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Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:33 AM Apr 2013

BBs, Missing Limbs. and 8 year Martin Richard

To my DU friends sorry if this is too much information .... please go and hug your family and friends.


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BOSTON (AP) — FBI agents searched a suburban Boston apartment overnight and appealed to the public for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing, while a doctor treating the wounded said one of the victims was maimed by what looked like ball bearings or BBs.

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"I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the floor," he said. "We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated. ... At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing."

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Eight-year-old Martin Richard was among the dead, according to a person who talked to a friend of the family and spoke on condition of anonymity. The person said the boy's mother and sister were also injured as they waited for his father to finish the race.

A candle burned on the stoop of the family's single-family home in the city's Dorchester section Tuesday, and the word "Peace" was written in chalk on the front walkway.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Feds-search-apartment-seek-clues-in-Boston-attack-4437083.php#ixzz2QdGXOG7w

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BBs, Missing Limbs. and 8 year Martin Richard (Original Post) Botany Apr 2013 OP
Here he is, on his First Communion Day: Sheldon Cooper Apr 2013 #1
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