Allow this post to join the cacophony of voices sure to erupt in the blogosphere in the next few days, weeks, months. When next the Boston Marathon is run (hopefully mid-April, 2014), it will be marked with moments of silence, dedications to fallen runners and braver first-responders, tributes to ordinary citizens who became accidental heroes. How many more festive gatherings will become first deadly, and then solemn? This article is just one of hundreds being updated as information, credible and not, is beamed around the world.
Tragically, these scenes play out on media in countries the world over on a weekly (if not more often) basis, with casualty rates far higher than today's. Terrorists make sure no one feels immune, and the tragedy today has all the hallmarks of terrorism, but for better or worse, I fear it is not the work of the usual mid-East thuggery.
This feels home-grown, smaller scale, and intended to send a clear statement. It happened on Tax day, in the city of the actual Tea Party, on Patriot's Day. Hopefully arrests will be made, as this was not the work of suicide bombers. Hopefully justice will be swift and lasting. Most of all, I hope we can gain insight into the minds of those looking to destroy so we can all (the world over) manage to live.
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