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Explosion during Boston Marathon (non-political discussion)

  • dlazz
    gorocks99;1426169 wrote:Could have been some deranged student/group of students. There are a lot of them (students, that is, not necessarily deranged) in Boston.
    It could be virtually anyone. Anything and everything is speculation at this point.
  • gorocks99
    dlazz;1426170 wrote:It could be virtually anyone. Anything and everything is speculation at this point.
    True.
  • Iliketurtles
    Fab4Runner;1425966 wrote:Former Huddler Fire ran the marathon today. Still waiting to hear (via Facebook) that she is okay.

    So, so scary.
    She and a friend of mine that ran at Tiffin were the first two people I thought of when I heard about this. Good thing is I've seen that both are ok.

    Hopefully there aren't too many more injuries/deaths that come out of this... just a sad sad day.

    Mochican I actually bought that shirt today as well.
  • CLEconomically Speaking
    Mulva;1426166 wrote:Obama didn't want any part of that press conference.
    Glad I wasn't the only one that thought that. They should have postponed it.
    Sort of makes you think there's more to this ya know?
  • wildcats20
    WCVB, which is a local Boston channel, is saying an 8 year old is among the dead.
  • wildcats20
    CLEconomically Speaking;1426175 wrote:Glad I wasn't the only one that thought that. They should have postponed it.
    Sort of makes you think there's more to this ya know?
    No.

    It makes me think that they have no idea what is happening.
  • OSH
    I know it's been posted early in the thread...but people suck.

    I do not understand how any person can do anything like this. All of this tragedy is depressing.
  • Classyposter58
  • wildcats20
    Classyposter58;1426180 wrote:
    I've seen this picture about 10 times on twitter. I know people are going to jump to conclusions on it, but it doesn't prove anything. People are on rooftops ALL the time in big cities.
  • Pick6
    just read through this thread...and wow does the NY Post come across as a bunch of incompetent fuck tards.
  • gut
    The bombs were much further apart than I realized....probably 1-2 blocks.
  • gut
    wildcats20;1426181 wrote:I've seen this picture about 10 times on twitter. I know people are going to jump to conclusions on it, but it doesn't prove anything. People are on rooftops ALL the time in big cities.
    And I wonder...would they have some cops on roofs as part of security? Seems pretty standard (and wouldn't say anything more than that). London put military and some major firepower on rooftops for the Olympics.
  • CLEconomically Speaking
    wildcats20;1426178 wrote:No.

    It makes me think that they have no idea what is happening.
    That's what I mean.. why give a press conference at this stage?
  • wildcats20
    gut;1426185 wrote:And I wonder...would they have some cops on roofs as part of security? Seems pretty standard (and wouldn't say anything more than that). London put military and some major firepower on rooftops for the Olympics.
    Yeah, I mean it obviously looks very, very suspicious; but people are going to instantly jump to the conclusion that that figure is the bomber.
  • gut
    wildcats20;1426187 wrote:Yeah, I mean it obviously looks very, very suspicious; but people are going to instantly jump to the conclusion that that figure is the bomber.
    I don't even think it looks suspicious, but merely the picture is suggestive. Not sure why anyone would think that's a good place for a terrorist to be hanging out. I mean, what, he's got like Boost Mobile and had to go to the roof to find a signal?
  • Crimson streak
    It could have just been a guy seeing wtf was going on too?
  • wildcats20
    Seeing the videos of people literally running to help the injured lets me know that there are still some good people in the world.
  • wildcats20
    Crimson streak;1426190 wrote:It could have just been a guy seeing wtf was going on too?
    Right.
  • GoChiefs
    Just woke up to hear about this. Fucking disgusting.
  • gut
    Crimson streak;1426190 wrote:It could have just been a guy seeing wtf was going on too?
    Seriously...why not draw a big red arrow pointing to the woman with the cell phone in her hand and direct line-of-sight to the explosion?
  • End of Line
    gut;1426183 wrote:The bombs were much further apart than I realized....probably 1-2 blocks.
    Most likely used a cell phone to detonate.
  • rydawg5
    Why does the AP run a story about a Jordan extremists' comments on the bombing?
    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/jordan-extremist-praises-boston-bombing
  • dlazz
    rydawg5;1426202 wrote:Why does the AP run a story about a Jordan extremists' comments on the bombing?
    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/jordan-extremist-praises-boston-bombing
    Because it gets peoples attention.

    Read: you
  • rydawg5
    dlazz;1426203 wrote:Because it gets peoples attention.

    Read: you
    damn thats actually a good point. no reps, but good point.
  • Automatik
    Anyone else's FB feed going full retard due to this incident?