Breaking: Explosion at Boston Marathon [2 dead, many injured]

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[URL]http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cen3t/there_was_just_an_explosion_at_the_boston/[/URL] - LOT OF INFO FOUND HERE, CHECK IT FOR LIVE UPDATES

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Video of the explosion:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7cVgZgbQlc[/media]

[B]LIVE FINISH LINE VIDEO FEED: [/B][URL]http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013-boston-marathon-finish-line/[/URL]

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[QUOTE]BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded near the crowded finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 50 others in a terrifying scene of broken glass, smoke and severed limbs, authorities said.
A third blast rocked the John F. Kennedy Library a few miles away and more than an hour later, but no injuries were reported, the police commissioner said. A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other explosive devices were found near the marathon finish line.
There was no word on the motive or who may have launched the attack, and authorities in Washington said there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The twin blasts at the race took place almost simultaneously and about 100 yards apart, tearing limbs off numerous people, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending smoke rising over the street.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22161108"][B]BBC Eyewitness Reports[/B]:[/URL]
[QUOTE=Josh Cox, elite runner and US commentator]
There were bodies, people laying on the ground. Some runners who had just finished who had just gotten by it were crying, understandably. It's tragic, absolutely tragic.It was a massive boom. When the first explosion went, the whole ground shook. I didn't think bomb, you think there was a transformer, or generator - I took a picture. Right as I took the picture, the next one went off. Once the second one came, everyone was freaking out. Everyone was clearing the area.
[The area is] very crowded. It's the Boston Marathon - there are close to 27,000 people running this race today. Just about a half a million people lining the course. The majority make it to the finish line to see... friends and family finish. You can barely walk on Boylston [Street]. It's shoulder to shoulder. You really can't move.[/QUOTE]
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Listen to the PD Radio [URL="http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/6254/?rl=rr"]here[/URL]
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[HR][/HR][QUOTE][B]Update 1:[/B] Live video of the finish line: [URL]http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013-boston-marathon-finish-line/[/URL]
[B]Update 2:[/B] Mass casualty event, potentially more bombs: [URL]https://twitter.com/universalhub[/URL]
[B]Update 3:[/B] Not for the squeemish: [URL]http://deadspin.com/explosions-reported-at-the-boston-marathon-473008941?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow[/URL]
[B]Update 4:[/B] Boston Fire Dept. scanner: [URL]http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/497/web[/URL]
[B]Update 5:[/B] Another live feed: [URL]http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive/[/URL]
[B]Update 6:[/B] Bomb Squad en route to Mass Ave. and Newbury:[URL]https://twitter.com/universalhub/status/323878470750961664[/URL]
[B]Update 7:[/B] At least one person lost both legs: [URL]https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/323878089903964160[/URL]
[B]Update 8:[/B] Boston PD has reported at least 3 dead.
[B]Update 9:[/B] Youtube video of the explosion itself: [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfCK3Ar7Yus&feature=player_embedded[/URL]
[B]Update 10:[/B] State Trooper scanner says more devices potentially at Boylston and Gloucester.
[B]Update 11:[/B] Fairmont Copley Hotel on lockdown as per WBZ.
Also, another link to the Boston Fire Dept. Scanner: [URL]http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Fire-Department-s145668/[/URL].
[B]Update 12:[/B] List of scanners in Boston, including police scanner: [URL]http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?mid=13[/URL]
[B]Update 13:[/B] Another video of the explosion: [URL]https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ[/URL]
[B]Update 14:[/B] EMS on scanner reporting for all personnel to be wary of trash containers.
[B]Update 15:[/B] Numerous sources including scanners reporting secondary devices have been found unexploded, pleading with people to stay away from the area: [URL]http://fox17online.com/2013/04/15/secondary-devices-found-unexploded/#axzz2QYzkKA4K[/URL]
[B]Update 16:[/B] A controlled explosion next to the library in about a minute from now from the bomb squad, also all off duty officers have been called in. [URL]https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/323886879453892609[/URL]
[B]Update 17:[/B] Red cross safe register listing, always handy to have: [URL]http://www.redcross.org/find-help/contact-family/register-safe-listing[/URL]
[B]Update 18:[/B] Take with a grain of salt, but NY Post is reporting 12 dead from a NYPD source:[URL]http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two_explosions_at_boston_marathon_iMR0LCkcwASg0RQfVsH1yI?utm_source=SFnewyorkpost&utm_medium=SFnewyorkpost[/URL]
[B]Update 19:[/B] Large photodump, several more photos. Very graphic, please be aware.[URL]http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/first-photos-from-the-scene-of-the-boston-marathon-explosion[/URL]
[B]Update 20:[/B] Police scanner: JFK library on fire, more undetonated explosives found.
[B]Update 21:[/B] Yet another video of second explosion: [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jMYObtjToU&feature=youtu.be[/URL]
[B]Update 22:[/B] Revised numbers from Boston Police: 2 dead, 22 injured via @boston_police
[B]Update 23:[/B] EOD now heading towards Huntington Ave & Ring Rd
[B]Update 24:[/B] Reporter, "Homeland Security source tells me Boston Firefighters discovered an undetonated device at corner of St. James Ave and Trinity place" [URL]https://twitter.com/LukeRussert/status/323887983809933312[/URL]
[B]Update 25:[/B] Scanner: Confirmed explosion at JFK Library.
[B]Update 26:[/B] Very graphic, but an injured man being prevented from bleeding out. [URL]http://i.imgur.com/wTloC3N.jpg[/URL]
[B]Update 27:[/B] Another planned explosion at Boylston St for controlled detonation.
[B]Update 28:[/B] Conflicting reports on if the JFK Library fire was related: [URL]http://www.dotnews.com/2013/jfk-library-official-fire-not-related-marathon-attack[/URL]
[B]Update 29:[/B] A lot of confusion over the JFK Library fire, with some on the scanner calling it an explosion and "incendiary." May or may not be related. Will try to get a good source once we have confirmation.
[B]Update 30: (4:28 PM ET)[/B] AP Confirms at least 2 more devices were found and are going to be detonated in a controlled fashion. [URL]https://twitter.com/AP/status/323893425030180864[/URL]
[B]Update 31: (4:31 PM ET)[/B]: From scanner and multiple reports on twitter, a mall near the Boston Marathon is being cleared out. Likely precautionary. I will start to timestamp now, apologies for not doing that the entire time.
[B]Update 32 (4:33 PM ET)[/B]: Mashable references our page here. I would like to say that I am getting a lot of information from redditors here that are present in Boston, as well as other social media sites, its just good to see Reddit get its place as a very up to date source for news information: [URL]http://mashable.com/2013/04/15/boston-marathon-explosions-news-reddit/[/URL]
[B]Update 33 (4:35 PM ET)[/B]: News conference in front of the Westin Hotel in 15 minutes.[URL]https://twitter.com/search/%23tweetfromthebeat[/URL]
[B]Update 34 (4:36 PM ET)[/B]: More confirmation of 2 more devices being found, from AP and a US official:[URL]http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOSTON_MARATHON_DEVICES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT[/URL]
[B]Update 35 (4:41 PM ET)[/B]: Lots of updates now. Exact locations of where the other devices were found, according to the Boston Globe: [URL]https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe[/URL]
One device was found "on the glass footbridge over Huntington Ave near Copley place"; the other, "Another suspicious package was reported near the Harvard #MBTA station"
Also, according to the globe: Police have cordoned off a block of commonwealth, where there's a suspicious "device."
[B]Update 36 (4:45 PM ET)[/B]: From a redditor, another stream of the PD/FD scanners:[URL]http://www.justin.tv/weliveinamessedupworld#/w/5396673968[/URL]
[B]Update 37 (4:46 PM ET)[/B]: Combative subject with a backpack at a California pizza kitchen. EOD dog called to area.
[B]Update 38 (4:48 PM ET)[/B]: For those looking for loved ones, from a redditor (Throwaway-apr15), a compiled list of all runners who were in the area within one minute of the explosion: [URL]http://pastebin.com/B751Ctj6[/URL]
[B]Update 39 (4.50 PM ET)[/B]: Injuries and fatalities revised from the boston globe. 2 dead, 64 wounded.[URL]https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe[/URL]
[B]Update 40 (4:55 PM ET):[/B] From a redditor Mauhdk, guardian twitter list of reliable sources some on the ground.[URL]https://twitter.com/katierogers/boston[/URL]
[B]Update 41 (4:56 PM ET):[/B] BPD looking for video of the moments before, during, and after the explosions. As we can see just from this live update thread, there have been several. They want to comb over to try to find clues. All tips can be called in at 1 800 494 TIPS.
[B]Update 42 (4:59 PM ET):[/B] VERY closeup and clear video of the explosion,[URL]http://www.boston.com/video/viral_page/?/services/player/bcpid1367773107001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAA6piHY~,DqRT40XOAr9OWST-YiEQyzUCo3g3L-Af&bctid=2303076923001[/URL]
[B]Update 43 (5:00 PM ET):[/B] Edward Davis: JFK incident was not a controlled explosion, was definitely an "incident." (read into that however you'd like.)
[B]Update 44 (5:01 PM ET):[/B] Scanner sourced: Coplin mall security has on footage someone setting down a package then running out the mall.
[B]Update 45 (5:03 PM ET):[/B] Cellphone service shut down in Boston to prevent remote detonations of explosives, official says: [URL]http://apne.ws/ZwBMKb[/URL]
[B]Update 46 (5:04 PM ET):[/B] Tonight's Senators/Bruins game postponed: [URL]http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=665915&navid=nhl:topheads[/URL]
[B]Update 47 (5:06 PM ET):[/B] dr0ne_: Please edit post and add link to IRC chat where we are trying to find more information about the bombing today. irc.freenode.net #bostonbombing [URL]http://webchat.freenode.net/[/URL]#bostonbombing
[B]Update 48 (5:06 PM ET):[/B] For everyone posting about reporting from the NY Post, I am not using them as a source. They were getting some crucial facts wrong early on and are still reporting 12 dead, something I have not found confirmed anywhere else.
[B]Update 49 (5:09 PM ET):[/B] Boston Globe reports over a hundred being treated. (MARATHON EXPLOSIONS: Boston hospitals report more than 100 being treated after Marathon explosions.)
[B]Update 50 (5:12 PM ET):[/B] Many sources on twitter in the last minute, as well as a redditor with a firefighter friend, and scanners reporting a possible bomb at TUFTS medical center (where 9 of the injured have been taken.) As always, take iwth a grain of salt til we get a confirmation.
[B]Update 51 (5:16 PM ET):[/B] Google has created a Boston Marathon person finder: [URL]http://t.co/SCeMAPAYMx[/URL]
[B]Update 52 (5:17 PM ET):[/B] From scanner, its an unattended duffel bag near a hospital. No report of an actual explosion from any verified source, or even a bomb, but EOD is on its way.
[B]Update 53 (5:28 PM ET):[/B] Update from the Boston Globe: 2 dead, 90 wounded.
[B]Update 54 (5:32 PM ET):[/B] Fox 29 confirms a person of interest is in custody. [URL]https://twitter.com/FOX29philly[/URL]
[B]Update 57 (5:47 PM ET):[/B] While waiting for the new thread, BPD has denied that they have a person of interest in custody.
[B]Update 58 (5:53PM ET): [/B]FAA orders no fly zone over Boston explostion site.[URL]http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOSTON_MARATHON_NO_FLY_ZONE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT[/URL][/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=DevinWatson;40294988][quote]
Man handcuffed in the Boston Common in wake of marathon explosions
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[wickedplayer494]

Early...

(an early rating would be cool)

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To those rating dumb, you should have watched the ticker

[cueballv2themax]

Old thread has autolocked

[supersoldier58]

-snip- eh nevermind

[MrTwicks]

this OP rules

[erfinjerfin]

still waiting to see if anyone i know is among the missing or injured.

[Jsm]

I had something else making noise briefly and I just heard "they are treating this like the real deal", what are they up to?

[SPESSMEHREN]

Hearing something about an idle car in a parling garage.

[Rastadogg5]

[QUOTE=supersoldier58;40294485]-snip- eh nevermind[/QUOTE]

He said he was working on it last thread.

[MrTwicks]

[B]SFW[/B] explosion footage
[url]https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ[/url]

[cs_bunny]

[QUOTE=Desuh;40294430]Isn't it to soon for a statement? We don't know enough details yet.[/QUOTE]
Obama just needs to address the situation.

If he didn't, there'd be a bunch of media backlash about his inaction.

[Sparrowhawk]

Very good job organizing the info, OP.

[Grenadiac]

Edit: okay, sorry :(

[Missing User]

I think i'm going to be more interested in what they as a result of the investigation 24 hours, 48 hours, a week from now.

[Scot]

[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;40294494]Hearing something about an idle car in a parling garage.[/QUOTE]

holy shit a car in a car park?

[Webby2020]

Reports of a guy arrested? Whats going on with that?

[Missing User]

[QUOTE=teh pirate;40294507]So who won the race?[/QUOTE]

Race will probably be VOIDed

[Nimhster]

Wow. Nobody deserves shit like this.

[ROFLBURGER]

Any live streams of obama?

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Sorry I must be blind

[Rastadogg5]

[QUOTE=Scot;40294509]holy shit a car in a car park?[/QUOTE]

It's running, which is why it's being investigated.
It is possible that someone just left it for what ever reason, but they can't pass off anything right now.

[H11]

[QUOTE=Scot;40294509]holy shit a car in a car park?[/QUOTE]

Idle meaning running, no one inside

[Blazyd]

[QUOTE=MrTwicks;40294502][B]SFW[/B] explosion footage
[url]https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ[/url][/QUOTE]

What happened to that one guy that fell while running? Doesn't look like he was hit by anything.

[Cygnus]

Just heard the youngest victim is 3 years old. Absolutely heartbreaking.

[SFC003]

[url]http://www.whitehouse.gov/live[/url]
6:10 PM EST

10 mintues from this post. Yes this may be late I don't care.

[Soleeedus]

shit, my brother works up in the massgen hospital. his girlfriend was doing the marathon and i cant contact her

[garychencool]

Video of the blast, camera operator was at finish line when this happened.

[video=youtube;046MuD1pYJg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=046MuD1pYJg[/video]

[T2L_Goose]

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;40294522]Any live streams of obama?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.whitehouse.gov/live[/url]

[Ricenchicken]

Does anyone think whoever did this is just trying to repeat history?

because they always say History repeats itself

and the guy may have been attempting to do a version of the boston massacre in his own way?

[ultra_bright]

I saw a video of an explosion coming from the bleachers, 2 people confirmed dead.

[Steve Harvey]

[QUOTE=Blazyd;40294527]What happened to that one guy that fell while running? Doesn't look like he was hit by anything.[/QUOTE]

He's a pretty old guy..could have just gotten shaken up from it and fell, i mean, he's old