am highly suspect that I would react with such selfless bravery and humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) Some of you might have seen pictures of a man in a cowboy hat helping a man with a missing leg... here's an interview with him... wait until you get to the part about why he was at the race in the first place.Warning: the image at the top of the page is quite graphic.http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/16/carlos-arredondo-boston-marathon-hero-in-a-cowboy-hat-on-the-bombs.html Edited April 16, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 1 Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed, 1 on looseNot even out of Boston. I wonder what that congressman who claimed they fled to Canada due to our lax homeland security and borders has to say today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 good live feed here with news before the news:http://reddit-stream.com/comments/1co395/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) I've been listening to the Boston police scanner feed.http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s146109/Four Two Chechnyan's with Mass plates detained with suspicious materials and four backpacks in Niagara Falls currently as well. Edited April 19, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 I've been following the scanner feed too. It's quite fascinating to listen to ... much better then the endless drivel on the 24hr news channels.I'm listening to it on ustream:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ma-rt-9-window-cam?utm_campaign=ustre-am&utm_source=6807252&utm_medium=social Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 these streams are very hard to pull away from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 What a disaster. Police claimed they robbed a 7-11 last night (even showed very cropped video snap shot of suspect at a store) - now they claim they didn't rob it. Police claimed one brother had bomb vest, then he didn't, now not sure. Police claimed one suspect ran over the other after he was shot dead in a shootout, now they claim the living suspect escaped on foot not car. (Original reports at 430am were of police running over the suspects body) and now finally, after holding the entire town in lock-down all day with tons of gunfire being reported by residents and media, police say the suspect may not be in Boston at all. Oddly, on the scanner police were talking about inspecting a body (not the suspect killed), the hearse and route it was to take late this afternoon, so it sounds like someone else was possibly killed.It's like police squad. :dazed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) After the lockdown was lifted, reports of more gunfire (30+ shots) and apparently suspect was found hiding under tarp in parked boat in a backyard in Watertown. Suspect either dead or in standoff with police apparently.[edit]Finally got scanner feed working again and heard "We have movement, just sat up, flailing about" and talk about thermal imaging from blackhawk responsible for locating him. No confirmation if it's the suspect though. Edited April 19, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 There's a massive siege going on behind a house with a boat. Crazy shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) Yeah just heard shots fired back at police, they're not returning fire yet to determine if it's "flashback" - whatever that refers to.Radio silence called as well.[edit]It was flashbangs, not flashback - makes sense now. Edited April 19, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 haven't you ever played COD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) got him!http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/117th_Running_of_Boston_Marathon Edited April 20, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) So, they caught the guy and he's off to hospital currently, good. I'm curious though about the others I heard they have in custody, I heard 4 people at first, but then on the scanner I just heard suspect 2, and 3 before they got the guy in the boat. haven't you ever played COD? When the first comment came the officer said "flashback" and then corrected himself minutes later. "hold fire it might be flashbacks" >> "correction, bangs, it might be flashbangs" [edit to add] and yes to playing COD, all but black ops series. Never used the flashbangs though, those were for the scrubs. Edited April 20, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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