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catchnrelease

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17. Ok, I have a question

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:06 PM

Apr 2013

I saw these pictures earlier and was confused then too. If this is where the explosion took place, where are all the barricades and the stake fencing that the first responders were pulling away from in front of the victims immediately after the explosion? It seemed like there was some kind of metal scaffolding and a ton of stuff that the men were pulling back into the street so they could get to the injured. Has it just been removed in the second photo, but the photo seems to be right after the explosion, so it seems like there should still be barricades close by. And none of that stuff is even in the before photo. Maybe it's a different view or something?

I'm not suggesting that this means anything pertaining to where the bomb was placed etc. I was trying to make sense of how these photos look with what I saw in the video of the first explosion yesterday. It seems to me that the bomb would have been placed behind the spectators vs at the curb or more of the runners/race workers would have been hurt.

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Pictures of bag in front of Boston Marathon spectators [View all] Fawke Em Apr 2013 OP

Yes. You should soon be getting your junior detective badge. HERVEPA Apr 2013 #1

Shut the thread down, we have our winner. Brickbat Apr 2013 #2

I actually have a real one. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #6

Does it make you feel good to try to belittle people? DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2013 #9

Why would you post something like that? Demo_Chris Apr 2013 #25

Aren't you special? Lex Apr 2013 #27

Except..... why would he be standing so close to the suspicious bag? femmocrat Apr 2013 #3

Maybe that was before he set it down. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #7

there is a black nylon bag outside of the barricade Windy Apr 2013 #4

I noticed that, too. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #5

And that doesn't look like the blast site in the 2nd picture. randome Apr 2013 #8

? it's the same location, just a slightly different angle. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #32

People are making fun of you here, but I agree with you that that guy looks sketch alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #10

They can make fun. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #15

The bag is clearly still there after the blast. So it is not the source of the explosion. Gravitycollapse Apr 2013 #11

Well, here are the actual pictures: Sheldon Cooper Apr 2013 #12

Here it is blown up, so to speak: kentuck Apr 2013 #14

look at the barricade Triloon Apr 2013 #13

Mailbox is tell tale too alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #16

I think they were bent as First Responders rushed in. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #18

Ok, I have a question catchnrelease Apr 2013 #17

The fence was at the second location. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #19

Thanks! catchnrelease Apr 2013 #20

I should say that the fence was at the first location... if that helps you. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #23

Yes, that does help catchnrelease Apr 2013 #26

Overhead picture of same from today - the bag was not the bomb FreeState Apr 2013 #21

Could simply be a messenger bag. If you mean the guy in the light shirt. Looks like a cross body uppityperson Apr 2013 #22

My first thought is that if I were trying to drop a bag unobtrusively, winter is coming Apr 2013 #24

This photo on Morning Joe.... kentuck Apr 2013 #28

Keep in mind that there's about an hour or more between the 1st and 2nd photo... JHB Apr 2013 #29

Someone could have walked up to the mailbox.. kentuck Apr 2013 #30

It's all remote- and amateur-speculation at this point JHB Apr 2013 #31

The guy fleeing the scene 4_TN_TITANS Apr 2013 #33

I read on another thread that the torn-pants guy is the injured Saudi man Union Scribe Apr 2013 #36

Here's what I was reading: Union Scribe Apr 2013 #38

I stole this from Gawker blogslut Apr 2013 #34

Looks more like Boston beans. Fawke Em Apr 2013 #35

EXCELLENT! Thank you. uppityperson Apr 2013 #37