Bombing suspect suffered throat injury

[avebury]

I don't know if this has been posted yet.



Dzhokar Tsarnaev may not be able to talk, source says

Read more: http://www.koco.com/news/national/Bombing-suspect-suffered-throat-injury/-/9844074/19827390/-/1329nsmz/-/index.html#ixzz2R3i1kx9u


The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings suffered an injury to his throat and may not be able to talk, a federal official told CNN on Saturday, possibly hindering attempts by authorities to question him about a motive in the attack.

[JI7]

1. i'm sure he can write

[Cha]

2. My thought, too.

[randome]

5. He MIGHT have a problem with that, too. Wasn't one of his arms badly hurt?

I say Vulcan mind-meld him!

[Cleita]

7. The report I heard didn't mention his arms, but one of his legs besides his throat. n/t

[randome]

12. Ah. Maybe so. I recall someone saying that his arm and left side were covered in blood.

Maybe it wasn't an arm injury, though, just bleeding from somewhere else.

[Yo_Mama]

19. He's intubated and sedated, according to that article

No one's going to be interrogating him in any way for a while.

He received at least one gunshot wound in the shootout, and then was untreated for most of a day. Loss of blood would cause dehydration, and that combined with shock and exposure probably started lung inflammation. He will be pretty darned sick for a while. He also could have started infections in the wound(s).

[JI7]

20. i mean when he improves, even if he has lost his ability to speak he can still write, use computer

etc.

[Yo_Mama]

22. You can't withhold legal representation for very long

The hold is only 72 hours before charges.

I don't think anyone's going to have a chance to ask him a bunch of questions before a lawyer is involved.

[Luminous Animal]

28. Any one can invoke legal representation at any time whether or charges have been levied.

The state has no standing to deny representation once the right has been invoked.

[Yo_Mama]

29. That too, but he's really out at the moment

He's not able to right now.

They'll have to go to court Monday,

[Jennicut]

21. It's going to take some time.

He is probably totally out of it from his wounds. I think in order to get answers, the doctors need to be left to do their job. Get him well so he can be questioned.

[liberalmuse]

27. I'd heard he had a hand injury...

probably to his writing hand. I've heard so much BS and misinformation the past 48 hours I really don't know what to believe. Who robbed the 7-11? Who was the naked man? How did the suspects load 6 bombs, etc into the hijacked car? How did the kid run over his brother if he escaped on foot? I can't wait until the full story comes out. Until then, I'm tuning out, because the internets are rife with the most amazing conspiracies.

[rehabiti]

3. bad news

its a bad news

[flamingdem]

4. He won't have many people to talk with where he's going..

and he was into social media, as long as his thumbs function...

[Cleita]

6. They think he tried to commit suicide by shooting a gun in his mouth.

He's gotta be wondering why he's survived. Well, he can type on a computer or write if he can't talk. They said he was shot in his leg not his arms or hands.

[City Lights]

15. Wow, I hadn't heard that! nt

[Cleita]

16. It was either on the CBS or NBC news tonight. Sorry I can't remember

which, but I did watch both. I should have been more attentive but I was busy working at the time.

[Cleita]

23. Here I found it.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50145296n

[City Lights]

26. Thank you!

Very kind of you to search for that!

[rightsideout]

8. He can still Tweet

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. don't think that he will get much chance to Tweet?

[seabeyond]

10. give him a laptop and let him type it out. sheeeit. not a tough one. nt

[WinkyDink]

11. Somebody pre-graphite pencil must be the "source."

[ChazII]

13. My guess is that he does have

very good doctors.

[avebury]

14. It might be a lot harder to get written

answers from the boy then verbal ones. Oral statements can become spontaneous utterances. Written responses gives a person more time to think therefore it is harder to trick someone into giving away answers they don't want to give.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

18. Thinking the same thing

And then there those that will say that certain parts he didn't write and so on.

Audio/Video is one way to catch the spontaneous something and does help with keeping down the conspiracy nonsense.

Any word if it is a long term type injury?

[mucifer]

17. He might have brain damage, too. Especially if it is a self inflicted wound.

[tammywammy]

24. Give him a bell and a person with a letter board.

i.e. Breaking Bad.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Yes, msnbc suggested they could use a keyboard.