{"id":16867,"date":"2013-04-15T14:38:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T19:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=16867"},"modified":"2013-04-15T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T21:15:00","slug":"explosion-mars-end-of-boston-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=16867","title":{"rendered":"Explosion Mars End Of Boston Marathon Deaths, Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bostonmarathonexplo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16878\" title=\"bostonmarathonexplo\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bostonmarathonexplo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a>BOSTON (AP Apr 15, 2013) &#8211; Boston police say two people were killed and 23 people were hurt when a pair of bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The blasts shattered the end of the race Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry away the injured while stragglers in the 26.2-mile race were rerouted away from the smoking site.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bloody spectators were being carried Monday to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners. Police wove through competitors as they ran back toward the course.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;There are a lot of people down,&#8221; said one man, whose bib No. 17528 identified him as Frank Deruyter of North Carolina. He was not injured, but marathon workers were carrying one woman, who did not appear to be a runner, to the medical area as blood gushed from her leg. A Boston police officer was wheeled from the course with a leg injury that was bleeding.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 About three hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later.<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8211; The White House says President Barack Obama has been notified about the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The White House says the administration is in contact with state and local authorities and directed his administration to provide whatever assistance is necessary in the investigation and response.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vice President Joe Biden was on a conference call with gun control activists when staffers turned on televisions in his office Monday to view coverage of the explosions. Biden said during the call that his prayers were with those who suffered injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0BOSTON (AP) &#8211; Boston police say there&#8217;s been a third explosion in the city, following two blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed two people and injured many others.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Police Commissioner Edward Davis says authorities aren&#8217;t certain that the explosion at the JFK Library was related to the other blasts, but they&#8217;re treating them as if they are.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David says there are no injuries stemming from the third explosion.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He urged people to stay indoors and not congregate in large groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0BOSTON (AP) &#8211; The NHL says Monday night&#8217;s game between the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins at TD Garden has been postponed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No makeup date has been scheduled.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The league says it &#8220;wishes to express its sympathy to all affected by the tragic events that took place in Boston earlier this afternoon.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 23 others, and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators. A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other explosive devices were found nearby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON (AP Apr 15, 2013) &#8211; Boston police say two people were killed and 23 people were hurt when a pair of bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The blasts shattered the end of the race Monday, sending authorities out on the course to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16867"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16876,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867\/revisions\/16876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}