"It's heartbreaking because you train so hard," runner Paula Smart told ABCNews.com.
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"I'm angry and I'm disappointed," she said. "But you have to be thankful you have your life and your family."
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Andrew Quan, 33, of New York City was on track to break a personal record in his third marathon when he was stopped at mile 26, two-tenths of a mile from the finish line.
Because you both can only run 26.2 miles in Boston on the streets in a crowd of other people, otherwise that shit just doesn't count.
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In related news, they apparently have a suspect. News conference at 5 p.m. EST.
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The official spoke shortly after several media outlets reported that a suspect had been identified from surveillance video taken at a Lord & Taylor store between the two bomb blasts.
They got vid apparently. Although how they're ID'ing the dude from the vid taken between explosions is a bit of a mystery. Implies someone saw his ass or they got footage from prior.
Ok, let's take bets now. Crazy foreign terrorist or crazy domestic terrorist?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
That "backpack seems to be missing" picture, how the fuck can they tell?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Can't find anything supporting arrests. I've heard "in custody."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Yeah, no arrests. The media got ahead of themselves.
It's definitely not an organized attack. I'm guessing one guy trying to make a statement.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Leisher wrote:Yeah, no arrests. The media got ahead of themselves.
It's definitely not an organized attack. I'm guessing one guy trying to make a statement.
His statement seems to be, "I can't afford better explosives nor do I understand how timers work." If it's a homegrown psycho, I'm concerned how this is going to get used as an excuse to expand the government's already bloated list of powers.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I'd positively laugh my ass off if he were North Korean. This level of technological sophistication is just about within their means, if they saved up for a few years.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, which follows the logic Islam, is opposed to any bombings and killings of innocent people, no matter if it is in Boston, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria and condemns it,” Ayatollah Khamenei told military commanders in Tehran today, according to his website and Iranian media reports.
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“What kind of logic is this, that if children and women are killed by Americans in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and by US-backed terrorists in Iraq and Syria, it is not a problem, but if a bombing happens in the US or another Western country, the whole world should pay the cost?” Khamenei said today.
I think he's starting to believe his own press.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."