we need help! we re having an attack. this is a fox news alert. we are live in boston. where terrible violence and killing today at the annual marathon race. it started out with such joy and cheer and has turned to utter tragedy. 2 people confirmed dead, about 100 injured. there is a press conference at mass general. let s go to that. some are in very critical condition? that s correct. there have been 29 patients seen here total. 8 are in critical condition and many of those are very seriously ill. what kind of injuries? there s a variety of injuries. probably the most common serious injuries or combined lower extremity injuries, combined meaning bone injuries, lower extremities. are you seeing shrapnel type injuries. yeah. we are seaing a lot of shrapnel injuries. many involve predominantly the lower extremities but it can affect the entire body. doctor, please describe the scene when people were coming in and cases coming in. can you describe that? we
we need help! we re having an attack. this is a fox news alert. we are live in boston. where terrible violence and killing today at the annual marathon race. it started out with such joy and cheer and has turned to utter tragedy. 2 people confirmed dead, about 100 injured. there is a press conference at mass general. let s go to that. some are in very critical condition? that s correct. there have been 29 patients seen here total. 8 are in critical condition and many of those are very seriously ill. what kind of injuries? there s a variety of injuries. probably the most common serious injuries or combined lower extremity injuries, combined meaning bone injuries, lower extremities. are you seeing shrapnel type injuries. yeah. we are seaing a lot of shrapnel injuries. many involve predominantly the lower extremities but it can affect the entire body. doctor, please describe the scene when people were coming in and cases coming in. can you describe that? we
authorities have not said if those responsible or domestic or foreign terrorists. people say they do not have a suspect in custody, but a source tells fox news authorities are guarding a person of interest at a local hospital in boston. he s reportedly 20 years old and has severe burns. the scene earlier in boston was one we have not witnessed on american soil since 911. people knocked to their feet, blood spaterd on the pavement. people running for cover and people injured. here s a lock how the tragedy, act of terror, unfolded earlier today. at 2:50:00 p.m. today there were simultaneous explosions that occurred along the route of the boston marathon. these explosions occurred 50 to 100 yards apart. each scene resulted in multiple casualties.. the windows are all blown out. we do not know who did this or why. make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this. we will find out who did this. we will find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any respon
0 casualties.. the windows are all blown out. we do not know who did this or why. make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this. we will find out who did this. we will find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. pretty sad, unbelievable, and we are learning that the scene today could have been much worse as a u.s. intelligence official was one louder than the other? did you notice? that s a good question. no, they both felt equally loud and they were i immediately new something very bad had happened. yeah. and you could see it right there. what were the eyewitnesses that actually saw the aftermath, what did they tell you what they were seeing moments after they were coming down the block? well, my colleague and i spoke to one man who had been sitting at a restaurant right in front of where the bombs went off, and he said that he saw a woman s body flying through the air. he immediately ran ou
0 hospital activated its incident command system and within about five to ten minutes we had everything pretty much up and running. what are the ages of the victims? i don t have that information precisely. did you perform any amputations? yes, we ve performed several amputations? how many? i can t tell you the total. doctor, can you tell us how much patients you were personally treated? have they communicate the with you? can they speak. a number of patients have talked. most of it we kept it business only, to be honest. in terms of what effect their clinical condition precisely. so you probably know more than i do about what happened at the scene at this point. you had another question, i m sorry. how many you have been able to treat. well, the hospital has treated 29. i have operated on six so far today. five patients were debris. some people have asked already about whether they were b bs or parts of bombs. i don t know if we can say. do you think the people