- From an ordinary and good day to such a tragic day
Monday, April 15, 2013.
It
was an ordinary day, a busy day. Yet, it was an all-good day to me
until 45 minutes ago when I left work, started driving and heard the
news that, two bombs exploded near the finishing line of the Boston
Marathon at about 3p.m. Eastern time of this afternoon!
So far,
61 people have been counted as been hurt from the explosions, including
two are dead, 15 people are in critical conditions, and the rest are
injured in various part of head and body at various levels. The age of
the victims starts from as young as only 3 year-old and up to 63
year-old! One of the two fatalities is a little kid(*)! From another
news radio channel, I also learned that people participated or watched
this marathon game came from as many as 75 countries. It was not only a
local event but an international one.
While this terrible incident has been identified as a terrorist action so far, preliminarily, the authority including IBM has not been able to tell who did it and why did it. Of cause, it needs time, resources, and great efforts to do so.
It is so unbelievable that, an original ordinary and good day turns out to be such a horrible day!
It
is horrible to the victims, their families, friends, communities, our
country and people from other 74 countries!!! I cannot imagine how many
people are crying and suffering right now for the loss they encountered
today, all of the sudden! My heart goes to them, mourn with them, and
pray for them, too.
--- Riverbook (6:45p.m.)
* Update: It is confirmed now that an 8 year-old boy was the kid whom got killed on the previous day along with other two people.
--- Riverbrook. (4/16/13 @ 7a..m.)
