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Live updates from the Boston Marathon explosions

Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers in the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.

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Correction: One of the bombs was placed across the street from where Gov. Patrick had been sitting earlier, source says. #bostonmarathon

by Shelley Murphy via twitter edited by Dan Kline, Business producer 4/16/2013 8:56:55 PM
#Boston side of the #CharlesRiver bike path is adorned with hundreds of positive messages & symbols #BostonMarathon http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIAFbqWCcAERXlr.jpg

by Stephington via twitter 4/16/2013 8:57:28 PM
#MBTA Orange Line: Due to police activity, buses replace trains btwn Oak Grove & Wellington. Pls expect some delays.http://bit.ly/gB12r5

by MBTA via twitter 4/16/2013 8:58:13 PM
RT @davidtornado: Made bibs for tonight's 5k memorial pls find me if you'd like to wear one @cambridge5k @universalhub t.co ...

by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:00:56 PM
The Washington Post on how Chinese citizens are reacting to the Boston Marathon bombings:

"Chinese Web users seemed to draw two general conclusions: that China would be more effective at preventing a Boston-style attack, but that the U.S. is better equipped to respond to and cope such an event. They portrayed China as a formidable security state that privileges safety and secrecy, but the U.S. as a place where officials, police and citizens work together in harmony and cooperation." Read more www.washingtonpost.com

by Andrew Tran, BostonGlobe.com 4/16/2013 9:01:50 PM
RT @meomeokitten: @universalhub Due to police activity at Malden Center Station, service is termporarily suspended between Oak Grove and ...

by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:03:00 PM
RT @GlobeJenPeter: BREAKING: Former Probation Commission John O'Brien has been acquitted in first of two corruption trials. Story to pos ...

by Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:04:47 PM
RT @AlexDePalma93: @universalhub a dozen Homeland Security SUVs headed over the Charlestown bridge in N End with sirens and lights on

by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:05:02 PM
At FBI presser, with fewer speakers but also far fewer media.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:05:08 PM
Patrick: Need for blood on a sustained basis, if not this second, but next week, week after that

by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:16:04 PM
Mayor Menino: "In true Boston fashion, we have received many offers of help." He and US Sen. Elizabeth Warren visited some of the injured today. Business leaders making lots of donations.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/16/2013 9:16:11 PM
Joe's American Bar & Grill served more than 100 cheeseburgers to police and fire officials http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIAIlqECQAAm9PU.png

by jennabelson via twitter 4/16/2013 9:16:15 PM
Patrick: interfaith service, 11 a.m., Thursday at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Obama will be there

by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:16:36 PM
Gov. Patrick: These are times when forces conspire to make people think of others in categories in an uncharitable way. This is a time to join with each other, not turn on each other. Show sensitivity to each other.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/16/2013 9:17:44 PM
Red Cross statement on #bostonmarathon bombing. http://www.redcross.org/news/article/red-cross-statement-on-Boston-marathon

by TonyFarrell99 via twitter 4/16/2013 9:18:05 PM
website being created for victims, http://onefundboston.org

by Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:18:22 PM
FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers: don't know if perpetrator one person or a group.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/16/2013 9:18:29 PM
At least 50 students and administrators gathered at Brandeis for a #bostonmarathon memorial tonight http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIAJ8aACAAAMLBM.jpg

by Jaclyn Reiss via twitter 4/16/2013 9:18:58 PM
Davis: More officers assigned to finish line than ever before (in answer to questions about whether BPD blew it)

by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:19:21 PM
Interfaith service at 11 a.m. Thursday, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Pres. Obama will be there.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:19:31 PM
Police Commish Davis: There were more officers assigned to this race than any race before.

by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:19:42 PM
Davis: "This is a soft target ... You can't lock it down like a military operation."

by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:19:44 PM
RT @THE_PFFM: Boston public safety unions announce reward, victims fund http://soa.li/uTo7yYC

by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:20:11 PM
BPD Commissioner Ed Davis; This is a soft target. Anyone can go into any church. So there will be police but we don't want to create a police state.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/16/2013 9:20:17 PM
RT @jrebosglobe: Commish Davis: There were more officers assigned to this race than ever before. Particular attention was given to finis ...

by Evan Allen via twitter 4/16/2013 9:20:28 PM
President Obama coming to Boston Thursday for 11 a.m. interfaith service at Cathedral of Holy Cross, Gov Patrick says

by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:21:16 PM
RT @mayortommenino: To assist victims of the #bostonmarathon tragedy, please visit t.co #oneboston

by City of Boston via twitter 4/16/2013 9:22:10 PM
FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers: This is a very complicated investigation that will be pursued confidently, methodically, but aggressively.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/16/2013 9:22:22 PM
Police Commish Davis said police were specifically concerned with finish line Monday when the prepared for security, he did not say why

by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:22:53 PM
Getting a lot of questions on this -- but no, Bill Richard, father of 8-year-old bomb victim, was not running in the marathon, per spokesman

by Evan Allen via twitter 4/16/2013 9:23:36 PM
RT @JaclynReiss: A group of #brandeis students working as emergency responders at marathon finish line rushed into chaos after explosion ...

by Evan Allen via twitter 4/16/2013 9:23:54 PM
Ex-Fox, ex-CBS sports broadcaster Pat Summerall dead http://qctimes.com/sports/football/professional/ex-fox-ex-cbs-sports-broadcaster-pat-summerall-dead/article_763227a6-a6db-11e2-9ea8-0019bb2963f4.html

by Quad-City Times via twitter 4/16/2013 9:24:37 PM
BPD Commish Ed Davis: About 10,000 spectators in the vicinity of the finish line on Marathon Monday.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/16/2013 9:24:46 PM
Spoke with a runner from Mexico. "I would come back next year to honor all the runners." #bostonmarathon @pritheworld

by porzucki via twitter 4/16/2013 9:25:10 PM
#Boston's largest mosque request police to guard its campus in the wake of deadly explosions at the #BostonMarathon http://huff.to/15dw6fO

by denizzfirat via twitter 4/16/2013 9:25:22 PM
Mayor Menino talks about visiting the victims. “The young woman I saw who lost her leg had a lot of courage.”

by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:25:40 PM
A Brandeis student said a female coworker who never worked this type of scene was first to rush in. "She was shaking, but she still ran in."

by Jaclyn Reiss via twitter 4/16/2013 9:27:18 PM
Davis: If you review the video tape you’ll see officers lining the route looking into the crowd, which is what they are supposed to do.

by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:27:20 PM
At race’s starting point, Hopkinton grapples with Marathon’s horrific finish
www.boston.com

by Dan Kline, Business producer 4/16/2013 9:27:54 PM
Police Comish Davis said there were also undercover officers in crowd looking for pickpockets

by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/16/2013 9:28:52 PM
Red Line: Experiencing delays due to switch problem at Alewfie. http://bit.ly/bsDkLP #mbta

by MBTA via twitter 4/16/2013 9:29:01 PM
FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers: Third victim not identified yet because all relatives not notified.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/16/2013 9:29:35 PM
FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers: A lot of video from the public submitted -- getting a specialist from FBI lab in Quantico, VA to help us view and analyze. Videos are from before, during, and after the blasts. We encourage public to send us more.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/16/2013 9:31:55 PM
ATF: Some of the remains of the explosives were found on rooftops

by Adam Gaffin via twitter 4/16/2013 9:32:33 PM
Debris from rooftop. "That gives you the scope of the size of the blast," ATF head says.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 4/16/2013 9:32:45 PM