Explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by Ch2tf

I'm ok. I'm not in contact with any of the other Boston GCers though

Thanks for checking in. I hope and pray the others are ok too of course.

One of my sorors had completed the race just about 10 minutes prior to the explosions. She is ok and accounted for.

[ASTalumna06]

Krystle Campbell is the second person to be identified among the dead:

Http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04...yNP/story.html

As she did every year, Krystle Campbell of Arlington went to Copley Square for the finish of the Boston Marathon, drawn by the euphoria of crowds cheering runners through the final paces of the race.

“She’s been doing it since she was a little girl,” said her grandmother, Lillian Campbell of Somerville. “She didn’t miss a Marathon, watching it at the finish line.”

Krystle Campbell was standing along Boylston Street on Monday with another woman – her grandmother said she was Krystle’s best friend, Karen – when the explosions went off. Krystle died from her injuries and Karen was seriously injured, Lillian said.

When Krystle’s father went to Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday after the explosions, at first “they wouldn’t let him in,” Lillian said. Officials initially told him that Krystle might lose her leg because of her injuries, Lillian added, “and when they let him in, it wasn’t Krystle, it was her girlfriend. And my son was devastated.”

How awful...

[SylvanAerie]

Long time lurker here: We often take the MTA in to watch the end of the race, but didn’t this year. It’s hard to comprehend that the places we walked so many times – never worrying about personal safety –could become so tragic. Our house is at the starting line: after this happened they rolled in the kliegs and cordoned off the town common, still littered with a few left-behind athletic bags.

[pshsx1]

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/16/fa...internet-hoax/

Watch out for the fake Family Guy clip going around.

[XAntoftheSkyX]

I know a few friends were in the immediate vicinity of the blasts, and one friend that was running. Everyone I know is safe and accounted for.

I had the Sox game on at work when it happened, and had to tell people what was going on since it switched to the news right after.

[Sister Havana]

One of the doctors who was treating the injured on the scene at the marathon is a woman who was a year ahead of me in high school.

Bolingbrook Native, Boston Marathon Medical Tent Doctor Remembers 'True Heroes Of The Day.'

[maconmagnolia]

Apparently the police have someone in custody.

http://cnn.org/2013/04/17/us/boston-...html?hpt=hp_t1

[shirley1929]

^^ CNN has gone back on that statement, saying that no one is custody...

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/17...oston-bombing/

[maconmagnolia]

Thanks for the update. How unfortunate.

[ASTalumna06]

As one of my friends posted on Facebook earlier:
"Being close only counts in horseshoes and CNN coverage."

However, they do have a suspect.. they just don't know who he is...

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/id...30417?irpc=932

[ASTalumna06]

And the third person killed - Lu Lingzi, a graduate student at BU:

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2088825

[Benzgirl]

The FBI has posted the still photos of the two suspects:
http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-i...-boston/photos

[ASTalumna06]

Crazy story... a runner in the Boston marathon witnesses the explosions there, then goes home to Texas to see the fertlizer plant blow up..

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/18...ant-explosion/

[AGDee]

One of the suspects is dead. It has been a crazy night in Boston.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/04/...-suspect-dead/

[IrishLake]

Suspect dead, shot by police. One officer left dead. They have completely shut down the city while they are looking for the other suspect.

Suspects are Chechen.