A series of explosions went off today near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Initial reports say that dozens of people were injured in the blasts and at least three people have died.
UPDATE: At least 30 injured and three dead in Boston Marathon explosions, Fox News reports.
— msnNOW (@msnNOW) April 15, 2013
The first #photo from the scene of the #Boston Marathon. #Breaking twitter.com/theinquisitr/s… — The Inquisitr (@theinquisitr) April 15, 2013
Boston Globe reporter Chris Cassidy, who was running in the marathon, has been updating her twitter account with breaking news. According to Cassidy, dozens of people were injured in the Boston Marathon explosions and some people lost limbs.
Witness: “I saw people w/ bloody heads, people with their shirts blown off and what looked like a 10-yr-old boy who was unconscious.”
— Cynthia Needham (@globecynthia) April 15, 2013
Sports producer at the scene: “There was blood everywhere. There were victims being carried out. I saw someone lose their leg…”
— Cynthia Needham (@globecynthia) April 15, 2013
Anderson Cooper reports that some of the hotels housing media for the Boston Marathon have been evacuated.
RT @cnnbrk: #Boston Globe: Lenox Hotel one block from Copley Square evacuated. on.cnn.com/YXVW3Y
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) April 15, 2013
Reporter Sean Kelly added that ambulances were still being called to the scene to aid injured runners.
Ambulances still arriving in area where runners have been moved. #wcvb
— Sean Kelly (@SeanKellyTV) April 15, 2013
A video of the explosion has also popped up online.
Rachel Maddow edited the clip down to a short Vine video.
Vine short loop video of moment of explosion at Boston Marathon: vine.co/v/bFdt5uwg6JZ
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 15, 2013
Dan Rosen, an NHL reporter who was at the marathon, said that police officers have found unexploded devices.
RT @fara1: Police officer near Boston Marathon finish line: ‘There are secondary devices that have been found and are unexploded.’ — Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) April 15, 2013
Here are some more photos from the scene at the Boston Marathon. (WARNING: Some Photos Contain Gruesome Images)
Photo of the explosion by @globedavidlryan twitter.com/BGlobeSports/s…
— Boston Globe Sports (@BGlobeSports) April 15, 2013
Police react in aftermath of explosion #bostonmarathon #boylstonst (John Tlumacki photo) twitter.com/BGlobeSports/s…
— Boston Globe Sports (@BGlobeSports) April 15, 2013
#Photo: Medical responders run an injured man away after explosions hit #BostonMarathon (AP) twitter.com/passantino/sta… /via @passantino
— heykim (@heykim) April 15, 2013
@barrybateman Here is a photo of impact of blast. #BostonMarathon twitter.com/Johrne/status/…
— Johrné van Huyssteen (@Johrne) April 15, 2013
Two explosions at Boston marathon finish line, many injured ndtv.com/article/world/… twitter.com/ndtv/status/32…
— NDTV (@ndtv) April 15, 2013
Many people have also offered their thoughts and prayers to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
My thoughts prayers for all those injured at the #BostonMarathon. Photos on Twitter right now are truly horrific. twitter.com/TheTimmyTebow/… — Tim Tebow (@TheTimmyTebow) April 15, 2013
Prayers goes out to those involved/hurt in #BostonMarathon. WTF is wrong with people man. Just sad
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 15, 2013
Here’s a video report from ESPN.
so sad…
I have not had regular TV since it was switched over to digital until yesterday and this is what I get to see all day, which is so disturbing. I do send my thoughts and prayers to all that were impacted by this terrible tragedy and continue praying for the USA.