havingreadthebook:

This is so sadly true.

Sure is.  I think the events of Boston have made some of us Americans realize that unfortunately, bombs exploding and killing people are everyday occurrences in some places around the world.  We’re lucky enough to live in a country where this doesn’t happen often, and when it does, law enforecement, FBI, and the like have the resources to try and find the people who did it.

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ohryankelley:

The view from Kenmore Sq. right now.

Eerie.

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So odd to see Faneuil Hall so empty.

The Meaning of the Boston Marathon | The New Yorker

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thebluehour:

“There’s something particularly devastating about an attack on a marathon. It’s an epic event in which men and women appear almost superhuman. The winning men run for hours at a pace even normal fit people can only hold in a sprint. But it’s also so ordinary. It’s not held in a stadium or on a track. It’s held in the same streets everyone drives on and walks down. An attack on a marathon is, in some ways, more devastating than an attack on a stadium; you’re hitting something special but also something very quotidian.”

a beautiful read 

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world."

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Boston Marathon 2010, just past the finish along Boylston.  So many people.  Awful.

I can’t — there are no words.

Boston, I <3 you.  It’s sad no matter what, but it hits home as a former MA resident and Boston Marathon finish line volunteer.  There are SO many people around the finish line area.  Spectators, runners, volunteers, tourists, etc.  It’s supposed to be a day of celebration, but no.  Tragedy strikes again. 

cubagallery:

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