Just before 3pm today, Monday, April 15th, two explosions occured at the Boston Marathon finish line. The explosions shook the crowds surrounding the finish line, and injured dozens of spectators, runners and emergency personel. The two explosions occured 15 seconds apart, and a third explosion was just reported at 3:55 pm going off in a pre-suspected location by the Boston police.
The first 2 explosions occured at the north side of Boylston Street two blocks apart from eachother, where hundreds of spectators were standing. Many witness reports from the spectators on what was seen on the sidewalks where the catastophy happened are the only answers police have at this point in time. The fire and bomb squad are at the scenes responding to injuries and clearing the area.
ABC News reported: “the race’s medical tent has become a makeshift morgue. Dealing with injuries including severed limbs and children with severe burns.” – Trama Nurse at the medical tent.
At 7:30pm, CBS reported that 2 people have been killed, and 86 people are being treated at local hospitals with many in critical condition. Some of the youngest injured from the bombing are only 2 years old.
More information to come.
Sources:
huffingtonpost.com
abcnews.com
CBS.com