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
massachusetts general hospital tonight where within the last hour trauma surgeons presiovide some details of the injured people who he has treated over the course of the day. there s a variety of injuries, probably the most common serious injuries are combined lower extremity injuries, combined meaning bone injuries, soft tissue injuries and vascular injuries to the lower extremities. we re seeing a lot of shrapnel injuries. many of those involve, again, predominantly the lower extremities. a lot of small metal debris. some people have asked already about whether these were bbs or parts of bombs. i just don t think we re able to say whether these are small bits of metal that were placed there intentionally or part of the environment. trauma surgeon explaining that there have been doctors in surgery since early this morning. he s been in surgery since 8:00 this morning. he s performed several surgeries on the injured victims of today s bombings. the bombings took place at
hour trauma surgeons presiovide some details of the injured people who he has treated over the course of the day. there s a variety of injuries, probably the most common serious injuries are combined lower extremity injuries, combined meaning bone injuries, soft tissue injuries and vascular injuries to the lower extremities. we re seeing a lot of shrapnel injuries. many of those involve, again, predominantly the lower extremities. a lot of small metal debris. some people have asked already about whether these were bbs or parts of bombs. i just don t think we re able to say whether these are small bits of metal that were placed there intentionally or part of the environment. trauma surgeon explaining that there have been doctors in surgery since early this morning. he s been in surgery since 8:00 this morning. he s performed several surgeries on the injured victims of today s bombings. the bombings took place at approximately 2:50 p.m. local time. the trauma surgeon report