As people are trying to make sense of the bombing that took place yesterday in Boston, others are asking, "What can I do?"
An impromptu solidarity run is being planned for runners in Buffalo. If you're looking for ways that you can help, here is one of them.
April 16, 2013 This is 78-year-old Bill Iffrig of Washington State, now about the most infamous of the more than 23,000 runners in yesterday's Boston Marathon. Somehow, though he was right next to the first explosion, about 15 feet from the finish line, he suffered only a scratched leg, and completed the race.
9 p.m. (EST): The final press conference of the day with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and various other officials just concluded. The FBI is now leading investigations of the events. Davis confirmed that three people were killed in today's blasts.
CNN is reporting that one of the victims killed was an 8-year-old boy. The Wall Street Journal had reported that as many as five other unexploded devices were found around Boston, but investigators now doubt that they were actually bombs.