Right, I thought so too, but when owner said they riddled the boat. I figure he's pretty shot up.

I don't think he was seriously injured while in the boat, though he very well may have been. His main injuries, however, were from the high-speed chase and gunfight early Friday morning.

 

If your professionalism entitles you to let other people's children die, then it should require that you let your own as well.

Who said professionalism entitles anyone to anything? People sometimes die, and not because someone thought thier job entitled them to 'let' it happen.

It's OK. I'm very used to being mis-quoted. We were talking about correspondents who's job is to capture the story. I said I would look at everything including if others were already on the scene and helping, etc. However, I maintain that rushing to the aid of a family member doesn't mean one can't be a professional in other cases.

 

I don't think he was seriously injured while in the boat, though he very well may have been. His main injuries, however, were from the high-speed chase and gunfight early Friday morning.

I'm surprised he didn't die then.

I switched channels to find them discussing his injuries, 1 to the neck, 1 to the head and 3 I don't know, my wife started talking and I didn't get what was reported?

D8, are you a native of Boston? Did they report anything about his injuries in your area?

 

I'm surprised he didn't die then.

I switched channels to find them discussing his injuries, 1 to the neck, 1 to the head and 3 I don't know, my wife started talking and I didn't get what was reported?

D8, are you a native of Boston? Did they report anything about his injuries in your area?

Last I knew he was in critical condition. They were surprised he was still alive as well. I expect we'll learn more facts as time goes on though.

I am not a native of Boston, but I have been living here for two years. I live half a mile from where the bombs were detonated and was here when it happened. Watertown is about 8 miles from me, so thankfully I was nowhere near the car chase or shootings. But I am close enough to get almost instant updates from the Boston Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, and various other institutions.

 

I just looked it up. Apparently he was injured by the flash-bangs tossed toward the boat by the police, but he was seriously injured long before then. They say that he was, in fact, injured in the gunfight early friday morning. When the owner of the boat looked in and saw him lying there, he was "curled up" and "weak from blood loss". Eventually the police were able to capture him because he was so weak--they were just able to "scoop him out" of the boat.

Still looking for details on his injuries, but it appears nothing has been released on the internet, as of yet.

 

This is interesting.......Man Escapes Marathon Bombing and Waco Explosion

They said somewhere that the chances of 2 Tragedies like these so close together is 1 out of 4800

What say they, are the chances he would be witness to both?

 

This is interesting.......Man Escapes Marathon Bombing and Waco Explosion

They said somewhere that the chances of 2 Tragedies like these so close together is 1 out of 4800

What say they, are the chances he would be witness to both?

It's an interesting point, but there were a lot of people running in the marathon, and they were from a variety of states. It doesn't seem too outlandish that one was from near Waco TX. In fact, chances that someone running in the marathon WASN'T from texas seems even more outlandish to me. The way I see it is out of all the people running in the marathon, chances are at least one of them is from that area. Makes sense to me.

Though the conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day with this one.

Matt

 

Actually the report said, 2 events such as these so close together would be once every 4800yrs, I changed it to 1 in every 4800 sounds more believable.

I figured they just got it wrong as usual.

And yes, they will.

 

In fact, chances that someone running in the marathon WASN'T from texas seems even more outlandish to me.

agreed. BUT I am from Texas as well, and my chances of being in WEST Texas are 1 in zero, since I never heard of the place until it blew up. This guy didn't live in WEST Texas either, just passing through.

I would say his chances of being in both locations are the same as being accidentally launched to Mars 1.5 times.

 

Texas is 270,000 square miles and has 26 million people. West is maybe 50 square miles and maybe a thousand. Yeah, it's more than amazing that someone would be in both places to witness the twin tragedies.

 

I would say his chances of being in both locations are the same as being accidentally launched to Mars 1.5 times.

He said, the blast rocked his car, he got out to see the billow of smoke and debris fell onto the car.

That's closer than I wanna to be, both times.

 

I suppose you have a point there. However, I would expect he was just a very unlucky (or lucky, for surviving it) individual. I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that he was somehow involved in it.

 

I don't think anybody did that.

 

I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that he was somehow involved in it.

D8, I don't think that was mentioned?

 

I don't think anybody did that.

Perhaps I misunderstood. I have a knack for that.

 

D8, I don't think that was mentioned?

It seemed to be alluded to, but that was probably just the way I read it. My mistake.

 

Perhaps I misunderstood. I have a knack for that.

Me too! I'm really better at picking up the wrong can at the Super Market

 

Actually the report said, 2 events such as these so close together would be once every 4800yrs, I changed it to 1 in every 4800 sounds more believable.

I figured they just got it wrong as usual.

And yes, they will.

Well the first is just nonsense. I'd have to run numbers on the second, but there isn't really enough information to even start.

There have been numerous major disasters/accidents that have happened just several days apart.

How many people are even aware of the deadliest fire in the history of the U.S. which occured in Peshtigo, WI and wiped it and several other communities off the map burning over 2000 square miles and killing about two thousand people. It happened on 0ct 8th, 1871. Perhaps no one knows about it because it happened the same day as the Great Michigan Fire, which burned about 4000 square miles and killed 500 to 1500 people. Oh, know one knows about that, either. Perhaps that's because every remembers yet another fire that occured the same day that burned about 3 square miles and killed about 300 people known as the Great Chicago Fire.

 

Well the first is just nonsense. I'd have to run numbers on the second, but there isn't really enough information to even start.

I think it goes without saying, all the mis-reporting that occurred during the last week should just about sum that up.

 

I've learned to put fairly stiff filters on everything that's reported. In the past 30 years ther ehave been numerous stories that I knew a lot about either because I was was involved in the events or because I know a lot about the subject matter and not once in all those times has the story NOT contained major factual errors. Had I not had that knowledge, the story would have sounded just fine. But it makes you wonder about how many of the other stories I hear, read, or see reported that I don't have any information upon which to detect major blunders.

The refrain from the news media is almost always along the lines of "we double check every story to verify what we report." I always pictured someone at the news desk talking to some anonymous caller and saying, "Are you sure?" "Really sure?" Then hanging up and checking off the box that says that they verified the information at least two more times.