Tuesday 16 April 2013

Boston blast

A bomb exploded at the Boston marathon around 7 hours ago.

" Eyewitnesses to the deadly Boston Marathon explosions described a chaotic scene after a series of "massive" blasts rocked buildings, shattered windows and gravely injured countless bystanders and runners."It sounded like a sonic boom. I haven't stopped shaking yet," said Melissa Stanley, who had watched her daughter cross the finish line just minutes before the explosions.Rhode Island policeman Roupen Bastajian had just finished the race when the first blast went off."I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the floor," he said."We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated … at least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing." Read more

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