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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.

3rd & 7 37yd

Patrick: Darkness cannot drive out darkness, as Dr. King said. Only light can do that.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:00:10 PM
Patrick: Just as we are taught at times like this not to lose touch with our spiritual faith; let us not lose touch with our civic faith. Massachusetts invented America.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:00:50 PM
Patrick: We're not organized around a common heritage or language. We are organized around civic ideals.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:01:30 PM
Patrick: We will recover, and repair. We will grieve our losses and we will heal. We will rise and we will endure. We will have accountability without vengeance, vigilance without fear.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:02:42 PM
President Obama is preparing to speak.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:03:02 PM
Obama: Scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:03:42 PM
Obama: On Monday morning, the sun rose over Boston. sunlight glistened off the State House dome, on the Common and Public Garden, spring was in bloom. Fans jumped onto the T to see the Sox at Fenway. In Hopkinton, runners laced up their shoes and set out on a 26.2-mile race that is a test of endurance and grit.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:05:14 PM
Obama: It was a great day to be in Boston. This city, a poet once said, is in the perfect state of grace.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:05:42 PM
Obama: We come together today to reclaim that state of grace.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:06:06 PM
Ed Ariel of Medfield: "We felt like we wanted to be a part of it." He and daughter were at 26-mile marker 15 mins before blast

by Martine Powers via twitter 4/18/2013 4:06:32 PM
Powerful intro from Deval Patrick: "The grace that tragedy exposed is the best of who we are." #vigil

by Wesley Lowery via twitter 4/18/2013 4:06:34 PM
Always better to edit a story with friends. Outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross #BostonMarathon http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIJWZclCEAAjBfx.jpg

by Darren Durlach via twitter 4/18/2013 4:07:34 PM
Obama: Boston may be your hometown, but we claim it, too. It's one of America's iconic cities. It's one of the world's great cities.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:07:35 PM
Obama: Because Boston opens its heart to the world.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:07:47 PM
Obama: Every fall you welcome students from across the country and the world; a Boston diaspora that excels in every field of endeavor.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:08:35 PM
RT @GlobeMoskowitz: All of Joe's American Bar on Newbury turn to TV as president speaks http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIJWkw9CUAE5c4J.jpg”

by Wesley Lowery via twitter 4/18/2013 4:09:33 PM
The poem President Obama referred to is from E.B. White's "Boston Is Like No Other Place In The World Only More So". The stanza is:

"For Boston's not a capital
And Boston's not a place
Rather I feel that Boston is
The perfect state of grace..."

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:10:21 PM
"For millions of us, what happened in Monday is personal....it's personal." - Obama #vigil

by Wesley Lowery via twitter 4/18/2013 4:11:15 PM
Obama: Today our prayers are with the Campbell family of Medford who lost their daughter Krystle. They are here today. She would have turned 30 next month. As her mother said through her tears, This doesn't make any sense.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:12:00 PM
Obama: Our prayers are the Lu family of China, who sent their daughter to the United States.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:12:28 PM
Obama: Our prayers are with the Richard family of Dorchester who lost their 8-year-old son Martin. His last moments were spent with his family, eating ice cream, enjoying the Marathon.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:13:36 PM
Business in City Hall halts for interfaith services @bostondotcom http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIJXynqCUAAeExd.jpg

by Evan Allen via twitter 4/18/2013 4:13:38 PM
Obama: We will always remember the images of Martin Richard cheering for his beloved Bruins and holding a sign that read, "Stop hurting people. Peace."

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:14:20 PM
Obama: To the injured, you will run again. You will run again.

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:14:32 PM
"You will run again cause that's what that people of Boston are made of. Your resolve is the greatest rebuke to whoever committed this act."

by Wesley Lowery via twitter 4/18/2013 4:14:53 PM
Obama: It should be pretty clear by now that the attackers picked the wrong city. Not here in Boston. (Standing ovation in the Cathedral.)

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 4:15:12 PM
Hurts to read... RT “@mxmooney: Family in China shattered by loss of their only child... in Boston bombing.
http://abcn.ws/11hzSkm”

by Evan Allen via twitter 4/18/2013 5:17:12 PM
RT @mayortommenino: Nothing can defeat the heart of this city. Nothing. Nothing will take us down because we take care of one another. # ...

by Wesley Lowery via twitter 4/18/2013 5:18:00 PM
RT @mviser: RT @jpaceDC: Obama, along with Patrick and Menino, speaking to Boston Marathon volunteers http://bit.ly/XTvl9E

by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/18/2013 5:20:41 PM
A local fundraising effort from the technology industry has surpassed $150,000 and will earmark $100,000 of the funds for One Fund Boston. www.boston.com

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 5:21:12 PM
RT @rickklein: RT @OKnox: I would have liked to hear what Ted Kennedy had to say about #Boston on a day like today.

by GlobeAndrewRyan via twitter 4/18/2013 5:21:20 PM
From the blog MD Mama by Dr. Claire McCarthy: Advice for parents on how to move forward after the Marathon bombings: www.boston.com

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 5:27:25 PM
re: POTUS invoking Boston sports today: A decade ago, nowhere near the resonance. That's what 7 rings in under 10 years'll do

by Jim O'Sullivan via twitter 4/18/2013 5:33:48 PM
Scott Kearnan of the Media Remix blog writes that after the Marathon, Boston's character shone. www.boston.com

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 6:09:01 PM
The http://BostonGlobe.com homepage following Obama's speech. Powerful http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIJzawlCMAAb8fZ.jpg

by Wesley Lowery via twitter 4/18/2013 6:14:21 PM
RT @JanTou: Sarah Lande of Muscatine is the 2013 Athena Award recipient. Just announced at the awards luncheon at Jumer's.

by Quad-City Times via twitter 4/18/2013 6:21:03 PM
All streets around the Cathedral of the Holy Cross are now open.

by Boston Police Dept. via twitter 4/18/2013 6:29:29 PM
Statement from the Family of Krystle Campbell

Medford, Massachusetts – Our family is devastated by the loss of our daughter Krystle. She was an incredible and loving sister, daughter, niece, granddaughter and friend. Her presence will be missed more deeply than words can express.

We are so grateful for the efforts of the first responders, doctors, nurses and the many other individuals who aided not only Krystle, but the many others who were injured or killed in Monday’s senseless attack.

Furthermore, we are thankful for the outpouring of prayers, love, and support from our friends and families, the great community of Medford, the City of Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the nation and the world.

At this time, we ask to be allowed to grieve privately and thank everyone for your understanding.

The Campbell Family

by Boston.com 4/18/2013 6:30:49 PM
Boston.com homepage

by Adrienne Lavidor-Berman 4/18/2013 6:36:03 PM
On Newbury Street, Obama's words of comfort, determination hit home http://bo.st/XIUeCN

by BostonDotCom via twitter 4/18/2013 6:36:39 PM
All streets around the Cathedral of the Holy Cross are now open.

by Boston Police Dept. via twitter 4/18/2013 6:37:23 PM
HOMETOWN HEART: John Kerry watched the Boston Marathon memorial during break in @StateDept budget testimony... http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIJ4CNlCcAEzcJN.jpg

by Glen Johnson via twitter 4/18/2013 6:38:25 PM
Here is the text of President Obama's speech: www.boston.com

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 6:40:40 PM
And the text of Gov. Patrick's remarks: www.boston.com

by Teresa Hanafin 4/18/2013 6:42:45 PM
UPDATE: FBI schedules 5 p.m. news conference to update public on Boston Marathon bombings probe.

by BostonDotCom via twitter 4/18/2013 6:48:09 PM