Breaking: Boston Marathon Explosion

[irishpat183]

I am linking to a picture posted on twitter. WARNING: Incredibly graphic picture of a man who lost his leg. Do not click unless you feel like you can handle it.

Again, extremely graphic.

WARNING GRAPHIC! https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/323955331346612224/photo/1 WARNGING GRAPHIC!

Uggh.....I can't imagine the pain that guy is going though. Sheesh.

 

[RyCo1983]

I saw that earlier...just terrible...I can't imagine the pain...the anger...

 

[BeauBenken]

Mods please step in and clean it up and not add to the arguements.... Focus on the victims and facts take the bickering to PM.

Alright. I'll be a big boy and clean up my own mess.

Pat, please keep providing any info you can, and as before, prayers to all who may have been affected by all of this.

 

[FLDomer]

Alright. I'll be a big boy and clean up my own mess.

Pat, please keep providing any info you can, and as before, prayers to all who may have been affected by all of this.

Thanks man, reps when I am not on my phone.

 

[greyhammer90]

It's weird. I get more pissed when I hear about people losing limbs than when I hear about deaths. (Obviously deaths are terrible, but there's just something about the limb-loss for me personally)

To be about my age and sustain an injury that will effect every part of my life in a negative way over a nut job political statement... Just makes me so angry.

 

[irishpat183]

Alright. I'll be a big boy and clean up my own mess.

Pat, please keep providing any info you can, and as before, prayers to all who may have been affected by all of this.

I agree. That got outta hand...my bad.

EDIT: Hey Pat, I edited this post in hopes of preventing some sort of rebuttal, but tried to keep your main message. Hope you understand. - Beau

 

[irishpat183]

It's weird. I get more pissed when I hear about people losing limbs than when I hear about deaths. (Obviously deaths are terrible, but there's just something about the limb-loss for me personally)

To be about my age and sustain an injury that will effect every part of my life in a negative way over a nut job political statement... Just makes me so angry.

You make a point. But I think of the families of the victims that died (like the 8 year old girl)....I couldn't imagine

 

[RyCo1983]

We all get heated easily in times such as these...My apologies for any offending statements on my part as well.

Love will always triumph over hate.
MUCH LOVE IE

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

You make a point. But I think of the families of the victims that died (like the 8 year old BOY)....I couldn't imagine

Fixed for accuracy.

 

[irishpat183]

We all get heated easily in times such as these...My apologies for any offending statements on my part as well.

Love will always triumph over hate.
MUCH LOVE IE

Of course. I have more heated arguments with family members. The Irishpat house should have it's own reality show.

 

[irishpat183]

Fixed for accuracy.

I actually heard it was a girl just about 5 mins ago....Are you sure??

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Yeah... They just said it on CNN. Then again, who the hell knows.

 

[RyCo1983]

Of course. I have more heated arguments with family members. The Irishpat house should have it's own reality show.

I should like to get hammered drunk and join in on that fun.


Any runners on here? I'd like to take it back up...maybe get into half marathons and that sorta thing.

 

[Kak7304]

To be about my age and sustain an injury that will effect every part of my life in a negative way over a nut job political statement... Just makes me so angry.

It's one thing for people who are 65-70 and lose a foot from diabetes because they were negligent of their own health. It's another for someone who most likely spent months training for and just completed a marathon. I couldn't imagine life changing that much in one moment.

 

[GowerND11]

My buddy goes to Emerson and said that he was there when the guy got arrested. Sent a bunch of us a picture of the guy in the Commons from a different angle beings arrested.

 

[irishpat183]

Boy or girl...terrible. I just read the Boston Globe piece. It was a little boy.

It was a 9 year old girl that was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. Let's hope she pulls through

 

[Kak7304]

Death toll now at 3.

 

[irishpat183]

My buddy goes to Emerson and said that he was there when the guy got arrested. Sent a bunch of us a picture of the guy in the Commons from a different angle beings arrested.

Lets hope it's the guy and it leads to taking down whoever else was involved.

 

[Kak7304]

Former New England Patriots OL Joe Andruzzi.

 

[irishff1014]

I have been watching a few different channels on this a one thing espn kept on saying was that the competitive runners were done just the recreational runners were finishing. Who cares they are still people. Just kinda got under my skin.

 

[DomerInHappyValley]

Cnn now reporting 3 dead and 141 injured.
Happy the death toll is that low.
Hopefully through the night it doesn't rise.

 

[greyhammer90]

You make a point. But I think of the families of the victims that died (like the 8 year old girl)....I couldn't imagine

My perspective likely comes from being a unmarried 23 year old male. It's hard for me to conceptualize having a kid or a family that I care about as much as myself right now. (Other than my immediate family, but I'm sure it's... different.) I just think of the young looking guy who lost a leg and I identify with him. Was he an athlete? What were his hobbies? Assuming his friends do those same hobbies, will they stick with him? or only stay for the short term? Does he have a girlfriend? Fiance? Wife? What will that be like? How could he not feel guilty about that for her?

I guess what I'm saying is that though I would much rather live in the long run, the short term uncertainty of my life that such a cruel injury brings would terrify me. I imagine how he feels, and I just get incredibly mad on his behalf.

 

[irishpat183]

I'm interested to see how differently this plays out in the media if it's foreign or domestic....

 

[Irishnuke]

Death toll up to three now. I expect it to rise. Just awful.

 

[irishpat183]

My perspective likely comes from being a unmarried 23 year old male. It's hard for me to conceptualize having a kid or a family that I care about as much as myself right now. (Other than my immediate family, but I'm sure it's... different.) I just think of the young looking guy who lost a leg and I identify with him. Was he an athlete? What were his hobbies? Assuming his friends do those same hobbies, will they stick with him? or only stay for the short term? Does he have a girlfriend? Fiance? Wife? What will that be like? How could he not feel guilty about that for her?

I guess what I'm saying is that though I would much rather live in the long run, the short term uncertainty of my life that such a cruel injury brings would terrify me. I imagine how he feels, and I just get incredibly mad on his behalf.

Great post. Events like this often make you face thoughts like this.

 

[GreenSox04]

Pat forde just RT this

@TaylorZRadio: Boston and its people are unbreakable. A friend has 12 runners and family members staying in his home in Weston (suburb) tonight. #Boston

Good people exist.

 

[Kak7304]

My perspective likely comes from being a unmarried 23 year old male. It's hard for me to conceptualize having a kid or a family that I care about as much as myself right now. (Other than my immediate family, but I'm sure it's... different.) I just think of the young looking guy who lost a leg and I identify with him. Was he an athlete? What were his hobbies? Assuming his friends do those same hobbies, will they stick with him? or only stay for the short term? Does he have a girlfriend? Fiance? Wife? What will that be like? How could he not feel guilty about that for her?

I guess what I'm saying is that though I would much rather live in the long run, the short term uncertainty of my life that such a cruel injury brings would terrify me. I imagine how he feels, and I just get incredibly mad on his behalf.

Not to mention people who suffer from these types of injuries often fall into a state of depression which negatively impacts their lives.

 

[RyCo1983]

My perspective likely comes from being a unmarried 23 year old male. It's hard for me to conceptualize having a kid or a family that I care about as much as myself right now. (Other than my immediate family, but I'm sure it's... different.) I just think of the young looking guy who lost a leg and I identify with him. Was he an athlete? What were his hobbies? Assuming his friends do those same hobbies, will they stick with him? or only stay for the short term? Does he have a girlfriend? Fiance? Wife? What will that be like? How could he not feel guilty about that for her?

I guess what I'm saying is that though I would much rather live in the long run, the short term uncertainty of my life that such a cruel injury brings would terrify me. I imagine how he feels, and I just get incredibly mad on his behalf.

That's some heavy stuff brother.

Damn

 

[Kak7304]

Pat forde just RT this

@TaylorZRadio: Boston and its people are unbreakable. A friend has 12 runners and family members staying in his home in Weston (suburb) tonight. #Boston

Good people exist.

I've also heard stories of people rushing to donate blood immediately after running a marathon. Also, in some of the video, you can see plenty of people running towards the explosion scenes to help. If you really think about that and let it sink in, these people had no idea what was going on or if the explosions were over or if the scene was secure and put themselves in danger to go help others. Truly incredible and inspirational.

 

[irishff1014]

Death toll up to three now. I expect it to rise. Just awful.

I hate that 3 people have died. If that's all that dies from this cowardly act then a lot of people need to count their blessings.