Video Sums Up the Horror of the Boston Marathon Blasts

In a busy, broke and often bloody world, it takes a big and, usually, terrible story to dominate the headlines. Today, that big story was a lethal bombing attack on the Boston Marathon — an attack that killed at least two people, including an eight-year-old child, and wounded over a hundred at the latest count. The usual idiots are already finger-pointing, but as I write, nobody know who was responsible.

Plenty will be written about this incident in the days to come, more will be said, and something especially ill-considered will probably be legislated. For now, let's just let a video of the attack speak for itself.

From Boston Globe/YouTube:

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