You can see this in *every* photo you took! To me it was most apparent in photo #6 where you see a guy starting to take off his shirt to (I assume) help bandage a victim.
Unfortunately, these acts are virtually impossible to prevent. What we do have control over is what you document: the response.
I'm sorry that you had to witness this horrific event.
Thank you for being calm and taking these photos. It helps to make it more real to everyone else and not just some far away event.
>>To me it was most apparent in photo #6 where you see a guy starting to take off his shirt to (I assume) help bandage a victim.
Help was everywhere. Part of it was that the finish line was equipped with gear and volunteers to handle medical emergencies for the 27,000 runners; part of it was from the heavy police presence that was stationed there and nearby. (Ambulances and EMT trucks began arriving within literally a couple minutes.) And some was the kindness of strangers.
>>Thank you for being calm and taking these photos.
Well, I was 200 feet from the blast, and well-protected by the inverse square law; I felt only a small fraction of the blast force that the people next to the bombs did. I was also prevented from getting closer to the blast site by cops, and a crowd-control barricade, originally there to keep people off the race course. The bomb victims were on the other side of the street --- I used my telephoto lens to grab some shots before the cops made me leave, but I didn't know what some of the shots contained until I got home.
I did send some of the shots to the FBI this AM; they requested citizen-taken stills and videos from around the blast sites. News reports are saying the bombs were against the buildings, which is clearly not true in the second blast: There's smoldering debris right at curbside, and the injuries are to the front of people's legs, not the backs. The debris is right next to a sapling, where a trash can was, too.
I'm sure the FBI can figure that out without my help, but I'd love to help catch the f*ckers who did this.
Would you consider sending me one or two illustrative photos to jcrane@wickedlocal.com?
ReplyDeleteAmen!
ReplyDeleteYou can see this in *every* photo you took! To me it was most apparent in photo #6 where you see a guy starting to take off his shirt to (I assume) help bandage a victim.
Unfortunately, these acts are virtually impossible to prevent. What we do have control over is what you document: the response.
I'm sorry that you had to witness this horrific event.
Thank you for being calm and taking these photos. It helps to make it more real to everyone else and not just some far away event.
Peace,
Randy Stegbauer
>>To me it was most apparent in photo #6 where you see a guy starting to take off his shirt to (I assume) help bandage a victim.
ReplyDeleteHelp was everywhere. Part of it was that the finish line was equipped with gear and volunteers to handle medical emergencies for the 27,000 runners; part of it was from the heavy police presence that was stationed there and nearby. (Ambulances and EMT trucks began arriving within literally a couple minutes.) And some was the kindness of strangers.
>>Thank you for being calm and taking these photos.
Well, I was 200 feet from the blast, and well-protected by the inverse square law; I felt only a small fraction of the blast force that the people next to the bombs did. I was also prevented from getting closer to the blast site by cops, and a crowd-control barricade, originally there to keep people off the race course. The bomb victims were on the other side of the street --- I used my telephoto lens to grab some shots before the cops made me leave, but I didn't know what some of the shots contained until I got home.
I did send some of the shots to the FBI this AM; they requested citizen-taken stills and videos from around the blast sites. News reports are saying the bombs were against the buildings, which is clearly not true in the second blast: There's smoldering debris right at curbside, and the injuries are to the front of people's legs, not the backs. The debris is right next to a sapling, where a trash can was, too.
I'm sure the FBI can figure that out without my help, but I'd love to help catch the f*ckers who did this.