2 Potential Bombs at 2013 Boston Marathon - Fairmont Copley is locked down

xenonscreams wrote:

Losing my legs would be worse to me than death. I would really much rather die. So I will gladly put in a significant amount of money to get this guy up and running again too.

We don't know that the man missing both limbs was a runner in the event. The basis for it is hearsay speculation. Lets wait and see. In any event, such a tragic, grievous amount of harm inflicted today. :-(

My heart goes out to boston and the entire running community. I am horrified by the events today. Also, I have been a lets run reader for 10+ years and, this thread is so racist that I don't think I will be coming back.

To me, the fact that it wasn't a suicide attack points away from Muslim involvement. That's also a relatively lucky thing. If someone had been able to physically direct the bomb, surely more could have been killed.

Grammar Nazi wrote:

To me, the fact that it wasn't a suicide attack points away from Muslim involvement. That's also a relatively lucky thing. If someone had been able to physically direct the bomb, surely more could have been killed.

Who made you counter-terrorism expert? Don't remember this one, I guess:

AngryRunnert wrote:

My heart goes out to boston and the entire running community. I am horrified by the events today. Also, I have been a lets run reader for 10+ years and, this thread is so racist that I don't think I will be coming back.

You're in the majority, bro. LR is a way many people here are coping with this. It has its share of idiots, sure, but overall the discourse is good...

Almostbq wrote:

We don't know that the man missing both limbs was a runner in the event. The basis for it is hearsay speculation. Lets wait and see. In any event, such a tragic, grievous amount of harm inflicted today. :-(

Agreed. I've looked a bit for the Boston Globe source referenced in my first post about him being a runner, with no luck. I don't know why someone would make up something like that, but with all the craziness going on in the immediate aftermath...who knows. If the original story is true, someone here will probably know him and we'll find out eventually. But it's horrible regardless of whether or not he's a runner. The whole thing is horrible.

Perhaps the letsrun community could organize a fund to help get those that lost limbs in the attack by giving them artificial limbs. I would certainly be willing to donate money to help them out.

Mtn dew wrote:

Perhaps the letsrun community could organize a fund to help get those that lost limbs in the attack by giving them artificial limbs. I would certainly be willing to donate money to help them out.

Good idea. Who gives a f uck if he was a runner or not, I'm sure he'd like having some legs either way.

Mtn dew wrote:

Perhaps the letsrun community could organize a fund to help get those that lost limbs in the attack by giving them artificial limbs. I would certainly be willing to donate money to help them out.

letsrun is weird wrote:

Good idea. Who gives a f uck if he was a runner or not, I'm sure he'd like having some legs either way.

+1

Well, even a blind squirrel...

letsrun is weird wrote:

Grammar Nazi wrote:

To me, the fact that it wasn't a suicide attack points away from Muslim involvement. That's also a relatively lucky thing. If someone had been able to physically direct the bomb, surely more could have been killed.

Who made you counter-terrorism expert? Don't remember this one, I guess:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Times_Square_car_bombing_attempt

Well, as they say, even a blind squirrel gets some nuts.

Mtn dew wrote:

Perhaps the letsrun community could organize a fund to help get those that lost limbs in the attack by giving them artificial limbs. I would certainly be willing to donate money to help them out.

I'm in.

Someone posted guy in wheelchairs name is jeff

AngryRunnert wrote:

My heart goes out to boston and the entire running community. I am horrified by the events today. Also, I have been a lets run reader for 10+ years and, this thread is so racist that I don't think I will be coming back.

When the stereo types turn out to be true, you can come back and tell us how wrong you were, and what is was about your thinking process that led to an incorrect hypothesis. We'll help you work on objective thinking, and then we'll go for a run.

The fact that these bombs appear to have been designed to damage the lower limbs makes it so twisted.

Drinker wrote:

When the stereo types turn out to be true, you can come back and tell us how wrong you were, and what is was about your thinking process that led to an incorrect hypothesis. We'll help you work on objective thinking, and then we'll go for a run.

Whoa.

There was a great interview with the guy who got blown off his feet.

He is wearing and Orange singlet and was the guy that looked like he was shot or hit with shrapnel when he went down.

He got up and finished the race!! 78 years old and when the interviewer attempted to draw some drama out of him, he was very matter of a fact and answered the question without embellishment.

May you run many healthy miles and best to your family.

Well done sir! You were a bright light in a sad day.

"an"

Yes, I liked him. Seemed like a cool guy for 78 and fit as hell.

Empathizer wrote:

Yes, I liked him. Seemed like a cool guy for 78 and fit as hell.

Agreed, he looked good for 78. And like the other person said, it was funny how Pierce Morgan tried to over-dramatize everything, yet the guy was not biting.