Horrific. so many amputations. he and many others were shaken to the soul by what they saw. shaken to the soul by what they saw. an horrific event. yeah, willie geist here in new york city. doctors saying the same thing on the scene, even in hospitals, this is like nothing they ve ever seen or frankly have had to prepare for. a lot of people have pointed out in the last 12 hours or so that this marathon and others like it are prime soft targets. you have a large gathering of people, it s hard to police that many people. in your experience, has the boston marathon been targeted previously? anything you know of that had been thwarted. nothing i know of, the current commissioner in boston, and i m not aware of any specific targeting by anybody of this event.
colleen, was this your first boston marathon? it was my third. oh, wow. i d experienced it before. it s such a special day and a celebratory day in boston. hyde had a great experience in the past and was looking forward to another celebration at the finish line. for those people, viewers out there this morning who are unaware of uniqueness of the boston marathon, the oldest marathon in this country, 117 years old, could you speak to the route and the strangers who offer you assistance, water and encouragement along the way, all the way until you come across the finish line? it s a special race, you start out and you actually run toward boston and you run through these small towns. and people have the day off and they line the streets and they come out and they offer you oranges and little kids set up lemonade stands and offer you cups of water. it s a community event. people are so supportive and people put out the score of the
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In a certain way and there s just never a thought in your mind that you could just, you know, out of left field get blown up. when you cross people in the hallway. you can sense something s a little different now. and it reminds me of that feeling we had in the days after the terrible attack on september 11th. all right. welcome back to morning joe. we re live in boston. just five blocks from the scene of the double bombing at the finish line of the boston marathon. here with us now from london, former police commissioner from boston, los angeles, and new york, and an old good friend of mike barnicle s bill bradley. mike, take it away. commissioner, good morning to you in london. having been experienced and a veteran of securing facilities like the city both in boston for a marathon, new york, los angeles for a marathon, could you give us a glimpse into what happens before the event occurs. during the morning of the event, the intel that s gathered, the
Each one developing off a bomb? all of those things. and then, of course, with the fbi and the local terrorism task force. do they have any informants that can shed light on this? and probably the biggest thing is not to jump to conclusions. not to assume anything. leave it all wide open. don t lean towards a foreign or domestic. it could be either one. patriots day, also tax day. that could ve got people up in arms. it could be a foreign type. so you leave all the options, all the possibilities open and let the evidence and the cctv cameras and the witnesses will bring you to your suspects. chief, how extensive is the camera network in boston? obviously, when something happens in london you can dial it up. you can dial it up pretty quick. there are a few streets in london that aren t on close