Boston Marathon Explosion

[res0nat0r]

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Good. Just like I was saying...At least they are retracting, but the dumbass ill informed internet mobs that can form quickly now days are a real problem.

[res0nat0r]

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Also the NY Post fucking sucks.

[feather]

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All said, these amateur efforts are kinda fascinating. I've never seen such a case of amateur/citizen reporting at this scale before, could be a first.

[floridaorange]

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Updated 5:53 PM ETThe FBI on Thursday released surveillance video showing two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and is asking for the public's help in identifying them.FBI Agent Richard DesLauriers said the photos came from surveillance cameras near the explosion sites. He said one the suspects is believed to have planted the devices near the finish line of the race. He said both suspects are considered armed and extremely dangerous. "Do not take any action on your own," he warned.The photos of the suspects can be seen online on fbi.gov. Any tips regarding the suspects can be called into the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.Investigators had been focusing on a man wearing a white baseball cap seen dropping off a bag, and then walking away from the site of the second of two deadly explosions. CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reported that investigators were able to retrace his steps and discovered video of the man with another man carrying a backpack.

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The surveillance footage was released three days after the attack that left three people dead, wounded more than 170, and cast a dark shadow over one of this city's most joyous traditions.Orr reported that after releasing the video, the FBI is hoping for tips that will identify the suspects. Investigators are using facial recognition software; scouring criminal databases; and trying to to find a match. They have some potential names for these suspects but they are currently unable to match.As for whether this was an act of either foreign or domestic terrorism, Orr posed that question to a senior federal official, who said right now they think they are leaning-- and he emphasizes they don't have a definite-- that they are leaning more towards a domestic attack.CBS News correspondent John Miller explained why these two people are believed by the FBI to be possible suspects. "Number one, the video they're showing us isn't all the video they have nor does it show all the things that they have seen. One of the things they've seen is suspect number two is observed with the backpack placing it at a location where the bomb then goes off, so that's very significant. So why aren't we seeing that?"What they've done is they spent the last couple of days choosing the photos that they felt gave them the best chance of somebody getting facial recognition and calling them after they identified the first suspect, that they see his contact with the second suspect, and they decided to go out with both of them."

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Earlier Thursday, President Barack Obama paid a visit under heavy security to offer reassurance to the city and a warning to those responsible for the attack: "We will find you."

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At an interfaith service honoring the three people killed and more than 180 wounded in Monday's twin blasts, the president sought to inspire a stricken city and comfort an unnerved nation, declaring that Boston "will run again.""We may be momentarily knocked off our feet," Obama said at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Cross. "But we'll pick ourselves up. We'll keep going. We will finish the race."The crowd applauded as Obama warned those who carried out the attack: "Yes, we will find you. And, yes, you will face justice."

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There was a heavy police presence around the cathedral as residents lined up before dawn, hoping to get one of the roughly 2,000 seats inside. By 9 a.m., they were being turned away.Among those who couldn't get a ticket was 18-year-old Eli Philips. The college student was a marathon volunteer and was wearing his volunteer jacket. He said he was still shocked that "something that was euphoric went so bad."Ricky Hall of Cambridge showed up at 8 a.m. but was turned away from the line to get inside that was already stretching down at least two city blocks."I came to pay my respects to the victims," he said. He said he was also angry that someone would desecrate the marathon, and he urged maximum punishment for the perpetrators.Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said he shared the frustration that those responsible were still at large, but he said solving the case will not "happen by magic.""It's going to happen by doing the careful work that must be done in a thorough investigation," Patrick said. "That means going through the couple of blocks at the blast scene square inch by square inch and picking up pieces of evidence and following those trails, and that's going to take some time."

The bombs were crudely fashioned from ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ball bearings, investigators and others close to the case said. Investigators suspect the devices were then hidden in black duffel bags and left on the ground.

Seven bombing victims remained in critical condition.Dr. Peter Burke, chief of trauma surgery at Boston Medical Center, said Thursday that one of the youngest victims, a 5-year-old boy is getting better and "is going to be OK." A blast can often compress a child's chest, bruising the lungs and heart, he said, adding he is pleased with the boy's progress.Dozens of victims have been released from hospitals, and officials at three hospitals that treated some of the most seriously injured said they expected all their remaining patients to survive.The blasts killed 8-year-old Martin Richard of Boston, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell of Medford, and Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China.Video and photos recovered in the investigation are being examined and enhanced by an FBI unit called the Operational Technologies Division, said Joe DiZinno, former director of the FBI lab in Quantico, Va.Investigators are looking at video frame by frame -- a laborious process, though one aided by far more sophisticated facial recognition technology than is commercially available, forensic specialists said."When you have something that is this high-profile, they are going to use every available resource that they have," said former Miami federal prosecutor Melissa Damian Visconti.The investigation will probably collect about a million hours of videotape from fixed security cameras and cellphones and cameras used by spectators, said Gene Grindstaff, a scientist at Intergraph Corp., a Huntsville, Ala., company that makes video analysis software used by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.But after years of investigating terrorist incidents and other crimes, the FBI is practiced at cataloging, categorizing and analyzing such evidence and will winnow it down dramatically, he said."Back in the days of 20 years ago, you were lucky if you had video and it was probably of poor quality and it took a tremendous amount of enhancement. Today you have a completely different issue," Grindstaff said.Investigators can set the video analysis software so that it automatically searches for certain types of objects or people matching a height and weight description. The software can also spot patterns that analysts might not notice, such as a certain car that turns up in different places, Grindstaff said.DiZinno, who ran the FBI lab from 2007 to 2010, said any retrieved bomb components such as the pressure cookers, shrapnel and pieces of timers or wire will be closely examined for fingerprints, DNA, hairs and fibers.The bomb components would be traced by figuring out the item's maker, where each piece is typically purchased and whether the device resembles any bombs the FBI has seen in past attacks. The FBI lab keeps a detailed file on past bombings, including many overseas attacks."Let's say there was a timer," DiZinno said. "Was there a serial number? Who was the manufacturer? That can provide leads for investigators."One pressure cooker maker, the Fagor Group in Spain, said that it has been contacted by U.S. investigators and that company officials are extending full cooperation. The company sells 250,000 pressure cookers a year in the U.S. and 1 million worldwide.

[dusk]

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Senseless act of violence.

May the victims rest in peace

[nick007]

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I hear its all going down at the moment with the 2 suspects, 1 dead the other close to dead (fingers crossed)

[floridaorange]

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These crazy f_cks, throwing explosives at cops? What the f_ck?

[Huggie Smiles]

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police scanner broadcasting everything - if you wanna listen in!

Boston Police, Fire and EMS Scanner - Boston, MA - Listen Online


if they had explosives on them - does that mean they were planting more overnight? and were caught/disturbed doing so ?

[Kamal]

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LiveLeak.com - Chechen Brothers Are Now Prime Suspects For Boston Terror Attacks And Death Of Police Officer

[res0nat0r]

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Reddit, Boston and the missing student

[Kamal]

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LiveLeak.com - Interview with uncle of Boston Marathon terrorists

[floridaorange]

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Hope the fbi are able to uncover the network these 2 are working with, arrest all of them in Boston and prevent these networks from operating in the future.

[res0nat0r]

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You know it might not even be a network, it could just be these two dumbasses, since they said they hadn't heard any "chatter" hopefully it is just these two dumbshits.

[res0nat0r]

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LiveLeak.com - Interview with uncle of Boston Marathon terrorists

This was good, this guy was seriously pissed off at these dumbfucks. He was ready to kick their asses himself.

[floridaorange]

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You know it might not even be a network, it could just be these two dumbasses, since they said they hadn't heard any "chatter" hopefully it is just these two dumbshits.

I don't know man... I have a feeling they both are under a darker and larger influence.