Live blog: Bombings at the Boston Marathon
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by megansarahj via twitter 4/15/2013 7:05:03 PMNot a jumper. 2 large booms shook te whole area. Victims in marathon sports, severely injured people
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by megansarahj via twitter 4/15/2013 7:05:12 PMThere is a body being tended To outside lord and Taylor
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by Chad Finn via twitter 4/15/2013 7:05:27 PMHeard one loud explosion here at the media center at the Fairmont Copley. Lobby full of people who came in from the street. In lockdown now.
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by spitesprite via twitter 4/15/2013 7:05:29 PM
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by MBTA via twitter 4/15/2013 7:06:19 PMGreen Line: Due to police activity, GL terminating srvc btwn Kenmore & Park. For service in the Back Bay, utilize OL: http://bit.ly/hw7SID
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Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 7:11:34 PM
From RadioBDC's Alex Pearlman at the scene:
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by RedCrossMA via twitter 4/15/2013 7:12:15 PMWe have the disaster operation center open in HQ in #cambMA #RedCross
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Teresa Hanafin 4/15/2013 7:18:32 PMChannel 4 is reporting that there were two consecutive explosions near the finish line of today's Boston Marathon. One was near the Marathon Sports store at 671 Boylston; the other was further down Boylston closer to Mass. Ave.
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by DaveWedge via twitter 4/15/2013 7:19:25 PM
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Teresa Hanafin 4/15/2013 7:20:06 PMThe windows of the Marathon Sports store at 671 Boylston were blown out by the explosion.
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Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 7:20:21 PM
From Alex Pearlman
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Teresa Hanafin 4/15/2013 7:20:39 PMAn eyewitness told Channel 5 that the explosion at Marathon Sports was "an absolute ball of fire" and appeared to have come from inside the store.
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Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 7:20:40 PM
From Alex Pearlman
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Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 7:20:53 PMFrom Justin Rice:
Andrea Storer from Connecticut, speaking in the lobby of the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel, said she was about a block away when she heard two explosions.
"A big explosion, huge explosion right near the finish line," she said through tears. "It was huge. There had to be people killed. There had to be. It was a huge explosion. It was the loudest noise, and all the smoke. Two went off." -
Teresa Hanafin 4/15/2013 7:21:35 PMBecause of the massive number of medical personnel in the Boston Marathon medical tent for today's race, the injured were taken there for treatment.
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Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 7:21:45 PM
From Alex Pearlman at Copley
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KayCee_SUNSHiNE 4/15/2013 7:22:33 PM
#breakingnews #explosions #bostonmarathon at the #finishline .... Smh ... I hope this Isn't the start of anything ...
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by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/15/2013 11:34:04 PMRT @Boston_Police: UPDATE: Street Closures: Clarendon from Huntington 2 Newbury, Newbury from Clarendon 2 Hereford, Huntington from Beli ...
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Catherine Cloutier 4/15/2013 11:34:24 PM
A Boston University student was among those critically injured in Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon, BU President Robert A. Brown reported this evening.
In an email to staff and students, Brown said he could not provide more details about the injury or the student.
Here is Brown's email:
Dear Friends,
We are still learning about the explosions that occurred earlier today near the Finish Line for the Boston Marathon. We now know that the two explosions at the Finish Line were the result of devices planted at the scene and we also know that additional unexploded devices have been found. Two people were killed and many more seriously injured, including a Boston University student who was critically injured (we cannot yet identify the student). Boston University police have stayed on duty to protect our campus and support Boston and state police.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who have experienced a dreadful loss and those whose loved ones are terribly injured.
Obviously we will work with safety officials to understand as much as we can about what has happened. We are advising all Boston University students to stay in their residence halls and apartments and continue to follow the guidance of the Boston Police Department. All community members who are not on campus should stay home and avoid the immediate area. Please monitor BU Today for updates about University actions that we take as we learn more. -
by Boston Police Dept. via twitter 4/15/2013 11:34:52 PMUPDATE: Street Closures: Clarendon from Huntington 2 Newbury, Newbury from Clarendon 2 Hereford, Huntington from Belividere 2 Clarendon
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Zuri Berry 4/15/2013 11:35:11 PMBy Seth Lakso and Justin A. Rice, Globe Correspondents
It was an eerie scene on Berkley Street just after 6 p.m. as stunned marathoners with silver foils around their shoulders started collecting their possessions bundled in thousands of yellow bags on Berkley Street near the Boylston Street intersection.
“You got hundreds upon hundreds of bags,” Gary Morgan of Michigan, who was running his 11th Boston Marathon, said after claiming his bag.
Somber marathon voltmeters in yellow jackets laid out the bags, including Jenn and Molie Staretorp, who were a block away from the explosion. After ushering runners away from the blast they ran toward it.
“The runners seemed to kind of panic and then I don't know what happened but someone said something near the finish line and everyone started running,” Molie recalled. “So we just got off to the side and waited for everyone to pass and then we ran towards the finish line to see what we could do to help.
Jenn said everyone was confused after the blast.
“Mostly because they had no idea what was going on out there,” she said. “They're just running with no contact with the outside world and then people are giving them mixed directions. They just knew that they were cold. They didn't know where their bags [were], they don't know where their families are, so we've just been trying to help alleviate that a little bit.”
Marathoner Kate Gates of San Jose, Calif. was collecting her bag. She said she was around Mile 21 or 22 when the race was stopped and runners who had their smartphones where spreading the word about the bombing.
“Very quickly most runners understood the severity of it,” said Gates, who was running her ninth Boston Marathon and 43rd overall marathon. “They were glad we were safe and put themselves in the big picture right away.”
She said she asked a spectator to borrow a cell phone so she could alert family that she was OK.
“I’ve never seen such generosity,” she said. “On the way back I got multiple offers from college students to use their cell phone or asked if I wanted water or coffee.”
Camcorder in hand, MassArt student Esteban Mendoza Rollerbladed to the scene of the bag pickup. He said he was on his way to Copley to shoot video for a class project when he decided to stop at his Cambridge apartment to take a nap.
“It was pretty unreal,” he said. “The fact that I went to sleep and people were waking me up to tell me there was a bombing, that kind of scared me; 9/11 happened when I was in middle school. For it to happen in my area … this kind of stuff can happen to you, you never know where it’s going to happen.” -
by David Dahl via twitter 4/15/2013 11:35:15 PMBU student among those critically injured in Marathon explosions. http://ow.ly/k5SaY
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by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/15/2013 11:35:36 PM
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by Chad Finn via twitter 4/15/2013 11:36:04 PMThe scene from the Boston Marathon media center http://bo.st/14r5Gbp
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by Justin Rice via twitter 4/15/2013 11:36:05 PM
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by Justin Rice via twitter 4/15/2013 11:36:08 PMMarathon volunteers say they will stay till after dark to hand out runner bags before moving them to BAA offices. #marathonbdc
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by POLITICO Video via twitter 4/15/2013 11:36:57 PMWatch: Speaker Boehner holds moment of silence on House floor for #BostonMarathon victims http://politi.co/15gNvET
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by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/15/2013 11:37:05 PMBU student among those critically injured http://is.gd/HVBG3c
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by Edith Honan via twitter 4/15/2013 11:38:06 PMA horrible list fr Boston Childrens Hosp: leg trauma, age 9; femur fracture, age12; head injury, age2; head injury, age14; leg trauma, age10
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by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/15/2013 11:38:11 PM
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by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/15/2013 11:38:57 PM
RT @GlobeMoskowitz: A desolate Boylston Street as the sun sets on Marathon Monday. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH7gGx_CUAANo-D.jpg
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by Linsey Davis via twitter 4/15/2013 11:39:32 PM
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by Edith Honan via twitter 4/15/2013 11:40:34 PMA horrible list fr Boston Childrens Hosp: leg trauma, age 9; femur fracture, age12; head injury, age2; head injury, age14; leg trauma, age10
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by Evan Allen via twitter 4/15/2013 11:44:37 PM
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Katie McLeod, BostonGlobe... 4/15/2013 11:44:44 PMAirlines, hotels waive fees for Boston travelers
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by bdinardo via twitter 4/15/2013 11:44:59 PM
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by Cynthia Needham via twitter 4/15/2013 11:45:12 PM
Silver-lining moment. RT @megansarahj: Couple just reunited. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH6-oXxCEAAp1TW.jpg
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by Martine Powers via twitter 4/15/2013 11:46:19 PM
RT @bdinardo: You hope you never have to build a page like this: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BH7iMjzCUAATm0w.jpg
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by Andrea Crossan via twitter 4/15/2013 11:47:29 PM
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by Evan Allen via twitter 4/15/2013 11:48:32 PMSome have not found the bags they checked before race, so don't have cell phones to make calls. Looking bewildered and cold. @BostonDotCom
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by Evan Allen via twitter 4/15/2013 11:48:37 PM#BostonMararthon runners still wandering route. Tell of panic, blood and screaming, and then confusion in aftermath. @BostonDotCom
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by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/15/2013 11:49:31 PMRT @RenLavoieRDS: Moment of silence at Bell Center for Boston victims.