Explosion at finish line of Boston Marathon

[ToDaClub]

BOSTON (AP) — Two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon have resulted in injuries.

Bloody spectators were being carried Monday to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners. Police wove through competitors as they ran back toward the course.

"There are a lot of people down," said one man, whose bib No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina. He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg. A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg injury that was bleeding.

About three hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later.

[jcindaville]

3 hours after the race??

[ToDaClub]

3 hours after the race??

3 hours after the winners, it takes multiple hours for everyone to finish.

[ToDaClub]

DEVELOPING: Multiple casualties are reported after at least two explosions rocked the area near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, according to the Boston Herald.

Witnesses reportedly heard booms that sounded like two claps of thunder near the finish line inside the Fairmount Copley Plaza Hotel.

The explosions occurred just before 3 p.m. Video of the scene showed a number of emergency crews in the area tending to victims and blood on the ground near the finish line.

"I saw two explosions. The first one was beyond the finish line. I heard a loud bang and I saw smoke rising," Boston Herald reporter Chris Cassidy, who was running in the marathon, told the newspaper. "I kept running and I heard behind me a loud bang. It looked like it was in a trash can or something...There are people who have been hit with debris, people with bloody foreheads.”

A photographer with Fox affiliate WFXT reported seeing a number of victims with lost limbs.

Competitors and race organizers were crying as they fled the chaos. Bloody spectators were being carried to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners.

"There are a lot of people down," said one man, whose bib No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina. He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg. A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg injury that was bleeding.

About three hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another thunderous explosion could be heard a few seconds later.

Runner Laura McLean of Toronto said she heard two explosions outside the medical tent.

"There are people who are really, really bloody," McLean said. "They were pulling them into the medical tent."

Cherie Falgoust was waiting for her husband, who was running the race. "I was expecting my husband any minute," she said. "I don't know what this building is ... it just blew. Just a big bomb, a loud boom, and then glass everywhere. Something hit my head. I don't know what it was. I just ducked."


Read more: Multiple casualties reported after two explosions at Boston Marathon | Fox News

[wayne1218]

Fucked Up!!!!

What's wrong with people!?!?

[ToDaClub]

Warning some of these are graphic

Half way down the page is video

Explosions Reported At The Boston Marathon; Dozens Injured [Updating]

[ToDaClub]

First explosion

https://v.cdn.vine.co/v/videos/2013/...EItFjPw7r8Bsyo

[Cabomike]

What the hell is wrong with people!!!!

[weazel079]

ABC reporting that 2 are dead and 22 injured, possibly more. Also confirmed that it was a bombing and not a gas explosion or anything of that nature. Just terrible.

Expecting a sick minded amateur bomber behind this.

[ToDaClub]

2 more bombs that did not explode have been found

[kbsooner21]

What the hell is wrong with people!!!!

Ditto what Cabo said...

[xstac2169]

NY Post now confirming that at least 12 are dead due to this horrific act. How anyone can comfortably bring a child into this scary world is beyond me.

[xstac2169]

Bruins game has been cancelled as expected following this tragic event.

[xstac2169]

Sorry now confirming 2 dead, 64 injured at this point in time. Thoughts and prayers go out to those hurt.

A 20 year old Saudi national is in police custody now.

A 3rd explosion at JFK Library earlier being thought of as related.

[Cabomike]

It's absolutely amazing that people from other countries think that life in the good ole USA is always better than where they live. In some ways, yes it is but in many other ways it's a tragedy. I've lived outside of the states for almost 15 years now, in Cabo San Lucas Mexico, St. Martin, St. Kitts, Dominican Republic and Turks and Caicos. All I can say is that I am so glad I don't live in the USA anymore. I don't pay 35% or more in taxes to get nothing in return, I don't live in fear everyday that some idiot is going to go postal or ignite bombs like today. I do what I want when I want and live on far less money with a much better life. I have an extremely sexy and beautiful Dominican wife that loves me to death and we have 4 children plus 3 grandchildren, all of which are hers and not mine but they might as well be mine. I thank the lord everyday for what I have and wish that all the crazy idiots would just go FUCK themselves and leave everyone else alone.