Bombing on This Marathons’ Day in Boston

- From an ordinary and good day to such a tragic day

Monday, April 15, 2013.

It was an ordinary day, a busy day. Yet, it was an all-good day to me until 45 minutes ago when I left work, started driving and heard the news that, two bombs exploded near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon at about 3p.m. Eastern time of this afternoon!

So far, 61 people have been counted as been hurt from the explosions, including two are dead, 15 people are in critical conditions, and the rest are injured in various part of head and body at various levels. The age of the victims starts from as young as only 3 year-old and up to 63 year-old! One of the two fatalities is a little kid(*)! From another news radio channel, I also learned that people participated or watched this marathon game came from as many as 75 countries. It was not only a local event but an international one.

While this terrible incident has been identified as a terrorist action so far, preliminarily, the authority including IBM has not been able to tell who did it and why did it. Of cause, it needs time, resources, and great efforts to do so.

It is so unbelievable that, an original ordinary and good day turns out to be such a horrible day!

It is horrible to the victims, their families, friends, communities, our country and people from other 74 countries!!! I cannot imagine how many people are crying and suffering right now for the loss they encountered today, all of the sudden! My heart goes to them, mourn with them, and pray for them, too.

While I am still in shock and don't understand who and why made such human-less thing to people whom are innocent, one thing I feel a little comfort, at least, after hearing President Obama's speech. He declared and vowed in his speech, which was given an hour ago, Washington will let whoever responses to this bombing event, whether an individual or a group, feel a full weight of justice! I hope this day will come soon.

--- Riverbook (6:45p.m.)

* Update: It is confirmed now that an 8 year-old boy was the kid whom got killed on the previous day along with other two people. 
--- Riverbrook.   (4/16/13 @ 7a..m.)

[Riverbrook]

回複梅蘭鬆竹的評論:
Dear 梅蘭, 謝謝你的評論與表揚，特別是為我指正那個錯字！！！我剛把它改了。謝謝朋友.我的英文不好，隻是打得比中文字快 [拚音不好:( ]，故願以英文代中文寫。看見我有錯字、錯句，請幫我指出來。好嗎?先謝謝.

關於如何處理那些人,我個人相信他們應受天上的定罪(當那天來到時),也應被地上的法律而製裁.

抱抱, 晚安. :)

[梅蘭鬆竹]

Dear Jiyi,

you did a great job, thanks for the update, what a chaotic world we are living~~
From an ordinary and good day to such a tragic day"--right, Marathon is suposed to be an inspiring sport, a positve/happy event. I used to watch the ones taken place in Chicago. It turned into a horror by evil-minded people, who definitely deserve to be punished.

However, I am not sure retaliation is the answer to violence. My dream is the one sang in John Lennon's "imagine":

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You, you may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Very impressive English writing~~~“My heart goes to them, moron with them, and pray for them, too.”---Did you mean “mourn”？

Lots of hugs~~~

[Riverbrook]

九月，thanks!
Together,let us (and others) hope for the better
and do our part to help in getting of the better.

Good night to you.

[九月獨處]

怡， absolutely agree with you, I believe that this country and people in this country should have zero-tolerance to terrorism!

Big hugs and pray with you!!