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#53201: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:01:11 PM

North Korea would have bragged about this by now.

wuggles (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#53202: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:01:22 PM

It never takes too long for people to make tasteless Twitter comments. What comforts me is that these are usually people who don't really matter in the grand scheme of things.

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A procrastination in of itself
#53204: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:03:50 PM

So far we have a confirmed 3 explosion with the third one being the one at the JFK Library. The reports of controlled explosion is apparently simply the explosives teams treating anything that was dropped by people fleeing as a possible bomb.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#53205: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:04:22 PM

I checked a list of entrants into the marathon and I don't see my Assistant Scoutmaster's name on the list. That's good news for me I guess but it doesn't help the other people...

[up][up]The second link isn't working.

As for the first we've been told not to discuss conspiracies until we have more info.

edited 15th Apr '13 2:07:26 PM by Kostya

TheBatPencil from Glasgow, Scotland Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#53206: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:09:03 PM

Islamist attacks are almost always suicide attacks. Obviously it's far too early to speculate but nothing we know so far points in that direction.

And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#53207: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:12:00 PM

[up][up] The second link was long enough to be filtered. Try this instead.

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#53208: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:15:03 PM

Woah. These runners are brave.

On another note, it isn't surprising that there's already a suspect (people act quick after these kinds of disasters), but I'm not speculating who might've done it yet. We need some time.

edited 15th Apr '13 2:15:43 PM by chihuahua0

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Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#53209: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:18:13 PM

[up][awesome]

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Lost in Space
#53210: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:19:36 PM

The New York Post is not exactly what I consider high quality reporting. Let's let official sources confirm.

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TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#53211: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:19:50 PM

Injured toll is now over 100, according to Boston Globe Twitter.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
DonaldthePotholer from Miami's In-State Rival (Emeritus Troper) Relationship Status: Married to the job
#53212: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:20:18 PM

True that the hearts of most people are with the (direct) victims (and families), as they should be.

My heart goes out to those last-minute tax filers starting to gather in front of Post Offices across the country. What's going through their minds right now? Especially those in Rhode Island and New Hampshire, who don't have the holiday extension?

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#53213: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:20:49 PM

Are they allowed to do that? You're not supposed to give blood if you've been exerting yourself. Still, that's impressive.

edited 15th Apr '13 2:20:58 PM by Kostya

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#53214: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:24:52 PM

[up]

They usually give you a sit-down period first, as well as some incredibly sugary drinkss. Or at least, that's what the NHS does. I assume it's the same in America. Still, there should be plenty of non-runners volunteering.

EDIT: Boston PD says no arrests have been made. and that the JFK Library incident was "fire-related". No idea what "fire-related" means.

edited 15th Apr '13 2:27:38 PM by Achaemenid

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SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#53215: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:26:52 PM

Let's get a thread made for the Boston explosions, maybe. We could then update the facts in the OP as people post in information and it gets confirmed.

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#53216: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:28:01 PM

[up]

Thorn started one, it doesn't seem to have been opened yet.

"Fire-related" - So did the JFK just catch fire at a bad time? Hope so.

edited 15th Apr '13 2:29:18 PM by Achaemenid

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Lost in Space
#53217: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:29:19 PM

I closed it as link/discuss. If someone wants to repost it with a better OP, go ahead.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#53218: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:29:27 PM

So it's not that Saudi National? Okay. I figured it would be a good idea to wait for another source to confirm the New York Post's story.

edit: I have a hard time believing this is a coincidence. The library could be a case of arson committed by the same people.

edited 15th Apr '13 2:30:19 PM by Kostya

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#53220: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:37:19 PM

And apparently the JFK incident was "fire related" and its just a coincidence.

SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#53221: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:38:18 PM

I've made a thread, if i can get help with information for that.

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#53222: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:43:06 PM

I actually HOPE this was a suicide bombing, because otherwise the culprit will still be at large.

SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#53223: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:44:12 PM

On the BBC live feed a Boston news affiliate reporter said that the explosions appearred to have come from some trash cans.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#53224: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:44:23 PM

It'd be funny if it was a gas explosion.

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#53225: Apr 15th 2013 at 2:45:39 PM

[up]

Nothing's funny about two people dying and dozens more being maimed.

Alex Jones blames FBI.

EDIT: And I've just seen a couple of disgusting comments online saying this is karma for some Bostonians' financial support for the PIRA during The Troubles. This doesn't reflect majority opinion in Britain, at all. Cock-ends.

edited 15th Apr '13 2:49:09 PM by Achaemenid

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