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Federalinvestigatorsjoin
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Photos,videosandnews
ofBostonhorrorsspread
quicklyonsocialmedia,
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BillIfrig,78,ofLakeStevens,Wash.,whowasknockeddownbyablast,saidhegotascrapeonhiskneeandwasabletowalkacrossthefinish
line.Othersweren’taslucky:Somelostlimbs,othershadsevereinjuries.“Idon’tknowifI’llcomeback(toBoston),”onerunnersays,
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Thatpost-9/11
quiet?It’sover.
AsBostonnewssweeps
America,nation’sworst
fearsarereawakened
Massivesearchto
answerwho,why
Bombinginvestigation
won’tbe“simple,easy,”
Mass.governorsays
styleattack,acoupleofwell-placed
bombscreatedenormousfearwhile
hurtingonlyasmanypeople,asone
analystputit,as“averybadbus
accident.”
Theexplosionshurledshrapnel
andjaggedglassacrossthestreet,
fellingrunnersandspectatorsatthe
venerableBostonMarathon.Partici-
pantsandonlookersalikelaydazed
inthestreetandonthesidewalks,
manybleedingprofusely,somemiss-
inglimbs.Inavideothatcaptured
themomentoftheblast,cheers
turnedtoterrifiedscreamsaspanic
sweptoverthecrowd.
“We’vebeenacalmislandinasea
oftrouble,”saidThomasWhalen,a
politicalhistorianatBostonUniver-
sity.“Wethinkofthisassomething
thathappenssomewhereelse.And
nowit’shappenedhere.”
Andifitcouldhappenthere,it
couldhappenanywhere.Eventslike
responsiblefortheblasts,whichcre-
atedahorrificsceneofblood,limbs
andcarnage.
BostonPoliceCommissionerEd
DavissaidMondaynightthatthree
peopleweredeadandthatthetotal
injuredwasnotyetknown.Hecalled
it“ahorrendouslossoflife.”Hesaid
authoritiesdidnothaveasuspect
andpolicewereinterviewingsurvi-
vorsoftheblast.HesaidtheFBIhad
takenchargeoftheinvestigation.
“Thisisstillvery,veryearlyinthe
investigation,”Davissaid.
MassachusettsGov.DevalPatrick
warnedthatBostonwouldbeona
highsecurityalerttodayandthatrid-
ersonpublictransportationcould
expecttoencounteroicersandhave
bagssearched.
“It’snotgoingtobesimple,easyor
regular,”Patricksaid.
Investigatorssearchedawide,
heavilypopulatedareaofdowntown
CHARLESDHARAPAK,AP
We’ll‘gettothe
bottomofthis’
RickHampsonandChuckRaasch
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WilliamM.Welch
@williammwelch
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T
heblastsonBoylstonStreet
werefeltacrossthenation,
shakingandsometimes
shatteringafragilehope—
formedslowlyintheyears
since2001—thatmaybeitwon’t
happenhere.Notagain.
Thenitdid:intheAthensofAmer-
ica;onaholidaythatmarksthebe-
ginningofU.S.independence;atthe
sportingeventtowhichallBoston
looksforward;onthedaywhenwin-
terinNewEnglandunoiciallybe-
comesspring.
Andithappenedinawaythat
manyexpertshadpredicted.Instead
ofanothermassive,intricate9/11-
InD.C.,flagslowered,
amomentofsilence,a
vowforjustice
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Federalandlocalinvestigatorsare
wagingamassivesearchforwhoever
isresponsibleforapairofexplosions
thattorethroughthefinalstretchof
theBostonMarathononMonday,
killingatleastthreepeople,injuring
morethan130andinflictingoneof
themostsevereandpublicattackson
thenationsincetheterrorismof
Sept.11,2001.
Thistime,thesourcewasstillun-
known,andcitiesacrossthenation
wentonalertagainstthepossibility
ofanotherbombing.
PresidentObamavowedtobring
“thefullweightofjustice”onthose
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NATION/WASHINGTON
Report:Firedofficialis
suspectinTexasDAkillings
edorchargedwiththeMcLellandor
Hasseshootings,”Lewissaid.“There
havebeennoarrestsinconnection
withtheshootingsatall.”
Williams,46,whowasconvicted
bybothMcLellandandHassein2012
fortheftofpublicpropertyandbur-
glaryinvolvingcomputers,wasques-
tionedaftertheMcLellands’killings.
Helosthisjobasjusticeofthepeace
andhadhislawlicensesuspendedaf-
terhisfelonyconvictions.
ThoughWilliams,inthe2012con-
viction,wascaughtonsurveillance
videowiththecomputermonitors,
hearguedheneededthemtowork
onacountyproject.Hisattorneys
portrayedhimasanoccasionally
bumblingfigurewithgoodinten-
tions.“Lookatthemanonthevideo,”
Sergisaid,accordingtoatrialtran-
script.“Lookathiseyes.He’snothid-
inganything.Hedoesn’tknowwhy
he’shere.He’sbefuddled.”
HasseandMcLellandspoke
harshlyofhischaracteranddis-
missedhisexplanation.
“He’sanelectedpublicservant
whoisjustaflat-outthiefandbur-
glarandneedstoberemovedfrom
oiceandconvictedofbeingathief
andaburglar,(because)that’sexactly
whatheis,withqualityevidenceof
himdoingitonvideo,”Hassesaid.
USANow
Whatwe’re
following
Astatelawenforcementoicial
spenttwo-and-halfhoursvisiting
withthestoragefacility’smanager
Monday.Theoicialwentintothe
manager’soicewithasmallblack
dufelbagandleftwiththebagas
wellaswhatappearedtobeseveral
documents.Themanager,LarryMa-
this,declinedtocommentafterthe
meeting.
ThestoragelockerisinSeagoville,
about15mileswestofWilliams’
home,wheretwosignsonthefront
doorsMondayinstructedmedia
seekingcommenttocontactDavid
Sergi,Williams’attorneyinthetheft
case.Awomanwhoansweredthe
phoneatSergi’soicesaidhewould
nothaveanycommentonthecase
Monday.
Lt.JustinLewis,aspokesmanwith
theKaufmanCountySherif’sOice,
saidWilliamswasarrestedandisbe-
ingheldonchargesofinsuicient
bondforhispreviouscriminalcon-
victionsandthenewchargeofmak-
ingaterroristthreat.
“Mr.Williamshasnotbeenarrest-
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EricWilliams,aformerjusticeof
thepeaceconvictedoftheftbytwo
Texasprosecutorswhowerelater
shottodeath,hasbeenarrestedon
chargesofmakinga“terroristic
threat”andisaprimesuspectinthe
killings,accordingtomediareports.
AuthoritiesallegeWilliamse-
mailedananonymousthreattolaw
oicersfromhispersonalcomputer
onedayafterKaufmanCountyDis-
trictAttorneyMikeMcLellandand
hiswife,Cynthia,werefounddeadin
theirhomeMarch30.Thee-mailim-
pliedthatifauthoritiesdidn’tre-
spondtovariousdemands,there
wouldbeanotherattack,according
toaprobablecauseaidavit.
Williams’arrestcameafterfederal
andlocalagentsinvestigatingthe
deathsofthecoupleandAssistant
DistrictAttorneyMarkHasse
searchedhishomeandastoragefa-
cility.Investigatorsarefocusedon
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Astheinvestigation
intothe
bombings
atthe
BostonMarathon
continues,
turnto
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throughouttheday.
KAUFMANCOUNTYSHERIFF’SOFFICEVIAAP
EricWilliamsischargedwithmakinga
“terroristicthreat.”
tryingtobuildacaseagainsthim,ac-
cordingtoalawenforcementoicial
whospoketotheAssociatedPresson
conditionofanonymitybecauseof
thesensitivityoftheinvestigation.
Theoicialsaidatleast20weap-
onsfoundinWilliams’storagelocker
arebeingtestedbyballisticsexperts.
AFordCrownVictoriasimilartoone
seenandrecordedonvideointhe
McLellands’neighborhoodonthe
daytheydiedalsowasfoundatthe
locker,theoicialsaid.
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housingstarts
for
March,alsoat8:30a.m.And
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Thefederalgovern-
mentwouldpumpanadditional
$7billionintosecuringtheborder
withMexico,thenation’s11million
unauthorizedimmigrantscouldbe-
comeU.S.citizensin13yearsorless,
andthecountry’slegalimmigration
systemwouldbefundamentallyal-
teredunderabillbyabipartisan
groupofsenatorsbeingfiledtoday.
Thegroupofsenatorsknownas
theGangofEighthavebeenworking
onthebillformorethantwomonths
andwillannouncetheirfinalmea-
sureonWednesday. Theyhad
plannedtoreleaseittodaybutde-
layeditoutofrespectforthevictims
oftheBostonbombings.
Detailsofthebillweredescribed
toUSATODAYbySenateaideswho
requestedanonymitybecausethe
measurehadnotyetbeenfiled.
Sen.MarcoRubio,R-Fla.,wenton
seventalkshowsSundaytoexplain
partsofthebillandimmediately
facedcriticismfromSen.JefSes-
sions,R-Ala.,andothersaboutgrant-
inglegalstatustounauthorized
immigrantsbeforefullysecuringthe
border.Accordingtothebill,thetwo
processeswouldmovehandinhand.
First,theDepartmentofHome-
landSecuritywouldneedtodevelop
astrategytoaddBorderPatrol
agents,unmannedaerialvehicles,
surveillancetechnologyandmore
fencingalongthenation’ssouthwest
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BorderPatrolagentsdetainundocumentedimmigrantsThursdaynearMission,Texas.TheBorderPatrol
saystheRioGrandeValleysectorofhasseenamorethan50%riseinillegalbordercrossingsinayear.
isteredProvisionalImmigrants”—if
theyenteredtheU.S.beforeDec.31,
2011,passacriminalbackground
checkandpay$500andanyout-
standingtaxes.Thattemporarysta-
tuscouldberenewedsixyearslater
withanadditional$500paid.
Meanwhile,allbusinessowners
wouldhavetobegincheckingtheim-
migrationstatusofnewhires,and
thegovernmentmustimplementa
programtotrackeverytimeaperson
entersandexitsthecountry.
HomelandSecuritywouldhave
fiveyearstocertifythattheagencyis
monitoring100%oftheborderand
intercepting90%ofpeopletryingto
illegallycross.
Iftheagencydoesn’treachthose
goals,acommissionmadeupofbor-
der-stategovernorsandotherex-
pertswillbecreatedtooverseethe
job.
Usinganadditional$2billion,the
commissionwouldhavetocreatea
newplantosecuretheborderand
implementit.Butthecommission
wouldnotneedtoreachanystatisti-
calbenchmarksofbordersecurity
forRegisteredProvisionalImmi-
grantstoproceedtoapplyingfor
greencards.After10years,andafter
payinganadditional$1,000fine,Reg-
isteredProvisionalImmigrantscould
applyforagreencardandthenapply
forU.S.citizenshipthreeyearslater.
Thebillwouldalsodramatically
changethewayU.S.grantsvisasand
greencardsinthefuture.
Currently,mostgreencardsareis-
suedbasedonfamilytiestoU.S.citi-
zens—onlyabout16%ofimmigrants
aregrantedgreencardsbasedon
theirskillsortheirpossiblecontribu-
tionstotheeconomy.Thebillwould
createa“merit-based”system.A
Senateaidesaidcloseto50%offu-
tureimmigrantscouldbegrantedac-
cessbasedontheirskills.
Unauthorizedimmigrantsbrought
tothecountryaschildrenandthose
whohaveworkedinthenation’sagri-
culturalindustrieswouldhaveafast-
ertracktoagreencard.Whileall
othersmustwait10years,theycan
applyforagreencardafterfiveyears.
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The
SupremeCourt
todayhearsachallengeto
thelongstandingfederallaw
onthe
adoptionofNative
Americanchildren
.Atissueis
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butwasreturnedtoherbio-
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laterthroughthe
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ChildWelfareAct
.Learn
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.
SUSANWALSH,AP
Sen.MarcoRubioisfacingcriti-
cismfromfellowRepublicans.
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Stocks:Dowhurtlesdown
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Kmart’sadcausesshock
wavesandsmiles
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GM,Fordjoinfor10-speed
transmissions
border.Oncethatplan,whichwillbe
fundedbyaninfusionof$4.5billion,
isdevelopedandsubmittedtoCon-
gress,thenation’sunauthorizedim-
migrantscouldapplyfortemporary
legalstatus.
Immigrantswouldbeableto
achievethatstatus—knownas“Reg-
Corrections&Clarifications
Compromisewouldbolstersomegunrights
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Activistsonbothsidesofthegunde-
bateseethingstolikeinthemeasure.
TheamendmentbySen.JoeMan-
chin,D-W.Va.andPatToomey,R-Pa.,
allowsforinterstatefirearmsales,
precludesstatesfromenforcinglocal
gunlawswhengunownersaretrans-
portinggunsacrossstatelinesand
imposesa15-yearprisontermfor
anygovernmentoicialwhokeeps
gunownershiprecords.
GunrightsactivistAlanGottlieb
saidthatthegunlobbyis“givingup
aninchtogetamile.”
“Thebillgivesusalotofthings
we’vebeenfightingforinCongress
thatIhaven’tbeenabletoachievein
years,”saidGottlieb,chairmanofthe
CitizensCommitteefortheRightto
KeepandBearArms.
Theamendmentalsoallowsstate
concealedcarrypermitstobeusedin
placeofafederalbackgroundcheck,
allowsactive-dutymilitarytobuy
gunsintheirhomestatesandspeeds
upsalesbyreducingtheturnaround
timeforbackgroundchecks.
TheManchin-Toomeydealhelped
tobreakathreatenedfilibusterofthe
gunbilllastweek,allowingtheSen-
atetotakeitupbeginningTuesday
andpossiblycontinuingforweeks.
Itclosesthe“loopholes”forgun
showsandInternetsalesbutstops
shortoftheuniversalbackground
checkscontainedintheoriginalbill
andproposedbyPresidentObama.
GregoryKorte
@gregorykorte
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WASHINGTON
TheSenatewillbegin
debatingtodayacompromiseon
backgroundchecksforgunbuyers
thatclosesthegunshow“loophole”
butalsoexpandssomegunrights.
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RetiredpolicemanKenHaltermanholdsanAK-47witha75-roundclipduringthe
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willsavelives,”saidLaddEverittof
theCoalitiontoStopGunViolence,
whichincludesreligiousgroups,doc-
torsandpublichealthorganizations.
“Thisisnotauniversalbackground
checkbill,andthat’sunfortunate.”
Forexample,thebillwouldex-
emptgunsales,suchasfleamarkets,
withfewerthan75guns.
ThebillwouldalsobeefuptheNa-
tionalInstantCriminalBackground
CheckSystemtoincludemental
healthrecordsandotherconvictions
missingfromthecurrentdatabase.
Theplanwouldspend$400million
overfouryearstoupgradethesystem
butwithholdfederalfundsfrom
statesthatdon’timprovetheirdata.
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BOMBINGSINBOSTON
KENMCGAGH,METROWESTDAILYNEWS,VIAAP
InjuredpeoplelieamiddebrisonthesidewalkneartheBostonMarathonfinishlinefollowinganexplosioninBoston.
Noarrests,butpolicetalktomany
tionbarredlow-flyingaircraftfrom
theareawithin3.5milesofthesite
andtemporarilyshutdownBoston’s
Loganairport.Inotherbigcities,
fromNewYorktoLosAngeles,police
respondedwithtightersecurityat
publicplaces,includingairportsand
otherpotentialtargets.
EdDavis,theBostonpolicecom-
missioner,initiallysaidpolicewere
treatinganincidentfireattheJohn
F.KennedyLibraryasrelated,but
laterapolicespokeswomansaidit
wasanunrelatedmechanicalfire.
Investigatorscordonedofthe
chaoticcrimescene,whichwaslit-
teredwithdebrisandabandoned
backpacks.Davissaidthepackswere
beingexaminedforotherpossible
explosivedevices.
“Anythingthatisunattendedisbe-
ingtreatedasapotentialproblem,”
Davissaid.Hesaidsomeweredeto-
natedincontrolledblasts.
Thebombblastspromptedwide-
spreadsafetyprecautions.TheNHL
hockeygamebetweentheBoston
BruinsandOttawaSenatorsMonday
nightinBostonwaspostponed,as
wasTuesday’sNBAgamebetween
theCelticsandIndianaPacers.Secu-
ritywasinevidenceatMajorLeague
Baseballgamesandothersporting
eventsaroundthecountryMonday
evening.
CharlotteHartwigofSalem,Ore.,
wasabout200yardsfromthefinish
linewhenthefirstexplosion
occurred.
“Iheardsuchaloudnoise,and
thenIsawthesmokeandthereac-
tionofothers,”shesaid.“Itdoesn’t
registerrightaway.Ithought‘That
couldn’thavehappened,couldit?’
Thenanotheronewentofbehind
me.”
ThiswasthesixthBostonMara-
thonforHartwig.
“Idon’tknowifI’llcomeback
again,”shesaid.“Thiswillkindof
changethewayIlookattheBoston.”
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Bostonformorebombs.Afederal
lawenforcementoicialsaidinvesti-
gatorswereexaminingaboutthree
otherpossibledevices.Davissaid
thatnoadditionalbombshadbeen
foundbutthatoicerswerelooking
intoseveralreportsofsuspicious
packages.
Thetwodevicesthatexploded
weredescribedbytheoicialasrela-
tivelysmallandmayhavecontained
ballbearingsorBBgunpelletsas
shrapnel tomaximizehuman
injuries.
“Thiswasaverypowerfulblast
withserious,seriousinjuries,”Davis
said.
Itwasimmediatelyunclearwheth-
erthedeviceswereremotelydeto-
natedorincludedtimers,theoicial
said,orwhetheragrouporsinglein-
dividualwasresponsible.
Thefederaloicial,whowas
briefedonthematterbutwasnotau-
thorizedtocommentpublicly,said
authoritieswerequestioningone
personwhowasseenfleeingfromthe
sceneandsoughttreatmentatahos-
pital.Butitwasnotknownwhether
thepersonrepresentedmorethana
witnesstotheincident.
Nomotivewasknownandno
groupimmediatelyclaimedresponsi-
bility.TheblastscameonPatriot’s
Day,aMassachusettsstateholiday
coincidingwiththeApril15datethat
Americans’annualfederalincome
taxesaredue.
BostonPoliceCommissionerEd
Davissaidnoarrestshavebeenmade
butadded,“Wearetalkingtolotsof
people.”
Obamaaddressedthenationbrief-
lyonTV.
“Westilldonotknowwhodidthis
orwhy.Andpeopleshouldn’tjumpto
conclusionsbeforewehaveallthe
facts,”thepresidentsaid.“Butmake
nomistake—wewillgettothebot-
tomofthis....Anyresponsibleindi-
viduals,anyresponsiblegroupswill
feelthefullweightofjustice.”
Obamadidnotusetheword“ter-
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theracehad23,326startersand
17,584finishersbeforetherace
wascalled.
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heldonPatriots’Day.It’saschool
holidayinBostonandcommem-
oratestheopeningbattleofthe
AmericanRevolutionaryWar.
uLelisaDesisaofEthiopiawonthe
men’sracein2hours,10minutes,
22seconds,inhissecondraceat
the26.2-miledistance.Kenya’s
RitaJeptoo,whowonBostonin
2006,wonthewomen’stitlein
2:26:25.Itwasherfirstvictoryina
majorracesincetakingtwo
yearsofftohaveababy.Thetop
AmericanswereShalaneFlana-
ganandJasonHartmann.Both
werefourth.
uMonday’sracebeganwith26
secondsofsilenceinhonorof
victimsoftheSandyHookEle-
mentarySchoolshooting.
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completedtheracebutasslower
runnerswerestillonthecourseand
pressingtofinish.
Witnessesreportedasceneof
blood,debrisandbodypartsblown
throughtheairandlitteringthearea.
Medicalandemergencyworkers
werealreadyonthesceneforrun-
nerswhomightneedattention,and
theirtreatmentareawasquickly
overwhelmedbypeoplewithsevere
blastinjuries,somemissinglimbs.
“Theyjuststartedbringingpeople
inwithnolimbs,”saidrunnerTim
Davey,ofRichmond,Va.
“Theyjustkeptfillingupwith
moreandmorecasualties,”saidLisa
Davey,hiswife.“Mosteverybodywas
conscious.Theywereverydazed.”
Some27,000runnerscompetedin
therace,oneofBoston’sbiggestan-
nualevents,whichdrawsmarathon-
ersfromaroundtheworld.Itisheld
onPatriotsDay,whichcommemo-
ratesthefirstbattlesoftheAmerican
Revolution,atConcordandLexing-
tonin1775.
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rorism,”butothersdid.
“Ithasallthehallmarksofanact
ofterrorism,”HouseHomelandSe-
curityChairmanMikeMcCaul,R-
Texas,saidinWashington.“The
WhiteHousedoesn’twanttojumpto
conclusions....Wejustdon’tknowif
it’sforeignordomestic.”
ThoughObamacautionedagainst
jumpingtoconclusionsaboutthe
motive,asenioradministrationoi-
cialsaiditwas“clearlyanactofter-
rorandwillbeapproachedasanact
ofterror.”
“Wedon’tyetknowwhocarried
outthisattack,andathoroughinves-
tigationwillhavetodetermine
whetheritwasplannedandcarried
outbyaterroristgroup,foreignor
domestic,”saidasenioradministra-
tionoicial.Theoicial,notautho-
rizedtospeakpublicly,spokeonthe
conditionofanonymity.
ObamawasbriefedbyFBIDirec-
torRobertMuellerandDepartment
ofHomelandSecuritySecretaryJa-
netNapolitanoontheinvestigation
andresponse.HespokewithHouse
andSenateleaders,Boston’smayor,
ThomasMenino,andPatrick.Atthe
Capitol,theU.S.flagwasloweredto
halfstaf.
Twoexplosionsjustsecondsapart
werecaughtonvideobyseveralwit-
nessesintheareaalongBoston’s
BoylstonStreet,wherethecelebrat-
edraceends.Peoplecouldbeseen
staggeringandfallingfromtheblasts,
andwhitesmokeandorangeflame
couldbeseenemergingfromtheline
ofstorefrontsbehindagrandstand.
Theexplosionscameatthe4-
hours-and-9-minutesmarkinthe
race,accordingtoadigitaltiming
clockinplaceatthefinishline.That
waswellafterthefastestrunnershad
Contributing:KevinJohnson,Michael
Winter,DonnaLeinwandandGregory
Korte
Obamavowstolevy‘fullweightofjustice’
Warnsnottorush
toconclusions
outbyaterroristgroup,foreignor
domestic,”saidtheoicial,whowas
notauthorizedtospeakpubliclyand
spokeonconditionofanonymity.
Obamawasnotifiedaboutthe
blastsatabout3p.m.,andadmini-
strationoicialshavebeencoordi-
natingwithMassachusettsand
Bostonauthoritiessince.Obama
spokewithBostonMayorTomMeni-
noandMassachusettsGov.Deval
Patrickandtoldthemthathewas
readytooferBostonanysupport
neededtorespondtotheincident.
ObamawasbriefedbyFBIDirec-
torRobertMuellerandDepartment
ofHomelandSecuritySecretaryJa-
netNapolitanoontheinvestigation
andresponsetotheincident.The
presidentalsospoketoHouseSpeak-
erJohnBoehnerandSenateMinor-
ityLeaderMitchMcConnell.
BoehnerorderedtheAmerican
flagstobeloweredoutsidetheU.S.
Capitoltohalf-stafMondayevening.
“Wordscannotbegintoexpressour
sorrowforthefamilieswhoaregriev-
ingsosuddenlyrightnow,”Boehner
said.“TheHouseofRepresentatives
ofersitsprayerstothevictimsand
thecityofBoston.Wealsogive
thanksfortheprofessionalsand
GoodSamaritanswhopreventedfur-
therlossoflife.Thisisaterribleday
forallAmericans,butwewillcarry
onintheAmericanspiritandcome
saidcommuterswouldseeastepped-
uppolicepresenceMondaynight.
PoliticiansfromNewEnglandand
acrossthecountryrespondedwitha
mixtureofheartbreakandoutrage:
u“Ourthoughtsandprayersare
withthevictims,andourheartfelt
thanksgoouttothosefirstrespond-
ers,medicalpersonnel,volunteers
andcitizenswhowereonthescene
tohelpthoseinneed,”saidSen.Jack
Reed,D-R.I.“Ihavefaiththatlawen-
forcementwillgettothebottomof
thisandholdwhoeverisresponsible
accountabletothefullestextent.”
u“Ourheartsareheavywiththe
newsout of Boston today.
#PrayforBoston,”tweetedthe2012
GOPpresidentialnomineeandfor-
merMassachusettsgovernorMitt
Romney.
u“HeartbreakingdayforBoston.
Prayingforeveryonebackhomeas
thisterribletragedyunfolds,”tweet-
edRep.JoeKennedy,D-Mass.
uInanothertweet,Rep.Eric
Swalwell,D-Calif.,saidhewaspray-
ing“forthosemurdered.”
Meanwhile,thefivecandidates
runninginthespecialSenateelec-
tioninMassachusettsannounced
theyweresuspendingcampaignac-
tivitiesoutofrespectforthevictims.
AamerMadhaniandPaulSinger
USATODAY
PresidentObamavowedMonday
nighttogettothebottomofwhois
behindapairofdeadlyexplosions
nearthefinishlineoftheBoston
Marathon,buthewarnedAmericans
nottojumptoanyconclusions.
“Westilldonotknowwhodidthis,
orwhy,andpeopleshouldn’tjumpto
conclusionsbeforewehaveallthe
facts,”Obamasaidinastatementaf-
tertheblasts.“Butmakenomistake,
wewillgettothebottomofthis.”
Headded:“Wewillfindoutwho
didthis.We’llfindoutwhytheydid
this.Anyresponsibleindividuals,any
responsiblegroupswillfeelthefull
weightofjustice.”
Obamacautionedagainstjumping
toconclusionsaboutthemotivefor
theexplosions,butasenioradmini-
strationoicialsaidtheincidentwas
“clearlyanactofterrorandwillbe
approachedasanactofterror.”
“Wedon’tyetknowwhocarried
outthisattack,andathoroughinves-
tigationwillhavetodetermine
whetheritwasplannedandcarried
MARKWILSON,GETTYIMAGES
ThepresidentspeaksattheWhiteHouseabouttheblast.Earlieron
Monday,heoferedMassachusettsoicialsanysupporttheyneeded.
togetherwithgraceandstrength.”
OntheSenatefloor,Majority
LeaderHarryReidheldamomentof
silenceshortlyafter5:30p.m.
VicePresidentBidenappearedto
havelearnedoftheexplosionsfrom
television.Duringacallwithgun-
controlactivistsMondayafternoon
unrelatedtotheincident,Bidensaid,
“AsIamspeakinghere,theyjust
turnedonthetelevisioninmyoice
andapparentlytherehasbeena
bombing—Idon’tknowanyofthe
detailsofwhatcausedit,whodidit...
Ourprayersarewiththepeoplein
Bostonwhohavesuferedinjury.”
AuthoritiesinWashingtonclosed
ofanareaneartheWhiteHouseto
pedestriantraic.“Outofanabun-
danceofcaution,wehaveexpanded
oursecurityperimeterattheWhite
Housecomplex,”U.S.SecretService
spokesmanEdwinDonovansaid.
WashingtonMayorVincentGray
Contributing:AlanGomez,DavidJackson
andCatalinaCamia
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TUESDAY,APRIL16,2013
BOMBINGSINBOSTON
AUTHORITIESSEEKWITNESSES,
POREOVERSECURITYFOOTAGE
BostonMarathon
tragedytimeline
9a.m.
The117thBoston
Marathonbegins
withthemobility
impairedathletes.
Dozensoffederal
investigatorsjoin
policeoncase
2:50p.m.
Thefirstoftwo
bombs,50-100
yardsapart,
explodesinthe
finishlinearea.The
secondexplodes
10-15secondslater.
KevinJohnson
USATODAY
Lawenforcementauthoritiesin-
vestigating simultaneous,deadly
bombings that ripped through
crowdsattheBostonMarathonon
Mondaywerepursuingpotentialwit-
nessesacrosstheregionandreview-
ingstreamsofvideogatheredfrom
nearbysecuritycameras,asdozensof
additionalfederalinvestigatorswere
dispatchedtoBostontoassistina
broadterrorinquiry.
BostonPoliceCommissionerEd
Davissaidnosuspectswereincusto-
dy,contrarytovariousnewsreports
indicatingthatatleastoneperson
hadbeendetained.“Wearequestion-
ingmanypeople,butthereisnosus-
pectincustody,”Davissaid.
Afederallawenforcementoicial
saidinvestigatorswereexamining
threepossibleexplosivedevicesin
additiontothetwothatweredeto-
natedonthemarathonroute,includ-
ingonerecoveredintheNewton
area.Theoicial,whohadbeen
briefedonthematterbutwasnotau-
thorizedtocommentpublicly,said
investigatorswereattemptingtode-
terminewhetherthematerialrepre-
sentedathreat.
Thetwodevicesdetonatedonthe
marathonrouteweredescribedby
theoicialasrelativelysmalland
possiblycontainingsmallballbear-
ingsorBBgunpelletsdesignedto
serveasshrapnel.
Itwasunclearwhetherthedevices
wereremotelydetonatedorincluded
timers,theoicialsaid,addingthat
noconclusionshadbeendrawnon
whetheranorganizedgrouporlone
wolfhadbeenresponsibleforthe
attack.
Theoicialsaidauthoritieswere
questioningonepersonwhowas
seenfleeingfromthesceneand
soughttreatmentatahospital.Itwas
notknownwhetherthepersonrep-
resentedmorethanawitnesstothe
incident.
LateMonday,theFBIannounced
itwastakingoverthecaseandthat
theJusticeDepartmentwassending
contingentsofadditionalFBIand
BureauofAlcoholTobaccoFirearms
andExplosivesagentstothecity.
RichardDesLauriers,theFBI’stop
2:57p.m.
Lastrecorded
finishercrossesthe
line.
3:30p.m.
TheMassachusetts
BayTransportation
Authorityshuts
downpartsofthe
subway.Service
resumesat
approximately
5:45p.m.
MICHAELIVINS,USATODAYSPORTS
PolicespeakwithamanafterbombblastsnearthefinishlineoftheBostonMarathon.“Wearequestion-
ingmanypeople,”PoliceCommissionerEdDavissaid,“butthereisnosuspectincustody.”
About
4p.m.
Apoliceoicer
inspectsasus-
piciousitemon
StuartStreet
aftertheexplo-
sionsatthe
BostonMara-
thononMon-
day.Authori-
tiesdetonated
someback-
packsatthe
sceneasapre-
caution.
suggestaforeignlink,hesaid.
Henotedthatmanysimilar
plannedattackshavebeenthwarted
inrecentyears—theTimesSquare
plotandtheunderwearbomber.
“Unfortunately this onewas
successful.”
CommissionerDavissaidpolice
hadbeendispatchedtohospitals,ho-
telsandelsewheretoidentifypossi-
blewitnessestothedualblaststhat
exploded50to100yardsapart,near
theiconicrace’sfinishline.
Thecommissionerinitiallysaid
policeweretreatingathirdincident
attheJohnF.KennedyLibraryasre-
lated,butlaterapolicespokeswoman
saidthe library incidentwas
fire-related.
Investigatorscordonedofthe
chaoticmarathoncrimescene,which
waslitteredwithdebrisandaban-
donedbackpacks.Davissaidthe
packswerebeingexaminedforother
possibleexplosivedevices.“Anything
thatisunattendedisbeingtreatedas
apotentialproblem,”Davissaid.He
saidsomeweredetonatedincon-
trolledblastsasaprecaution.
TheFederal
AviationAdminis-
trationissuesa
warningtopilots
thatithascreated
ano-flyzoneover
thesiteofthe
explosions.The
statementsaysa
no-flyzonewill
remainineffect
untilfurthernotice.
4:30p.m.
Anexplosionis
reportedattheJFK
Library.Officials
sayitmayhave
beenonlyafire
unrelatedtothe
marathonattack.
BOSTONGLOBEVIAGETTYIMAGES
agentinBoston,saidthefederalgov-
ernmentwasbringing“substantial
resources”toassistintheinquiry.
BostonPoliceCommissionerDa-
visreportedthatthreepeoplewere
killedintheblasts.“Thiscowardly
actwillnotbetakeninstride,”he
said.
HouseHomelandSecurityChair-
manMichaelMcCaul,R-Texas,spoke
toreportersoutsidetheHouse
chamberlateMonday.
“Ithasallthehallmarksofanact
ofterrorism,”hesaid.“TheWhite
Houseisnotcallingitanactofter-
rorismyet.Iam.Wejustdon’tknow
ifit’sforeignordomestic.
“OnepieceofevidenceI’mpartic-
ularlyinterestediniswhetherthese
devicescontainedballbearings,be-
causethat’sthesignatureofanIED,”
McCaulsaid.IEDs,orimprovisedex-
plosivedevices,arefrequentlyused
byal-Qaeda-linkedgroupsandwould
4:45p.m.
BostonPolice
Commissioner
EdwardDavis
holdsapress
conference.
Contributing:GregoryKorte,DonnaLein-
wandLeger
6p.m.
Citiesnationwide
ratchetupsecurity
atkeylocations
NHL
USATODAYreports
theNHL’sBoston
Bruins7p.m.home
gameispostponed.
6:10p.m.
PresidentObama
speaksfromthe
WhiteHouse
abouttheattack.
LauraPetreccaandKevinMcCoy
USATODAY
NEWYORK
Citiesnationwidehave
heightenedsecurityinthewakeof
thedevastatingBostonMarathon
explosions.
MajorcitiesincludingNewYork,
Chicago,LosAngeles,Seattleand
Washingtonhaveincreasedtheirpo-
licepresenceinbusyareasandtaken
otherprecautions.
TheNewYorkPoliceDepartment
bolsteredsecurityathotelsandother
prominentlocations,suchasitssub-
waysystem.
“Wehave1,000membersofthe
NYPDassignedtocounterterrorism
duties,andthey—alongwiththeen-
tireNYPDandtheinvestmentswe
havemadeincounter-terrorismin-
frastructure—arebeingfullymobili-
zedtoprotectourcity,”Mayor
MichaelBloombergsaidinawritten
statement.
HotelsintheTimesSquarearea
wereseeing“seriouslystepped-up”
policepresence,saidRobertSnyder,
aseniorexecutivewithTishman,
whichownstheInterContinental
andWestinhotelsinthattourist-
heavyarea.Thetwohotelswere
6:30p.m.
Congressobserves
amomentof
silenceforthe
victims.
ROBERTDEUTSCH,USATODAY
NewYorkpoliceareonhighalertatNewYork’sTimesSquareafter
theBostonMarathonbombing.
KEVORKDJANSEZIANGETTYIMAGES
AvanissearchedMondayata
checkpointattheentranceofLos
AngelesInternationalAirport.
8:57p.m.
geles,”LosAngelesMayorAntonio
VillaraigosasaidonhisFacebook
page.
ChicagoMayorRahmEmanuel
tweetedthatwhiletherewasno
knownthreatinChicago,“weare
closelymonitoringeventsastheyun-
foldinBoston.”
Seattlepoliceincreasedpatrols.
InWashington,D.C.,cityandtran-
sitpolicesaidtheywereaugmenting
security.Thepedestrianplazaon
PennsylvaniaAvenueinfrontofthe
WhiteHousewasclosed.
Otherstateandcityoicialstook
tosocialmediatogetouttheirmes-
sagesaboutsafetyandsecurity.They
alsousedTwitterandFacebookasa
communicationstooltoofersup-
portandsympathiesforthosein
Boston.
“Ourthoughtsandprayersare
withtheCityofBoston,andtherun-
nersandspectatorswhowerein-
jured,”Emanuel said. Others,
includingBloomberg,sentsimilar
messages.
InLondon,securityfortheSunday
MarathononApril21wasbeing
scrutinized.
“Oursecurityplanisdeveloped
jointlywiththeMetropolitanPolice
andwewereincontactwiththemas
soonasweheardthenews,”London
MarathonCEONickBitelsaid.
USATODAYreports
therearemore
than141people
injured,17incritical
condition.There
areatleastthree
dead,includingan
8-year-oldchild.
checkingpeople’skeycardsbefore
theywereallowedtoenterthebuild-
ing.Theywere“admittingonlyregis-
teredguests,”Snydersaid.
InLosAngeles,policeaddedextra
securityfortheMondayafternoon
Dodgersbaseballgame.TheLosAn-
gelesCountyMetropolitanTrans-
portationAuthoritysaidtherewould
beextrapatrolsonthebusandrail
system,includingthepossibilityof
bomb-sniingdogsattheLosAnge-
lesUnionStationandotherMetro
facilities.
“TheLAPDandotherpublicsafety
agencieswillremainvigilantatall
publicandsportingeventsinLosAn-
Source
USATODAYresearch
VERONICABRAVO,USATODAY
Contributing:BarbaraDeLollisandEliza-
bethWeise
Injuriescausedbyexplosionsarehardtotreat
Center.
“Blastinjuryisoneofthemost
challengingconstellationofinjuries,”
saysJohnChovanes,traumasurgeon
atCooperUniversityHospitalin
Camden,N.J.,andanArmyreservist
whohasdonethreecombattoursin
IraqandAfghanistan.
Inoneexplosiveevent,Chovanes
says,avictimcansufertheblunt
traumaofahigh-speedautoaccident
fromthehigh-pressureblastwave,
thepenetratingdestructionofmulti-
plebulletwoundsfromtheshrapnel
andpotentiallyaswathofdisfiguring
burns.
Bostonhospitalsreportedthat
manypatientshadinjuriestotheir
lowerlegs.That’sconsistentwitha
bombplacedatgroundlevel,suchas
inabackpack,Moroccosays.
Currentandformermilitarydoc-
torssaythelessonslearnedfromthe
carnageofroadsidebombexplosions
inIraqandAfghanistanthatleft
morethan1,700Americantroops
missinglimbsaftermorethanadec-
adeofwar,arebeingcommunicated
totraumasystemsnationwideand
hopefullyplayedaroleinsavinglives
inBoston.
“Everybodywho’sbeendeployedis
reallychilledbywhatwesaw,”says
JohnHolcomb,aretiredArmycolo-
nel.Advancesintheuseoftourni-
quets,blood-clottingbattlegauze,
bloodtransfusionandsurgeryhave
ledtoabouta95%survivalratefor
thewoundedofthewarsinIraqand
Afghanistan,thegreatestnumberof
themblastinjuries,doctorssay.Add-
ingtothataredramaticimprove-
mentsinrehabilitationtechniques
andcomputerizedprostheticsthat
providesignificantimprovementsin
long-term,qualityoflife.
Psychologically,Americansonce
againwillbehitwiththefeelingthat
“itcouldhappenanywhere,closeto
us,”saidLaurieRicheroftheUniver-
sityofCalifornia-SanFrancisco.
LizSzabo,GreggZoroya
andElizabethWeise
USATODAY
Blastinjuries,causedbythesortof
explosionsthatoccurredinBoston
onMonday,canbesomeofthemost
diicultandcomplexinjuriesto
treat.
The“blastwave”fromtheexplo-
sionactslike“aninvisiblewallofen-
ergy,”whichcaninflictmassive
internalinjuries,rupturingtheintes-
tinesandknockingthebrainaround
insidetheskull,saysMarkMorocco
ofRonaldReaganUCLAMedical
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