FATUM NOS IUNGET
Multiple explosions go off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
What the fuck is going on? Are people really that hard pressed to become internet famous or something? With all the recent shootings and shit, it's starting to make me think that people are actually out to see if they can do something and have it become a fucking Twitter trending topic or something. Multiple serious injuries...fuckssakes.
Last edited by october_midnight; 04-15-2013 at 02:10 PM.
FATUM NOS IUNGET
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3 deaths confirmed.
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Damnit. Please let everyone be okay.
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Shit. Just came here mostly to check if anyone here is around. I always get freaked out about these things.
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RAW video of the blast
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tons of extra info in here. also some horrible images (missing limbs, etc)
http://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comme...e_near_copley/
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Jesus, the guy who's missing the end of both his legs (at least it looks like this); how the hell is he still conscious?Originally Posted by DigitalChaos
Damn those who did this; damn them to hell.
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Shock. pure shock and adrenaline.
The guys holding him together... just... wow.
And yea, it does look like both his legs are gone. The picture you saw was probably cropped. Here is the uncropped (NSFW) http://i.imgur.com/YqnjCB9.jpg
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Really? We can't even have running marathons anymore without threat of danger(s)? What is this world coming to?
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Running marathons are as "dangerous" as they have always been. Don't allow emotions to overblow the reality of the situation, the media will be doing more than enough of that shit.
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Decent people react emotionally to terrible events, it's natural and normal. The opposite is to coldly analyze everything in the attempt to condescend those that don't (see: the gun thread).
To what Space Suicide said, no fucking kidding. It's getting to the point where nothing's safe...I know (before it gets said) nothing ever really was, but a marathon? What's the agenda here other than just being a fuckbag? Someone that is worthy of the worst punishment I can conceive...
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aaaaand the knee-jerk emotional bullshit starts again (yes, just like the gun thread).
You know who isn't letting emotion take over logic? Every single first responder that is helping those people, every single person who will ever do anything productive to better a situation in the short or long term. Not all humans are as concerned about their personal emotions as you indicate.
I'll just sit back and wait for the claims that we are somehow more at risk now and how we need to make things safer. You go ahead and do the emotional thing.
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Of course with exhaustion and dehydration but I just implicated the fact that something like this even has potential mass destruction danger to worry about when it shouldn't.
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2 dead, 22 injured is the current official figure.
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reports coming in about explosive devices being the cause.
more un detonated devices found.
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http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive/
Just said that a government official confirmed the existence of a total of four bombs.
edit - the two that exploded, and two more found by government officials
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Sky News here is saying something about a third explosion? I just tuned in, so I'm not too sure.
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It was a controlled explosion.
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apparently they are holding a possible suspect
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When making statements like this, it is helpful to cite your sources.
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There are several mentions of it. Some boston redditors were talking about a hospital worker who knows about a "person of interest" being held in a hospital. (don't have the link) but there is also this: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...9uC2PDGIjYBalO
edit: beaten by Magtig
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They just said that there was some kind of incident at the JFK library??? What the fuck!!!
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http://live.boston.com/Event/Live_bl..._Copley_Square
Updating a feed constantly. Including a different video of the explosion from a Boston Globe sports reporter stationed at the finish line.
edit: Permalink http://live.boston.com/Event/Live_bl...quare/72926110
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Google put up a person finder: http://google.org/personfinder/2013-boston-explosions/
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wtf just heard about this. scary shit.
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Please, please, please, please, please, please, please keep this kind of stuff out of this thread. Please, please please, please, please, please, please.
FATUM NOS IUNGET
Agreed, leave the bullshit to the gun thread that almost nobody looks in anymore. Ugh, how some can't get over themselves...
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Pictures from the Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...ombing/100495/
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Please take with a huge grain of salt, but the NY Post is reporting 12 dead: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...=SFnewyorkpost
From the same source, a suspect is being held: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nationa...9uC2PDGIjYBalO
Last edited by Magtig; 04-15-2013 at 04:19 PM.
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