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Explosion in Boston. Details to come. UPDATE: PICS OF ABSOLUTELY NOBODY

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Explosion reported at Boston Marathon finish line
Last updated Mon 15 Apr 2013

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An explosion has been reported near to the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a spokesman has told Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/20...ZF20130415
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(Reuters) - The hotel that serves as the headquarters for the Boston Marathon was locked down on Monday after a security incident near the finish line. Two blasts were heard by reporters in the media center.

A Boston Marathon spokesman told reporters that no one would be allowed in or out of the building.

(Reporting by Scott Malone and Tim McLaughlin; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

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Last Edited by LC2 April 15, 2013 at 01:43 PM
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CDI
04-15-2013 at 02:49 PM.
04-15-2013 at 02:49 PM.
Quote from Freebie King :
The emergency room at Tufts Medical Center has been evacuated by Boston Police.
Any idea as to why?
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JustARandomGuy2015
04-15-2013 at 02:51 PM.
04-15-2013 at 02:51 PM.
someone posted this picture earlier


That may be BPD, on events we keep people on roofs too. So don't be quick to jump the gun assuming thats the bad guy
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Zoe Moon
04-15-2013 at 02:51 PM.
04-15-2013 at 02:51 PM.
DH found out that his co-worker is fine.
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04-15-2013 at 02:53 PM.
04-15-2013 at 02:53 PM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
DH found out that his co-worker is fine.
Thats good news.

A few of my friends family is there, but havnt heard anything bad yet. I personally have no conenctions there however I hope everyone the best the same as if I did have someone there.
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04-15-2013 at 02:53 PM.
04-15-2013 at 02:53 PM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
DH found out that his co-worker is fine.
Glad to hear. I have everyone accounted for, I think. Frown Tough because not a lot of cells are working still in town.
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04-15-2013 at 02:56 PM.
04-15-2013 at 02:56 PM.
Quote from BostonGirl :
Quote from Zoe Moon :
DH found out that his co-worker is fine.
Glad to hear. I have everyone accounted for, I think. Frown Tough because not a lot of cells are working still in town.
texting uses a different frequency. can u text?
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BostonGirl
04-15-2013 at 02:57 PM.
04-15-2013 at 02:57 PM.
Quote from chewspam :
texting uses a different frequency. can u text?
Texting is working, just slow.
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JustARandomGuy2015
04-15-2013 at 02:59 PM.
04-15-2013 at 02:59 PM.
Quote from BostonGirl :
Texting is working, just slow.
Think about the entire cities population/sending/receiving text right now.

I remember in the older days (90s) when you called a city that had too much going on cellphone wise it would say "all circuits are busy" or something like that..
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04-15-2013 at 02:59 PM.
04-15-2013 at 02:59 PM.
Quote from FreedomPenguin :
someone posted this picture earlier


That may be BPD, on events we keep people on roofs too. So don't be quick to jump the gun assuming thats the bad guy

That was my first thought but why aren't there more officers on other roofs?

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Any idea as to why?

There was a suspicious package but it's been cleared now.
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04-15-2013 at 03:02 PM.
04-15-2013 at 03:02 PM.
Quote from FreedomPenguin :
Quote from BostonGirl :
Texting is working, just slow.
Think about the entire cities population/sending/receiving text right now.

I remember in the older days (90s) when you called a city that had too much going on cellphone wise it would say "all circuits are busy" or something like that..
yeah. it uses much less bandwidth than voice.
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JustARandomGuy2015
04-15-2013 at 03:02 PM.
04-15-2013 at 03:02 PM.
Quote from Zodiac :
That was my first thought but why aren't there more officers on other roofs?




There was a suspicious package but it's been cleared now.

I agree, I dont know how large their force are but there would usaully be a team of 2 at minimum.

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Boston police commisioner says reports of suspect in custody are untrue.

live news confrence 5:00 central time.
Called that one on new york post. I bet the suspects are already gone driving away. pisses me off so bad.
I so wish I could be there to help them. You know they are stressed and undermanned right now for this with all the chaoticness of the families and people.
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04-15-2013 at 03:07 PM.
04-15-2013 at 03:07 PM.
Quote from FreedomPenguin :

I remember in the older days (90s) when you called a city that had too much going on cellphone wise it would say "all circuits are busy" or something like that..

right but you so badly wanted a reply response to state to the operator "But I need to make that call!"LMAOLMAO
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04-15-2013 at 03:11 PM.
04-15-2013 at 03:11 PM.
Quote from LadyD :
right but you so badly wanted a reply response to state to the operator "But I need to make that call!"LMAOLMAO
well.. the last time I got that message I was like 8-9? My sister had a beeper and that was cool to me back then. I dont know if we even have those issues anymore with too much data going through the towers since well, we are more technologically improved.
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Landers
04-15-2013 at 03:13 PM.
04-15-2013 at 03:13 PM.
I'm so glad my family is OK. My sister found out her friend lost her leg during the explosion though. Just awful..
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tennisplayer888
04-15-2013 at 03:14 PM.
04-15-2013 at 03:14 PM.
Wait I just read up on this, was in class all day, but can someone pinpoint me on what happened? I know 2 bombs were set off, were they underground explosions or did someone throw two off the top of a building and ran?
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