- published: 16 Apr 2013
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Dzohkar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev attack at Boston Marathon is a tragedy for all runners! I am Alexander Bakharev a runner of the 114 Boston Marathon. My deep condolences to all Boston Marathon Victims. I have no words yet to express my feelings, my state of the mind and deep regret what happened. To those who killed - Rest In Peace. To those who injured I wish to be well. ----------------------- Two bombs exploded at the 2013 Boston Marathon on the afternoon of April 15, 2013, injuring spectators, runners, and members of the general public near the race's finish line. The improvised explosive devices exploded about 12 seconds apart at 2:50 p.m. EDT (18:50 UTC) along Boylston Street near the corner of Copley Square. The blasts killed 3 people, and injured at least 183 others seriously enough to warrant hospital treatment. As of April 16, no suspects had been named, and no arrests or claims of responsibility for the attack announced. U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was investigating the bombings as an act of terrorism. ----------------------- Bombing On Monday, April 15, 2013—Patriot's Day—the annual Boston Marathon was held with no indications of an imminent attack. Officials swept the area twice before the explosions; one of the sweeps occurred an hour before the bombs went off. People were able to come and go freely, and carry items in and out of the area. At about 2:50 p.m. EDT (18:50 UTC), two bombs exploded on Boylston Street near Copley Square, just before the finish line. Described as "pressure cooker bombs", they were improvised explosive devices constructed from pressure cookers, explosives, bits of metal, and bearing balls placed in black nylon duffel bags or backpacks. The bombs went off within 600 feet (180 m) of each other, the first outside a Marathon Sports store at 671 Boylston Street, the second about one block farther west of the finish line. Video from the finish line shows about 12 seconds passed between the two blasts. At the time of the first explosion, the race clock at the finish line was showing 04:09:43, meaning 4 hours, 9 minutes, and 43 seconds since the third wave, or group, of runners started the marathon.When the bombs detonated, the marathon winners had already crossed the finish line about two hours earlier; other runners were still coming across.The blasts blew out storefront windows, and a window on the third floor of the Boston Public Library, across the street from one of the explosions, was damaged. Victims Three people were confirmed dead: 8-year-old Martin Richard of Dorchester, whose mother, Denise Richard, suffered a brain injury and whose 6-year-old sister lost a leg; 29-year-old Krystle M. Campbell, a restaurant manager from Medford, Massachusetts; and a Chinese national who was a graduate student at Boston University and had watched the marathon at the finish line with two friends. Many victims suffered lower leg injuries and shrapnel wounds, which indicated the devices were low to the ground. Some suffered ruptured eardrums. At least 13 of the injured suffered severed limbs. Two brothers, aged 33 and 31, each lost a leg. Celeste Corcoran, a hairdresser from Lowell, Massachusetts, had both legs amputated below the knee; her daughter Sydney, 18, sustained injuries to arteries in both legs. Jeff Bauman, a 27-year-old grocery worker, lost both legs below the knee. A photo of Bauman in a wheelchair, being assisted by volunteers and an emergency worker, became iconic of the bombing. CNN interviewed Dr. Allan Panter who saw or tended to a male missing both legs at the blast scene. A doctor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center had seen an X-ray of a patient's leg containing "what appears to be small, uniform, round objects throughout it—similar in the appearance to BBs".Doctors described removing "ball-bearing type" metallic beads a little larger than BBs, and more than a dozen small carpenter-type nails about 1 to 2.5 centimeters (0.4 to 1.0 in) long. Eight local hospitals reported that they were treating or had treated a total of more than 124 people, including at least 15 who were in critical condition on April 16. Among the hospitals were Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which treated 24 people; Massachusetts General Hospital, 22; Brigham and Women's Hospital, about 20; Boston Medical Center, 20;Boston Children's Hospital, 10; and Tufts New England Medical Center, 9.
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