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[neojubei]

Man this pisses me off. Wtf

 

[UberTag]

What in the fuck. I've been out all day walking along the marathon route in the city. Literally heard nothing about this until someone called me a few minutes ago. Fuck.

Glad to hear you're okay, vatstep. Hope the rest of Boston GAF checks in alright.

 

[timetokill]

Too early and too little information to speculate on the causes. I suggest that if you're pretty sure it was Islamic terrorists, or North Korea, or the Tea Party, or a false flag operation so the US can attack Iran, that you keep it to yourself.

YES. Thank you, Cyan.

someone mentioned it is Patriots Day
sounds like someone is sending a message than an accident

Keep it to yourself, brah. This isn't the time for mindless speculation.

 

[criesofthepast]

So what's the catch-up on this? I just tuned into CNN. I saw it mention 2 explosions of unknown origin and 4 people in the hospital. Is that it so far?

No one knows anything yet. Lots if misinformation out there as you can imagine.

 

[LordCanti]

stuff like this puts my shit problems in perspective. Cant even imagine how that guy's gonna feel when (if? ) he wakes up at a hospital. Fuck.

I don't know why I clicked. I don't even know what I was looking at, but I hope those weren't intestines.

 

[Brinbe]

Fucking hell, that was the worst photo yet. That poor dude's leg =(

 

[LyleLanley]

BREAKING NEW: Lenox Hotel is being evacuated

.

 

[Cake Boss]

CNN saying that people saw 2 packages in front of the building.

 

[RyanReedyMusic]

What happened to the runner in orange? THe explosion caused his damn knees/ankles to buckle. Goddamn.

I was thinkin the same thing. It was probably shrapnel.

 

[ToxicAdam]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Robert_Rudolph

 

[Ziek]

Wow. I was planning on being down there today, but I got sick with a sinus infection yesterday.

 

[Devolution]

Tax Day?

umph

I'm not gonna assume shit on here but tax day? Yeah I have some thoughts.

 

[pulga]

video of one explosion

https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ

Holy fuck. WHY

 

[StopMakingSense]

Clip of explosion itself. Nothing gory:

https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ

 

[DrAndonuts]

So, so awful to hear. My sister lives out in Medford, but wasn't near the marathon. Thoughts/prayers/everything to everyone in Boston.

 

[Nevasleep]

I think it's more likely to be a random nutjob than organised terrorism. Just too strange a target.

Why? Seems a good target to me for both an individual or Al Qaeda group.
Plenty of people, plenty of media.

 

[Patryn]

Fiance is currently stuck in the city trying to get out. Thank god she was over by the Aquarium and not at the finish line.

 

[Coldsnap]

Did our parents have to live in fear like this? Like when they were our age did they have to consider that a crazy might bomb / shoot them for no reason. I mean robberies and homicides happen, but this is just crazy.

 

[Jeels]

fuck I have a friend running the marathon

 

[Mesoian]

Vine footage of the bomb going off.

https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ

 

[rdrr gnr]

The role of social media in both regards is interesting to say the least. I wonder if the information regarding cause will disseminate sensibly.

 

[FStop7]

Shades of the 1996 Olympics bombing...

If Eric Rudolph wasn't already in prison I would have guessed it was his doing.

 

[ledman]

What's in the picture , I can't open were I am right now.

 

[Jibbed]

I was thinkin the same thing. It was probably shrapnel.

I would've said winded more than anything, windows about 100m behind him in the back of the shot get blown out.

 

[TheNatural]

The Boston Globe ‏@BostonGlobe 3m
rt @mlevenson Cook I talked to says he tied his apron around a woman's severed leg.

 

[BFIB]

Spectators on CNN are stating that there weren't any security checkpoints.

Just spoke with my associates. They heard the loud explosions and felt the ground shake.

Hopefully this is all that happens.

 

[Acid08]

Holy shit I hope they get whoever is responsible quickly

 

[Hot Coldman]

fuck I have a friend running the marathon

I hope they're all right, man. :/

 

[Godslay]

Stay safe Boston-gaf. Hope they get to the bottom of this. Glad Sanjuro is okay. I think ActStriker lives in Boston too.

 

[commish]

My friends who work in large Boston buildings are being evacuated.

 

[TommyT]

What happened to the runner in orange? THe explosion caused his damn knees/ankles to buckle. Goddamn.

Shrapnel hitting him in the ankle, it looks like.

Didn't see anything that actually hit him. He looks a bit older, and the shock probably threw off his equilibrium, especially if he was fatigued.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Stop with the NK nonsense.

This is really terrible. :/

On this note, if anyone who does think it might be North Korea is in the thread, please go and watch the All In with Chris Hayes segment that reveals how foolish the media is being about NK right now.

 

[DangerStepp]

Horrific, just horrific!

I wish everyone involved well; my thoughts and prayers with them.

 

[BobTheFork]

Don't look at the PBS pics unless you feel you have to.
I think I may get sick

 

[Salsa]

What's in the picture , I can't open were I am right now.

guy lost his legs

 

[Talon]

Local Anchor: "Were the runners without legs?"

Reporter on Scene (clearly thinking "WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU ASK ME THAT, ASSHOLE?"): "...uh...there may... I can't confirm, but there may have been people covering limbs and there was a lot of blood."

 

[Patryn]

Did our parents have to live in fear like this? Like when they were our age did they have to consider that a crazy might bomb / shoot them for no reason. I mean robberies and homicides happen, but this is just crazy.

Parents had to live in fear of the Cold War. So not explosions like this, but nukes.

 

[Vaco6121]

Did our parents have to live in fear like this? Like when they were our age did they have to consider that a crazy might bomb / shoot them for no reason. I mean robberies and homicides happen, but this is just crazy.

Depending on how old your parents are, all they had to worry about was the Red Scare and A-bombs.

 

[Always-honest]

Vine footage of the bomb going off.

https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ

daammmn.. Why do people do this horrible shit.

 

[SneakySneaks]

Did our parents have to live in fear like this? Like when they were our age did they have to consider that a crazy might bomb / shoot them for no reason. I mean robberies and homicides happen, but this is just crazy.

They had to worry about the Soviet Union and MAD. My parents had to do the duck and cover thing in school.

 

[dc89]

fuck I have a friend running the marathon

I hope they are ok.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Did our parents have to live in fear like this? Like when they were our age did they have to consider that a crazy might bomb / shoot them for no reason. I mean robberies and homicides happen, but this is just crazy.

Depends how old your parents are. Cold War?

 

[brentech]

.

Hmm. That's where my mom was staying. Can't get a hold of her now. Just spoke a few min ago, she said it's probably going to be hard to get througb

 

[Seda]

What's in the picture , I can't open were I am right now.

Spoiler

Person in a wheelchair, clear view of a bloody remainder of a leg, bone visible.

 

[kirblar]

Tax Day?

umph

I'm not gonna assume shit on here but tax day? Yeah I have some thoughts.

I see it too. Hopefully they catch whoever did this asap.

 

[radrelic]

oh Alex...

 

[StopMakingSense]

Didn't see anything that actually hit him. He looks a bit older, and the shock probably threw off his equilibrium, especially if he was fatigued.

Yeah. His legs just give out.

 

[Crisco]

Yeah, clearly not an accident. I would lean towards random crazy sociopath vs any sort of organized terrorist group though. The target doesn't make a lot of sense to me for a domestic terrorist group as they usually go after something related to the government. I guess the tax day/boston tea party thing is possible, but that's almost grasping at straws, as the marathon has nothing to do with either. As for foreign terrorist, it's possible. But unless they horribly botched the execution, it's quite frankly not big enough.

 

[Omegasquash]

Good on WHDH for saying that the bag part is speculation. Looks like things exploded outside buildings.

 

[WillyFive]

Looks like a pretty small explosion.

Yeah, but there are people there.