there are sources that we ve had that have told us that there are at least two other bombs that weren t detonated as well. so you can look at the brighter side of it, say, it could have been worse without the medical hospitals that we have so clear. without the triaging that s there for the marathon anyway. it s small solace to those people that have lost their loved ones and, you know, the people that have been injured. but this could have been worse. as a former d.a., though, one of the things that occurs to me about having unexploded devices in custody is that s very valuable evidence in terms of tracking the types of devices these were. and in terms of giving you leads for investigative it is. process. the devices that have exploded, they re very valuable, too, in terms of evidence. so that kind of forensic evidence, we re bringing the best people in the country to boston. we have some of the best to
who took part if the marathon. her fourth grade daughter survived the shooting. we know it s nothing like the pain and suffering that the parents are feeling back home. it s running but we want our steps to count. we want them to know we re here and we re not quitting. they re in our hearts. reporter: their goal to support a charity called newtown strong raising scholarship money for the siblings of the children who died. when we hit boylston street and one that final 3845 yards toward the finish, we re going to sprint like we did that do to get to our children and fly like those kids flew to get to the fire house and let it all out and run for the freedom and for that full on love of life that those kids had.
we were at the lennox hotel which is right at the corner of boylst boylston and exiter, a half block from where the bombs exploded. we were waiting for my friend who ran the marathon to meet up with us. me and a girl friend were having lunch. at 2:50 this massive explosion occurs. we could feel the ground shake below us and everything on our table shook. ten seconds later a second blast hit and we looked outside and saw a plume of smoke up in the air. we saw the building across from the spectator stands which was a mirrored tall office building shakes. and that s when panic struck everyone in that restaurant. that was alicia layne from knbc in los angeles who was in town here in boston to cheer on a friend running the marathon today. the investigation began today
line or near the finish line of the marathon, it really did target the bystanders which may explain why we have so many children among those injured. you don t have 2-year-olds running the marathon. they re there as babes in arms with family members watching this joyous event. usually with family members in the race. so many of those family members are those running for charity, a family member with cancer or an ailment and running to raise money for that. their children and loved ones are sitting there the at the finish line to embrace them after an enormous commitment of time. so in terms of it s awful. in terms of the type of attack this is, one of the things that s broken late this evening, it seems to have been, there s reportedly a number of unexploded devices recovered after the event. we don t have exactly all of the details or the locations yet. they re telling us to proceed with caution in terms of the way we understand the character of the attack and how many dif
us are looking at the family members of now three people that have lost their lives. and i think the number s even at 120 now in the number of people that were injured. and you just try and make sense out of something that makes no sense in terms of what appears to be a terrorist action. and we don t know. i mean, from a homeland security perspective, you look at the symbols, because that s what terrorists try to attack. that s their targets. and here we had the marathon, which is the oldest in the country and one of the largest in the world. it s an international event attracting almost 100 countries that have runners here. it s that kind of symbol a terrorist would look at and also it s tax day. it s april 15th. and if it s a domestic type of terrorist that hates their government and wants to rebel against it, that s also a symbol as well. i think that we ll follow the evidence the way law enforcement people do. being a former d.a., that s