2013 Boston Marathon

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:07 am

So vk.com is Euro only FB or something? Apparently this is the still alive suspect's page. That video on the right sort of looks like the other suspect (his brother?).

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:15 am

Could be a hoax, and unconfirmed, but:

Local CBS news showing an interview with a friend of these guys that these two brothers went to high school here in the states.

Older guy was a Golden Gloves boxer ("asked to go pro many times"). Younger brother was a wrestler.

He said they've been here for much longer than a year.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:16 am

Was the friend named Robert A. Booey?

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:20 am

And now they weren't foreign terrorists.

But lived in Cambridge with their parents.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:22 am

All taxi service now suspended.

The only vehicles I'd seen all morning have been police and taxis.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:23 am

Over the scanner:

The person being searched may be wearing a suicide vest since his older brother had a switch on his person in the hospital.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:27 am

i overslept and awoke to a lot of texts/etc. MBTA fully shut down (how i get into the city for work)... now Boston, my office, etc.

i have to say that hearing the details of what happened in the past ~9hrs or so is absolutely surreal. That 7-11 is around the corner from where i worked for 7+ years - down the street from a friend's apartment. I've been in there 100 times, easily. I lived in Watertown for 10+ years. Seeing 100 cops in front of the Arsenal Mall on national tv is....odd.

F'ng Watertown.

Not really adding much here i know but i'm simply trying (and failing) to process all of this.

The local anchors ("bless their hearts" as a friend of mine from GA would say) are just so far beyond their capabilities at this point.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:28 am

MaxWebster wrote:
The local anchors ("bless their hearts" as a friend of mine from GA would say) are just so far beyond their capabilities at this point.

At this point, a broadcaster needs to be more Pat Summerall, less John Madden.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:30 am

MaxWebster wrote:The local anchors ("bless their hearts" as a friend of mine from GA would say) are just so far beyond their capabilities at this point.

But goddammit she's trying.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:32 am

AB_skin_test wrote:
MaxWebster wrote:
The local anchors ("bless their hearts" as a friend of mine from GA would say) are just so far beyond their capabilities at this point.
At this point, a broadcaster needs to be more Pat Summerall...0.

Plus some Adderall if they've been up all night.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:34 am

simple solution: less talk.

i understand everyone is frazzled to say the least, as am i. but the less said the better. i've had to change channels just out of embarrassment.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:35 am

Uh oh.

Dude in black hoodie spotted in Willow Park. Not sure where that is. Officers are arriving to the scene.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:37 am

And now they're interviewing the alleged uncle of the guys. Ruslan Tsarni. Said they'd been here since 2000-01.

He's saying that the father and mother moved back to Russia. This guy clearly wasn't close to them. Hadn't been in touch since 2009. Called his brother borderline illiterate.

Called the older brother Tamerlan a loser for not going to college. "Wish they never existed."

Just mumbled about Islam. And AOL. Potential hoax in my mind.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:41 am

Ha. The media is running round and in total danger. Police just called it over the scanner.

For those waking:

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-F ... r-s146109/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:42 am

Not for nothing, but Chechnya is primarily muslim. At least according to the wikis. Here I am hatemongering.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:46 am

There's a rocket in the basement of the house? What the fuck?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:48 am

Johnnie wrote:There's a rocket in the basement of the house? What the fuck?

Rockette maybe. I can't tell with these accents.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:56 am

Did they just say "boston has their man"?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:00 am

Apparently they are talking to the suspect...and he just said "I will kill all you because you killed my brother"

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:03 am

Where are you seeing this?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:06 am

Yea. This Twitter account tweeted at the Boston PD.

https://twitter.com/Dzhokhar_A" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Probably a fake account. The first tweet ever was from an hour ago.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:07 am

Listening to that scanner feed.

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-F ... r-s146109/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They haven't said anything else about it, so not sure what the story was there. I'm not better than the broadcast news, mind you. Just pure speculation.

They just said Brian Foley. Wasn't that someone who shouldn't be named?

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:07 am

Johnnie wrote:Yea. This Twitter account tweeted at the Boston PD.

https://twitter.com/Dzhokhar_A" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Probably a fake account. The first tweet ever was from an hour ago.

I agree (would he really have taken time to upload a face pic?), but why the fuck would you want to fake that?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:08 am

Johnnie wrote:Yea. This Twitter account tweeted at the Boston PD.

https://twitter.com/Dzhokhar_A" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Probably a fake account. The first tweet ever was from an hour ago.

Ah. Ok. If that's fake, that person needs to be skinned.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:18 am

Man, I missed a crazy night/morning by sleeping. Chris Dornan on 'roids.

I don't remember who in the pool had 'Chechnyan brothers', but you're a big winner.

Fox just said the dead bro had 'attended Latin and Rindge high school, attended by famous people such as Ben Affleck'. Patrick Ewing sheds a tear.

Here is an old family photo of the wild and crazy brothers:

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:29 am

So, Sochi 2014 winter games. That should be fun. (Hey--we're still a sports site, dammit.)

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:32 am

howard wrote:So, Sochi 2014 winter games. That should be fun. (Hey--we're still a sports site, dammit.)

If not then, how about World Cup 2018!

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:36 am

New meaning to 'Group of Death'

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:42 am

Is Chechnyan background firmly established in this family? I just heard reported one brother was born in Kyrgyzstan, the other in Russia (which I hear is a big place, but Chechnya is in Russia).

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:44 am

howard wrote:Is Chechnyan background firmly established in this family? I just heard reported one brother was born in Kyrgyzstan, the other in Russia (which I hear is a big place, but Chechnya is in Russia).

News now reporting "near Chechnya" here.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:56 am

The little I have read (a couple books on Stalin) about the Russian Caucasus give me the impression of a mangled melting pot of ethnicities, stirred up by a century of relocations and other general central government mucking around. I don't even know what the term 'ethnic Chechen' quite means. You go a few miles south, and everyone's name ends with '…villi'; a few miles furhter and the names are all '…jian'.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:58 am

howard wrote:Here is an old family photo of the wild and crazy brothers:

I think that pic belongs in the Fertilizer Go Boom thread.

This is nuts. It's like a real-life episode of 24.

As someone said on Twitter, this is the week that an Elvis impersonator sending a ricin-laced letter to the president is the tenth biggest story.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:01 am

garyclark wrote:And now they're interviewing the alleged uncle of the guys. Ruslan Tsarni. Said they'd been here since 2000-01.

He's saying that the father and mother moved back to Russia. This guy clearly wasn't close to them. Hadn't been in touch since 2009. Called his brother borderline illiterate.

Called the older brother Tamerlan a loser for not going to college. "Wish they never existed."

Just mumbled about Islam. And AOL. Potential hoax in my mind.

Apparently, wasn't a hoax. CBS just interviewed him in person in MD.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:04 am

The two uncles that were tracked down by CBS are from Montgomery Village, a suburb of DC up near where I live (kind of). For folks vaguely familiar with MD suburbs, it's essentially Gaithersburg, just north of Rockville. (Shady Grove Metro stop.)

Nothing earth shattering, just thought some of you who've traveled here might find it mildly interesting.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:18 am

When you're showing live footage of every move these SWAT teams are making, aren't you helping the suspect or at least compromising the safety of the officers?

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:18 am

Network news still stucks. Thank goodness for my ol buddy John Miller on CBS, who can fill time intelligently, with calm, reasoned speculation clearly labeled as such.

BuffloSoldier · Post by **BuffloSoldier** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:21 am

A. Damn. This shit is crazy. Been up since 5:00, and took me until 6ish to get through my Twitter feed (Tweetbot only loaded the last 800ish tweets, so I missed out on most of the earlier events last night/early AM). My money's on others involved.

B. Finally got my ass here to Swamp 6.0.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:22 am

Hey man!

BuffloSoldier · Post by **BuffloSoldier** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:26 am

ABC reporting someone involved goes to Dartmouth and the school is on lockdown.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:27 am

BuffloSoldier wrote:ABC reporting someone involved goes to Dartmouth and the school is on lockdown.

UMass-Dartmouth, not Dartmouth University