backpack possibly used in bombing
pressure cooker used in bombing
aftermath of bombing
pieces found
evidence gathered at bomb site
forensic techs working on the scene
circuit board found at bomb site
UPDATE: FBI issued statement saying no arrest has been made. CNN is even backing off - no arrest- the word is there is a suspect
identified. And, of course others are saying they have a photo of the suspect.... (still hoping)
Police are moving people away from the federal courthouse - dogs are checking cars, possibly a bomb threat? Geeze.
430: And now, because of some idiot and what appears to be a bomb threat, the press conference that will explain what the hell is going on with a possible suspect - has been postponed. Very frustrating.
We can't be faulted for hanging on to our local news stations for honest reporting. We rely on them and for some of us, several of them are faces, voices and reporting we have grown to trust because they rarely fail. Rarely.
I believe that there is a basis of truth in the breaking news reports that they've somehow, "got" the bomber. The local news uses their local sources. There is an alphabet soup of agencies involved in this investigation. The reporters are talking mostly to the local guys. Where those folks are in the chain of information might be the issue.
At a press conferences one of our local public safety officials let something slip that was not supposed to be released. (that the third victim was a BU grad student) At a subsequent press conference when someone asked for more details about the student, the microphones picked up that same official in the background advising the person answering the questions that he had already gotten in trouble for that information and that there was nothing further. It wasn't that it wasn't true, it's that the family had yet to be notified properly - in China.
We are engrossed in this story because our lives have changed here. Be that good or bad, we are watching. So, stay tuned, I guess.
Here is an excellent news report of where we are now.
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But, we have to wait for official word. CNN has reported that a suspect has been identified and this has spawned a huge flurry of breaking news. And as we all know, so much has been said early on has proven untrue, so we need to be cautious as we hope someone will be found responsible, today.
NBC news is saying their sources say no arrest have been made.
One of our local stations, WCVB claims to have confirmed there has been an arrest made. They have two trusted veteran reporters using local sources who are confirming - but they are also being cautious.
(update: crowds are gathered around our Federal courthouse in Boston)
For those of us who are watching this all so closely, it is clear that there is something going on as they have moved the press conference from 1pm to 5pm.
There are too many stories out there now to even link to sources for various statements.
We will know when the public is briefed along with the press.
Regardless of whether they actually have a person or people, they clearly are focusing in on videos and still photos that have been submitted by the public.
There is video from the Lord and Taylor department store stationary camera, across the street from one of the bomb scenes. Two Boston stations have photos and videos submitted by viewers, before the FBI asked people to submit this to them. One of the series described in a previous diary .
It appears between the videos and still photos they may have identified a person walking in to a scene, placing a package and walking away.
The FBI forensics have found pieces of pressure cookers which contained the bomb materials, the material from the packages they were carried in, circuit boards, batteries and other components used to detonate the bombs, and the BB's and brads or small nails used to create shrapnel that would kill and maim.
And as critical and frustrated we've been about the time this is taking, realistically it's been less than 48 hours. The time and energy and sheer numbers of investigators has been amazing.
In all of this, we can't forget the victims who have lost their lives, those who have lost limbs and were seriously injured, and all of those people who were there, injured or not who will have to live with the haunting images left by these sick and twisted bombings.
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