Two EXPLOSIONS at the Boston Marathon - Page 8

Those pics, omg! :'( that kid, that man, omg :( innocent people don't deserve this, why do they do this? This is so heart breaking. I really hope all the injured people recover. :(

Originally posted by: blue-ice

Law enforcements think that its a well planned and coordinated effort...so it can't be a gas line explosion Dex...looks like some planned attack

Originally posted by: Yankees

Fifth one, two were dismantled.

Update: 12 dead, 50 injured.

Originally posted by: Yankees

Fifth one, two were dismantled.

Update: 12 dead, 50 injured.

I'm confused. So 2 bombs went off in JFK library?

Noo :(((

Originally posted by: Dexterkilaila

Another terrorist attack? None of us are safe then. This is frightening. 😒

They are not sure yet...but the white smoke means it was a crude bomb

I don't understand. 5 bombs? In different places all in Boston? Who the hell is this sick, twisted f**k? 🤢

W*F. W*F. SOMEONE f**kING POSTED ONE HOUR AGO THAT THERE WAS A BOMB IN JFK.

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https://twitter.com/Boston_to_a_T/status/323871088532668416/photo/1

It looks like there has been a big explosion at the Boston Marathon, with some on twitter saying it looked like a bomb went off. Stay safe.

Update 1: Live video of the finish line: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013-boston-marathon-finish-line/

Update 2: Mass casualty event, potentially more bombs: https://twitter.com/universalhub

Update 3: Not for the squeemish: http://deadspin.com/explosions-reported-at-the-boston-marathon-473008941?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Update 4: Boston Fire Dept. scanner: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/497/web

Update 5: Another live feed: http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive/

Update 6: Bomb Squad en route to Mass Ave. and Newbury:https://twitter.com/universalhub/status/323878470750961664

Update 7: At least one person lost both legs:https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/323878089903964160

Update 8: Boston PD has reported at least 3 dead.

Update 9: Youtube video of the explosion itself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfCK3Ar7Yus&feature=player_embedded

Update 10: State Trooper scanner says more devices potentially at Boylston and Gloucester.

Update 11: Fairmont Copley Hotel on lockdown as per WBZ.

Also, another link to the Boston Fire Dept. Scanner: http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Fire-Department-s145668/.

Update 12: List of scanners in Boston, including police scanner:http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?mid=13

Update 13: Another video of the explosion: https://vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ

Update 14: EMS on scanner reporting for all personnel to be wary of trash containers.

Update 15: Numerous sources including scanners reporting secondary devices have been found unexploded, pleading with people to stay away from the area:http://fox17online.com/2013/04/15/secondary-devices-found-unexploded/#axzz2QYzkKA4K

Update 16: 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.https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/323886879453892609

Update 17: Red cross safe register listing, always handy to have: http://www.redcross.org/find-help/contact-family/register-safe-listing

Update 18: Take with a grain of salt, but NY Post is reporting 12 dead from a NYPD source:http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/two_explosions_at_boston_marathon_iMR0LCkcwASg0RQfVsH1yI?utm_source=SFnewyorkpost&utm_medium=SFnewyorkpost

Update 19: Large photodump, several more photos. Very graphic, please be aware.http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/first-photos-from-the-scene-of-the-boston-marathon-explosion

Update 20: Police scanner: JFK library on fire, more undetonated explosives found.

Update 21: Yet another video of second explosion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jMYObtjToU&feature=youtu.be

Update 22: Revised numbers from Boston Police: 2 dead, 22 injured via @boston_police

Update 23: EOD now heading towards Huntington Ave & Ring Rd

Update 24: Reporter, "Homeland Security source tells me Boston Firefighters discovered an undetonated device at corner of St. James Ave and Trinity place"https://twitter.com/LukeRussert/status/323887983809933312

Update 25: Scanner: Confirmed explosion at JFK Library.

Update 26: Very graphic, but an injured man being prevented from bleeding out.http://i.imgur.com/wTloC3N.jpg

Update 27: Another planned explosion at Boylston St for controlled detonation.

Update 28: Conflicting reports on if the JFK Library fire was related:http://www.dotnews.com/2013/jfk-library-official-fire-not-related-marathon-attack

Update 29: 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.

Update 30: (4:28 PM ET) AP Confirms at least 2 more devices were found and are going to be detonated in a controlled fashion. https://twitter.com/AP/status/323893425030180864

Update 31: (4:31 PM ET): 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.

Update 32 (4:33 PM ET): 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:http://mashable.com/2013/04/15/boston-marathon-explosions-news-reddit/

Update 33 (4:35 PM ET): News conference in front of the Westin Hotel in 15 minutes.https://twitter.com/search/%23tweetfromthebeat

Update 34 (4:36 PM ET): More confirmation of 2 more devices being found, from AP and a US official: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOSTON_MARATHON_DEVICES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Update 35 (4:41 PM ET): Lots of updates now. Exact locations of where the other devices were found, according to the Boston Globe: https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe

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."

Update 36 (4:45 PM ET): From a redditor, another stream of the PD/FD scanners:http://www.justin.tv/weliveinamessedupworld#/w/5396673968

Update 37 (4:46 PM ET): Combative subject with a backpack at a California pizza kitchen. EOD dog called to area.

don't tell me someone blew up the JFK library :(