THE DAILY NEWS
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
VOL. 92, ISSUE 112
2 EXPLOSIONS, 3 DEAD, 100+ INJURED, 2 OTHER DEVICES FOUND
BOSTON NEEDS EMPATHY DN editorial says students should reflect, help in times of tragedy
INDY RETHINKS SECURITY
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
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Director of Public Safety says tactics to be reviewed before Mini-Marathon
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Editor-in-Chief Andrew Mishler explains coverage of Boston bombing
A female runner reacts to the aftermath of the explosions at the Boston Marathon on Monday. Reports state that two other explosive devices were found and disarmed.
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the gruesome scene inside a medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners, but “they saw a lot.” “They just kept filling up with more and more casualties,” Lisa Davey said. “Most everybody was conscious. They were very dazed.” As the FBI took charge of the investigation, authorities shed no light on a motive or who may have carried out the bombings, and police said they had no suspects in custody. Officials in Washington said there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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BOSTON — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S. A White House official
The fiery twin blasts took place about 10 seconds and about 100 yards apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending dense plumes of smoke rising over the street and through the fluttering national flags lining the route. Blood stained the pavement, and huge shards were missing from window panes as high as three stories. “They just started bringing people in with no limbs,” said runner Tim Davey of Richmond, Va. He said he and his wife, Lisa, tried to shield their children’s eyes from
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speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism. President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible will “feel the full weight of justice.” As many as two unexploded bombs were also found near the end of the 26.2-mile course as part of what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack, but they were safely disarmed, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity because of the continuing investigation.
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ALUMNUS FINISHES RACE PRIOR TO BOMB EXPLOSIONS BSU community finds family, friends in Boston at time
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After explosions shook the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the Ball State community scrambled to find family and friends who were in the area. Ball State alumnus Michael Suer had finished the race and was safely back in his hotel room when the bomb went off. “Then I start getting these texts from my brother-in-law, and all these people saying ‘Hey, are you OK? Are you OK?’” Suer said. “We turned on the news and were like ‘wow.’”
Suer was one of three reg- race. One was at the 26-mile istered Boston Marathon marker about 15 minutes beparticipants from Muncie. fore the explosion. Melissa McGrath, assistant “I got a lot of Facebook mesprofessor of speech-language sages from people saying pathology, participated in they are OK which was really the race. Mcnice,” she said. “I Grath’s husband able to call BY THE NUMBERS was informed Ball my house and talk State to tell her to my parents. It students that she made me feel a was unharmed Muncie residents lot better to get in registered for marathon after the attack. touch with them.” Shawn Hickey, a Freshman marBall State junior Indiana residents keting major Brymusical theatre registered for marathon an Kubel’s high major, is from school classmate Boston and said it was watching the had been hard to total participants race from about a get in touch with registered for marathon block away from her family and the explosion site. friends since cellphone tow- Kubel said it took him about an ers were reportedly down for hour and a half to get ahold of some time after the attack took his friend. place. Many of her friends from See REACTIONS, page 4 high school were watching the
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