UM Coach: Bomb Sniffing Dogs Were at Start, Finish Lines for “Drill” Images
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Print Story Published: 3:30 pm Share Updated: 4:34 pm University of Mobile’s Cross Country Coach, who was near the finish line of the Boston Marathon when a series of explosions went off, said he thought it was odd there were bomb sniffing dogs at the start and finish lines.
“They kept making announcements on the loud speaker that it was just a drill and there was nothing to worry about,” Coach Ali Stevenson told Local 15. “It seemed like there was some sort of threat, but they kept telling us it was just a drill.”
Stevenson had just finished the marathon. His wife had been sitting in one of the seating sections where an explosion went off, but thankfully she left her seat and was walking to meet up with him.
“There was just smoke, another explosion went off,” Stevenson said. “We all started running. There were people crying.”
Stevenson said there was no question in his mind that this was an intentional act.
Local 15 News is talking with more locals who were taking part in the run. Tune in for live coverage beginning at 5 p.m
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British police say they are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the explosions that hit the race in Boston.
Thousands of people compete in the London Marathon every year, thronging the city's streets. London is also considered a top target for international terrorists.
It was not yet immediately clear what caused the blasts in Boston.
A London Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed Monday that police are working with marathon officials to review security plans for Sunday's event.
The London race's chief executive, Nick Bitel, expressed shock and sadness about the situation in Boston, saying "it is a very sad day for athletics and for our friends in marathon running."
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Crowdsourced video, photos illuminate Boston blasts Those who recorded what happened before two fatal blasts at the Boston Marathon could have been gathering evidence, not just capturing memories.
by Stephen Shankland April 15, 2013 2:43 PM PDT
CBS News Special Report: Video captures the moment of one of the two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Scott Pelley reports. Law enforcement officials could have something very different on their hands as they investigate the dual bomb blasts that struck the Boston Marathon finish line today: an abundance of photo and video evidence from the public. Government surveillance, while growing, still misses more than it catches. But events with thousands of spectators offer the potential for a detailed crowdsourced record of what happened. This public panopticon is changing how we see the world. February's Russian meteor was captured by many dash-cams mounted in Russian cars, but in this case the event is of profound interest to law enforcement officials, not just scientists. Related stories U.S., U.K. caught in middle of huge Swiss spy data leak -- report How NASA tests an against-all-odds Mars rover landing NASA details looming Mars rover landing, '7 Minutes of Terror' The Boston Police Department has begun requesting records about the explosions, which killed two people and injured dozens. "Boston Police looking for video of the finish line," said Cheryl Fiandaca, chief the department's public information bureau. However, in a sign of the difficulties of such work, the Boston city government's Web site was unresponsive today after the blast. The chaos and clutter of the scene doubtless will complicate any analysis of what happened. And for people who have photos or videos that might be useful, it's not clear yet whether there's a way to share them with investigators, official or unofficial. Crowdsourced data-gathering like this is not routine, though it's likely to become more so the way surveillance video is today. YouTube has several videos, but most of it is from news agencies so far. (CBS News video of the two explosions.) People can use metadata such as hashtags to label relevant photos or videos, but that sort of informal collection can be polluted with irrelevant, inappropriate, or duplicate content. Links to video and various photos have spread widely across Twitter, but they tend to focus on the most dramatic moments during and after the blast. It's quite possible that investigators will want to see what happened before that during more mundane moments. An FBI representative said it was too early so far for the bureau to have such a service available.
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Why can't the news wait until there are actual facts and then report them?
It took that long to start the right wing extremist narrative? It took me 5 minutes to see that coming. I predict that after the dust settles it will be renamed the Patriot Day bombing or the Tax Day bombing.
We all knew that Buck is a jerk... and he just proved it.
Deal with it, Boxy...Guess the 'can't have a bomb' law didn't work.
Now I'm waiting to see what the knee-jerk reaction is going to be this time and who gets blamed and who was a fault.
Maybe 'Il Duce' Cuomo will take away the rest of our 2nd Amendment rights after this. Maybe tanks will be at the finish line. Holy sh*t, maybe even spectators will have to stand 10 ft. apart from each other. Or maybe even a new type of trash can, like they had in the U.K, that will absorb bomb blasts and will only cost a few of our rights and $10T.
In any event, you know the knee jerk will be something outlandish and stupid.
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Monday, April 15, 2013 Bomb Drill Was Taking Place During Marathon Explosions
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There were multiple anti-hijacking drills that occurred on 9/11. There were anti-terror drills in London on 7/7. There was an active shooter drill in Connecticut the day of the Sandy Hook Massacre. And now it's admitted that there were bomb drills during the Boston Marathon where two bombs did indeed explode.
University of Mobile's cross country coach and marathon participant, Ali Stevenson, told a local NBC affiliate that there were multiple announcements that bomb squads and bomb-sniffing dogs were just part of a "drill" prior to the actual even happening. “They kept making announcements on the loud speaker that it was just a drill and there was nothing to worry about,” Coach Ali Stevenson told Local 15. “It seemed like there was some sort of threat, but they kept telling us it was just a drill.” Stevenson had just finished the marathon. His wife had been sitting in one of the seating sections where an explosion went off, but thankfully she left her seat and was walking to meet up with him. “There was just smoke, another explosion went off,” Stevenson said. “We all started running. There were people crying.”
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