Explosion at Boston Marathon finish line

[Smash Williams]

News breaking on Twitter now.

"@Boston_Fireman: MCI: 20-30 people injured in front of Boston Public Library after explosion at finish line of Boston Marathon"

 

[Armchair_QB]

AP reporting that sources say the explosions came from inside the Fairmont Copley Hotel near the finish line.

 

[Smash Williams]

Picture of the aftermath is here. Lots of injured people in the foreground. https://twitter.com/theoriginalwak/status/323871871730864128/photo/1

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Tried to mirror this image, but imgur isn't working at the moment.

 

[93Devil]

I pray this is not as bad as it looks.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Just hope no one was killed.

 

[Bob Cook]

Are runners still out there?

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cen3t/there_was_just_an_explosion_at_the_boston/

This has some good links/info.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Holy ****. Raw footage rolling on Fox right now and it caught someone is telling a group of what I guess are reporters that there are "at least three bodies" by "some blown out windows." Assume that means the hotel.

 

[Smash Williams]

Reuters is also scraping Twitter for a live-blog style entry. Latest is that there may be "another device."

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Boston_Marathon_Explosion

 

[old_tony]

Are runners still out there?

One of the post-blast pictures shows the clock at just past four hours since the start of the Marathon, so there should be a lot left on the course.

I think novice and average-joe marathoners generally target four hours as the number to beat.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

****.

Boston.com must be inundated because the website is not loading on my end.

 

[Bob Cook]

Are runners still out there?

One of the post-blast pictures shows the clock at just past four hours since the start of the Marathon, so there should be a lot left on the course.

I think novice and average-joe marathoners generally target four hours as the number to beat.

I saw another pic of runners being stopped. No surprise, they are being re-routed away from the scene.

 

[JakeandElwood]

****.

Boston.com must be inundated because the website is not loading on my end.

Same here.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

 

[Armchair_QB]

Can't imagine how much worse this would have been if it had happened a couple of hours ago.

 

[HanSenSE]

CNN: Two explosions, at least six hurt.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

WHAT THE **** IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!

 

[Smash Williams]

Video of the explosion as it happened - definitely based in or in front of the hotel: https://twitter.com/AndrewIsADIC/status/323882496762724352

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Boston Herald down too...