Dozens injured, limbs blown off, gruesome sights .. It just happened apparently, so reports are still coming in re: fatalities. Keep Boston in your thoughts/prayers today.
DC is under high alert right now. I work by the White House (where the Tide are visiting) and it is under lockdown, apparently. Cops and Secret Service are all over. I heard NYC was the same, security-wise. Stay safe, everyone.
There are some reports coming out now that bomb sniffing dogs were at the start/finish lines prior to explosion. I doubt this will get much press.
What I'm gonna keep an eye out for going forward, how will this impact future sporting events - did this just open the door for more government oversight -
I am leaning towards 2 and 4. For 1, it's just too small. This seems like a small statement sort of deal. The militarist groups (who use Islam as an excuse for their evil goals) are really lacking in resources and leadership at the moment, and usually like to go for mass causalities. This just doesn't seem like their style. Not to mention, they always seem to take credit for their attacks right away. As for 3, get real. It makes no financial or political sense for a government to do this. These people probably believe 9/11 was a government plot too. This isn't "V for Vendetta". Sheesh. It sounds like a Timothy McVeigh sort of deal ..
But time will tell. I just hope whoever is responsible, be they domestic terrorists or foreign terrorists, faces justice for what they did.
Planomateo, I feel like it won't impact events like football or baseball too much. Those are events that take place in confined stadiums/arenas, whereas this was out in the open city. The bombs were placed by buildings on the streets. I feel like whereas you can definitely search a bag of someone going into an arena, you can't do much for a marathon-type deal besides scour the area beforehand and during.
Completely agree. 99.99% of the time, we are completely safe from this stuff and foil plans before they come to fruition. So kudos to our security agencies for keeping us safe! I live across the street from Homeland Security, and that place is always open .. always has lights on, always has helicopters coming and going. Re: the media, yeah, a lot of them inadvertently showed some pretty gruesome stuff yesterday .. I was watching one (I forget which outlet, they're all the same to me haha) and there was a long shot of someone screaming with their leg blown off, and the news guy talking just stopped and the camera cut to an overhead shot after like 10 seconds, and the guy talking was like, "Umm umm umm" .. So awkward. Like I know they have to report and all, but it's just overwhelming ..
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