Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Boston Marathon - 2013

It was at this moment, the first bomb went off.

This is one of the 'lucky' survivors.  He still HAS his legs.

This survivor lost one of his legs.
At this moment, the statistical count of casualties is 3 dead, 17 in critical/hanging on by a thread, and 144 injured.  One trauma doctor in one of the hospitals claimed there were multiple amputated limbs on over 10 of the critical patients - looked like remains from a war zone.
Yesterday, 4 hours into the annual Boston Marathon, two bombs were detonated at the finish line, causing all the stats that I just gave you.
One of the dead was an 8 yr old boy, who, along with his mother and sister, were waiting for his father to come across the finish line.  His sister lost a leg, his mother, who suffered a brain injury had to have emergency brain surgery and is questionable as to whether she will live.  This is what the father crossed the finish line to find waiting for him.
Who did it?  No-one knows yet.  Too early in the investigation.  One person? Two people?  A group of people?  Terrorist?
And once again, the Nation weeps.
As does the Lord.

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