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Video Of Initial Boston Marathon Explosion

Doug Mataconis · Monday, April 15, 2013 · 3 comments

A user on Vine, Twitter’s short video messaging service, posted this video of the initial explosion:

Update: Here’s video of the second explosion pozted on YouTube

And here’s video from The Boston Globe:

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About Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

Comments

Mikey says:

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 at 06:39

The elderly fellow in the first video who is right next to the explosion and falls down didn’t stay down long. Amazingly, he was not injured. He got up and finished. Bill Iffrig, age 78, running his third Boston Marathon.
Linda says:

Wednesday, 17 April 2013 at 06:28

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Monday, 29 April 2013 at 00:24

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