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The Boston Marathon held on Patriots’ Day, the third Monday of April every year, is an annual event hosted by several cities in Greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts. Inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition held in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon, one of six World Marathon Majors, began in 1897, and is the world’s oldest annual marathon. Since then, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) manages this event. Amateur and professional runners from all over the world compete in the Boston Marathon each year. The event attracts 500,000 spectators each year, making it New England’s most widely viewed sporting event.
The Boston Marathon started with just 18 participants in 1897 now attracts an average of about 20,000 registered participants each year. In 1996, the Centennial Boston Marathon established a record as the world’s largest marathon with 38,708 entrants, 36,748 starters, and 35,868 finishers.
Yesterday, April 15, the third Monday in April, the day the state of Massachusetts celebrates Patriots’ Day to commemorate the U.S. war of independence every year, was the day of the annual Boston Marathon. On this bright and radiant spring day, around 3 pm ET, cheers became screams and panic. A pair of bombs ripped through the crowd at the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing at least two people and injuring more than hundred people. The two explosions occurred a few seconds apart knocking some runners off their feet.
Many were seriously injured by shrapnel. According to the officials, at least 17 people are critically wounded, and the injuries resulting in several amputations.
Dozens of police vehicles, ambulances, and fire trucks converged at the scene.
The Wall Street Journal citing two unnamed people briefed on the investigation reported that investigators found what could be five more undetonated explosive devices around the Boston area. However, FBI Boston Special Agent In Charge Richard DesLauriers declined to comment on media reports that police found unexploded devices.
This happens to be the worst bombing in the US after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In a televised address, President Barack Obama vowed to bring those behind the attack to justice.
A White House official said that President Barack Obama has promised to hunt down those responsible for the attack. No one has been arrested and whether the attack came from a foreign or domestic source has to be determined he said.
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Related articles
- Boston Marathon explosions: 3 dead, more than 100 hurt (chicagotribune.com)
- FBI probes Boston ‘terror’ blasts (bbc.co.uk)
- Blasts Reported at Boston Marathon (huffingtonpost.com)
- Boston Marathon (en.wikipedia.org)
Impressions 
Having been confronted with several very right-wing, not to say fascist North American blogs I noticed that there are some dangerous thoughts by certain groups which could destabilize the country.
Many Americans are afraid for the danger coming from other countries and Islam groups but it could well be that the danger and terror, like the ones in 1995 and the day before yesterday in Boston, could come from within.
The United States should keep a close eye on or control several weapon groups and some groups which advocate that the US should hold fast to its amendments, but are more dictating their own very conservative and limiting ideas.
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Could the commemoration of the U.S. war of independence been a trigger to take a violent action against the State?
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