henster311 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 i have a few cousins running it and several fellow photogs at it, and scary to think I would have been there too still waiting to hear from my cousins... hang in there boston.... *my cousins are alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openupyourskull Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Live radio updates. This is awful, and especially terrifying considering I'm less than 45 minutes away. My thoughts are with all involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgato48 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Yes it's sad that I've come to the point of when something like this happening have the oh again attitude. It's not that I don't care these people are hurt its just that this has somewhat become the norm. It's sucks more when I have a 12 year old asking me why does this happen and all can seriously tell her are that people are just to stupid now days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_jones Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 So folks, who thinks it's a nutcase american similar to Sandy Hook, and who thinks it is a terrorism attack similar to 9/11? what does it matter at this point? there are possibly more explosives still out there and people clinging onto life. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and clh2285 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniquemel0dy Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 So it looks like more bombs are being found around the city according to ABC. This is nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_jones Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Yes it's sad that I've come to the point of when something like this happening have the oh again attitude. It's not that I don't care these people are hurt its just that this has somewhat become the norm. It's sucks more when I have a 12 year old asking me why does this happen and all can seriously tell her are that people are just to stupid now days. agreed. explaining the horrors of the world to a child must be such a dreadful thing to have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Not sure if this was posted but heres a live blog with a video from right after the explosion. terrible stuff http://live.boston.com/Event/Live_blog_Explosion_in_Copley_Square Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henster311 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 yeah they have found other devices, and shut down the T, i believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniquemel0dy Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 yeah they have found other devices, and shut down the T, i believe Tell me Boston has streetwatch like Philly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Yes it's sad that I've come to the point of when something like this happening have the oh again attitude. It's not that I don't care these people are hurt its just that this has somewhat become the norm. It's sucks more when I have a 12 year old asking me why does this happen and all can seriously tell her are that people are just to stupid now days. Pretty much the way I feel (others have said similar things). I pretty much just want to know who actually did this and then I'll probably quit following. Don't mean to be insensitive but it's the truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniquemel0dy Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Right around the corner from my house there was a hostage situation in which a man took 5 fireman hostage for hours. No one could leave the neighborhood. It's a sick world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 ^ I heard about that. That's insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Pretty much the way I feel (others have said similar things). I pretty much just want to know who actually did this and then I'll probably quit following. Don't mean to be insensitive but it's the truth. your only other option is to keep yourself glued to the news that only gets worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 So folks, who thinks it's a nutcase american similar to Sandy Hook, and who thinks it is a terrorism attack similar to 9/11? Honestly I don't care, What I know is that during 9/11 My dad was working in NYC. During Sandy Hook, I had a lot of friends with kids in the area since i used to live about 10 miles from there, and now tihe Boston, I have way too many old High School friends and people I love in the area. So far no one has been physically affected by any all of these. I really don't care what the case of any of these incidents were, however it's sickening. It's sickening to hear about it and know that you are too far away to do anything and/or offer any help other than a sympathetic ear/shoulder. Shit needs to stop. At the risk of sounding like a hippy, people really need to learn that we are all human and none of us have ever done anything to ever deserve anything this horrific. I'm honestly worried about future nationally recognized events as being targets, including the America's Cup that will be happening here. I don't want to have to worry about it. No one should ever have to worry about it. It fucking sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniquemel0dy Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Just the other night I was in Atlanta for the Final Four, went to the fanfest concert series and was thinking how lenient the security was. I kid you not I could walk in there with a backpack, suitcase, or whatever and would have not been searched. In fact I thought it was odd that they didn't search my backpack or my girlfriends purse. On Sunday they had Sting and The Dave Matthews band performing to a max capacity crowd of 50,000 fans in Centennial Olympic. Nothing happened of course, but I do believe this is a wake up call to Homeland Security to not layoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I'm heading to the Kentucky Derby and it does kinda make me a little nervous. Yeah, any event with tens of thousands of people is going to be a bullseye for terrorists. But at least with stadium events, you have an added level of security as people are searched coming into the event. That's not to say something elaborate couldn't be planned or they are 100% safe, but at least there is an added layer of security. These "wide-open" events -- marathons, the derby, Mardi Gras, etc...still have the target but don't have that layer of protection. Not going to skip the derby (there would have to be a significant threat of terrorism for me to change my life, not "anything can happen") but it does make me a tiny bit nervous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniquemel0dy Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Here is my thought on it, if it's my time to die then it's my time. I'm not going to not do the things I want to out of fear. I am not going to avoid air travel because of 9/11. What's sad is that it will slow down tourism to events such as this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 My girlfriend is going to the Dodger game tonight which now im a little worried about as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collectivemike Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Hey guys I'm sure this is a no-brainer for a lot of you but an easy way to help out, no matter where you are, is just to go donate some blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 They really need to lift the fucking ban on being able to donate blood if you were in the UK for more than 6 months in 1980... just cause i was born there does not mean I have fucking mad cow disease. Let me give some fucking blood to these people. Fuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I was at the Boston garden just a week ago, and the level of security was a joke. They checked our tickets, and that was it. No frisk, no one checked my friends bag, nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 The Bruins in Boston tonight has been officially postponed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isavedlatin54 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I had some friends near the explosion, it took a while to get through. but they are fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henster311 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 news said they have video surveillance of a man carrying backpacks, and putting one into the trash can. security along 26 miles of an open city im sure is tough, and there can only be so much. But it was stated that they had bomb sniffing dogs before the race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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