An ED physician at Mass General reported that four victims underwent leg amputations; at least some of those victims were runners in the race. A list of injured victims at Boston Children's included several pediatric patients who had suffered head injuries and leg trauma.
"This is something I've never seen in my 25 years here," according to Alisdair Conn, chief of emergency services at Mass General. "This amount of carnage in the civilian population ... this is what we expect from war."
The latest update tallies the causalities at 176 with 17 critically injured and 3 dead including an 8 year old boy.
The Boston Police Commissioner says it's the most complex crime scene the Boston Police Department has ever dealt with. The defined crime scene has been reduced from 15 blocks to 12.
President Obama offered some very important advice in such a time of national crisis.
“We still do not know who did this or why. And people shouldn’t jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. But make no mistake we will get to the bottom of this. And we will find out who did this; we’ll find out why they did this. Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice,” the president said.
“I just want to reiterate we will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable,” Obama added emphatically.
What Greg Sargent said yesterday remains true: "Folks, please be very careful about what you tweet or retweet on this."
There are some conflicting stories about how many explosive devices there were: the police now stipulate there were only two. There was also speculation about a possible foreign national as a suspect-at this point there aren't any suspects according to the police, however, there is a person of interest who's house has been searched in Boston:
"Authorities searched the suburban Boston apartment of a “person of interest” in connection with the marathon bombings, as officials said on Tuesday that there were only two explosive devices and they urged the public to share photos and videos from the scene to aid in the investigation.
"At a press conference Tuesday morning, government and law enforcement officials dismissed rumors and reports that multiple explosive devices had been found in the wake of powerful twin blasts at the Boston Marathon that injured between 150 and 176 people — 17 critically — and killed three, including an 8-year-old boy who came to watch his father run."
"It’s important to clarify that two, and only two, explosive devices were found yesterday,” Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) said at the press briefing. “All other parcels in the area of the blast have been examined, but there are no unexploded bombs, there were no unexploded explosive devices found.”
As Rachel Maddow said last night, an important challenge or us in times of such tragic terrorism is that we don't allow it to change who we are.
Let's give all our thoughts, prayers, all our goodwill, to the victims and their families.
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