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2013/04/15 19:14:01
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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BOSTON —Two explosions have been reported near the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street, and there are reports of injuries.
Crews were sent to 617 Boylston St. at about 2:30 p.m. Witnesses said several victims lost limbs, and the area was being evacuated.
Many of the injured appeared to be spectators who gathered for the 117th running of the race.
NewsCenter 5's Sean Kelly said the blasts happened across the street from the Lenox Hotel.
The victims were being taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
NewsCenter 5 and WCVB.com will have more information when it becomes available
Read more: http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/Explosion-reported-near-Boston-Marathon-finish-line/-/11971628/19757044/-/odjbsx/-/index.html#ixzz2QYqQfp3V
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2013/04/15 19:15:12
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Fate-Controlling Farseer
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I hope this was just an accident of some sort... from what I'm first reading though, it doesn't sound like it.
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2013/04/15 19:17:22
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Weird spot for an explosion as well:
Does Boston have similar underground utilities as NYC? Something like that could have been the case here, but the location and timing are unsettling.
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2013/04/15 19:18:44
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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I'd like to think that there was nothing sinister here, but two explosions sounds like there may have been some malice involved.
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2013/04/15 19:18:56
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Fate-Controlling Farseer
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Yeah, a large gathering, but kind of obscure so probably didn't warrant the highest level of security.
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2013/04/15 19:22:20
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Looks like the explosion came from inside a building. Unless somebody was trying to contain a blast and create shrapnel it seems to me that a bomb would have been set up outside near people. But I'm not any kind of expert on these kind of things.
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2013/04/15 19:23:20
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Reports saying first one went off in hotel.
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2013/04/15 19:25:26
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Fate-Controlling Farseer
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 d-usa wrote:Looks like the explosion came from inside a building. Unless somebody was trying to contain a blast and create shrapnel it seems to me that a bomb would have been set up outside near people. But I'm not any kind of expert on these kind of things.
This is purely speculation, I'm not saying this is a planned attack, just speaking from my general knowledge of such matters.
Hiding a bomb ahead of time would be easier inside of a building. Police aren't going to be checking inside of the buildings as they walk by. Dependent on what the building was, it could very easily have gone entirely unnoticed.
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2013/04/15 19:28:47
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Seems like reports say it was a "Boston Marathon" store.
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2013/04/15 19:28:50
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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2013/04/15 19:30:24
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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More pictures coming out:
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2013/04/15 19:30:41
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Old Sourpuss
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Deadspin has several photos of the explosions... Some of them are gruesome...
Hope everyone pulls through
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2013/04/15 19:32:49
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel
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Well, this looks worrying.
Time to park myself in this thread and see how things develop.
Hopefully, this is more accidental than it appears, but... yeah.
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2013/04/15 19:33:31
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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2013/04/15 19:45:38
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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5th God of Chaos! (Ho-hum)
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feth...
Three report fatalities and numerous critical injuries...
Was this close to the finish line?
That explosion looks awfully suspicious....
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2013/04/15 19:50:29
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Couldn't really be any closer I think...
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2013/04/15 19:51:10
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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The Conquerer
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Saw this on TV a few minutes ago. Doesn't look like an accident but seems like an odd target for a terrorist attack, aside from large groups of people.
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
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2013/04/15 19:52:56
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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5th God of Chaos! (Ho-hum)
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Dayum... 
Praying for those folks now...
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2013/04/15 19:54:09
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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And the local live news just reported that they heard a third explosion...
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Possibly a controlled explosion.
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2013/04/15 19:54:56
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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 Grey Templar wrote:Saw this on TV a few minutes ago. Doesn't look like an accident but seems like an odd target for a terrorist attack, aside from large groups of people.
It looks like a pretty soft target, plenty of people, with relatively little security compared to other events.
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2013/04/15 19:55:11
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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Grey Templar wrote:Saw this on TV a few minutes ago. Doesn't look like an accident but seems like an odd target for a terrorist attack, aside from large groups of people.
It's the perfect target for a terrorist attack; lots of people gathered in one place, highly publicized, aftermath includes feelings of not being safe anywhere, and over usage government resources protecting lots of other potential targets.
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insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
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2013/04/15 19:55:33
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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5th God of Chaos! (Ho-hum)
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d-usa wrote:And the local live news just reported that they heard a third explosion...
Edit:
Possibly a controlled explosion.
Yea... bomb squads would do that if they don't think they can defuse it.
Seriously...this is fethed up!
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2013/04/15 19:56:13
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Old Sourpuss
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Radio station just mentioned they were looking for a third bomb at the Mandarin hotel, d-usa, is that the third explosion?
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2013/04/15 19:56:55
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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Holy cow, I was not expecting this to pop up !
I hope everyone is ok, that one image is gruesome just to think it's actually happened...
I'm curious to see waht the cause was.
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2013/04/15 19:58:51
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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5th God of Chaos! (Ho-hum)
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feth... there's now reports that at least 12 are dead...
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2013/04/15 19:59:26
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Old Sourpuss
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 whembly wrote:feth... there's now reports that at least 12 are dead...
Really?! I heard 3 fatalities and 10 amputees Source?
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2013/04/15 20:00:33
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I'm sure the news and totals are going to be pretty fluid for a while.
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2013/04/15 20:00:55
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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5th God of Chaos! (Ho-hum)
Curb stomping in the Eye of Terror!
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Twitter feed... #BostonMarathon
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2013/04/15 20:02:07
Subject: Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 Alfndrate wrote:Radio station just mentioned they were looking for a third bomb at the Mandarin hotel, d-usa, is that the third explosion?
Reporter just said that the cops told them "we need everyone to move back, you are going to hear another explosion, we are detonating packages"
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2013/04/15 20:02:44
Subject: Re:Explosion reported near Boston Marathon
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Old Sourpuss
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There's still a twitter handle 
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