Wednesday, April 17, 2013

BOSTON - 'Day After' Reports on Bombing and Consequences

"Boston Marathon Finish Line Turns to Massive, Bloody Crime Scene" PBS Newshour 4/16/2013

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SUMMARY:  Shock continued to reverberate throughout the country a day after the bombings at the Boston Marathon.  The attacks left three people dead and more than 170 injured.  Kwame Holman reports on the attack aftermath and investigation, as well as how the nation, the president and lawmakers are responding.



"Investigators Up Against Weather, Sheer Volume of Evidence at Boston Crime Site" PBS Newshour 4/16/2013

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SUMMARY:  In Boston, evidence seemed to suggest that the explosive devices were made from pressure cookers filled with shrapnel.  Jeffrey Brown talks to WBUR reporter David Boeri about what else police and federal agents have discovered, as well as what challenges they face in trying to piece together.



"Investigators Tackling Boston Bombings Must 'Triage,' Crowd-source Information" PBS Newshour 4/16/2013

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SUMMARY:  Gwen Ifill talks with former deputy national security advisor Juan Zuarte and former senior FBI Official Don Borelli for their takes on the investigation and how authorities are sifting through evidence, as well as the president's characterization of the bombings as a terrorist attack.



"Mass General Trauma Chief Talks Disaster Drills, Shrapnel Recovered in Surgery" PBS Newshour 4/16/2013

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SUMMARY:  Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dr. George Velmahos, chief of trauma services at Massachusetts General Hospital, about the emergency medicine administered to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, how his staff had prepared for such a disaster and an overview of the various serious injuries sustained.

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