Boston Marathon explosions?

[bitWISE]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 14148.html

Two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon have resulted in injuries.

[Captain]

So what caused the explosion?

If this is an act of terrorism, the perpetrators picked the wrong target in marathon runners. We will not be defeated. The day after I completed my first marathon, I resumed my radiation treatments. We'll get angrier and kick their asses even harder.

lol, Americans trying to look tough.

[Deathshroud]

WARNING: GORE AHEAD

http://deadspin.com/explosions-reported ... -473008941

[bitWISE]

Whats up with the dude in that gif going into QWOP mode after the blast?

[Deathshroud]

More info: http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1 ... he_boston/

[scared?]

So who should be bomb first? Iran, n Korea, Canada?...

[Captain]

The pic of the legless guy in the wheelchair is pretty gnarly.

[andyman]

Whats up with the dude in that gif going into QWOP mode after the blast?

he is old and just ran a marathon

[seremtan]

damn, i thought we were done with this terrorist bullshit...

[Transient]

Whats up with the dude in that gif going into QWOP mode after the blast?

Shrapnel?

[scared?]

I can't believe this doesn't happen all the time since 911...

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

so y'all figure this was al qaeda?

[Transient]

Either that, or Kim Jong-un's "nuclear" missile threat realized.

[andyman]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/a ... PDGIjYBalO

do i need to drive there and stomp on some toes?

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

oh well that must be it then. it is the new york post after all...

[Don Carlos]

Fuck sake

[Transient]

Christ, the internet is a crazy thing at times like these. There's a #bostonbombing IRC channel, a link to a live audio feed of the Boston Police/Fire/EMS scanner, YouTube videos of the bomb going off minutes after it happened, people tweeting from the area, a Google Person Finder to search by marathon runner names to see if they're OK, and every runner had ID chips on their numbers so we know exactly where they were when the bombs went off... Who needs mainstream media?

[EtUL]

The hard part is wading thru the noise and finding out the facts. Again tho, who needs the media for that.

[Transient]

I'd wager the media would be counterproductive in gathering reliable info in the first hours of the bombing. I trust the internet over Fox and its ilk.

[andyman]

after the first few hours, the news stops and the media begins... i think this will be solved rather quickly though.

[andyman]

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.ph ... 6455590704

some of the comments may make you feel very very smart

[scared?]

Tax day bombings...

Obvious right wing nut jobs...

[xer0s]

Fuck this is sick.

Runners having their legs blown off...

[Tsakali]

Whats up with the dude in that gif going into QWOP mode after the blast?

Shrapnel?

lol yea probably, looks like he went down right where the side trail stuff got blown out.

[Captain]

Actually it looks like his knees gave out from the shockwave.

Btw Israel did it.