<p>I myself think NPR is one of the more reliable sources.</p>
<p>I too read that the media hordes were gathering at the federal courthouse on the rumor that a suspect had been arrested. I guess someone called in a threat to watch the ensuing scramble. What a circus.</p>
<p>I read a FBI statement asking the media to only report things that had been checked through the official sources. I doubt that is going to happen. Way, way too much water under that particular bridge.</p>
<p>I suspect a person of interest is being questioned but has not actually been arrested. That might explain the discrepancy in leaks.</p>
<p>I can’t figure out which photos different posters are referring to. One’s a guy in torn pants, another seems to be s guy in a dark track suit and hat. Black backpack vs white bag. Etc. The press conference is at 5pm.</p>
<p>If I had left the bomb, I would have been much farther away when it went off, both out of fear of injury, and to reduce the chances of being caught.</p>
<p>If I had left the bomb and knew I had been filmed or photographed, I would be on my way out of town now. Even if I didn’t know that I’d been filmed, I’d be escaping. I wish they wouldn’t report that the police are looking for someone, or that an arrest is imminent.</p>
<p>So, you treat only normal neurotics, jym?</p>
<p>Press conference 5pm ET.</p>
<p>JRZMom-- if running was evidence of guilt, the long haired brunette woman in the bright green jacket and hot red/pink shoes needs to be brought in. AND she was wearing gloves. I’d have to go back and look, but she may also have been wearing sunglasses. Humm!.</p>
<p>Any new news about “Blue Robe Man?”</p>
<p>If running is evidence of guilt, everyone on the sidewalk who was not injured or there with a victim should be busted. When you see the “film” shot by the Globe (I know it is not film anymore), everyone on the sidewalk not in the immediate area of the bomb clears out of there in a wave.</p>
<p>I am not intrigued by the people that are running or moving away in the pictures, I am more intrigued by a couple that acted as if nothing has happened.</p>
<p>And now they have postponed the 5 o’clock press conference? No time reported for the rescheduling.</p>
<p>ttparent, I was just going to post the same thing.</p>
<p>By the way, what is a NORMAL neurotic in post 485?</p>
<p>My surprise (I know I shouldn’t be) is the reaction of the press (or someone with a camera) to the whole thing. After seeing several clips you see people/press nonchalantly walking up to the barricade, lifting their camera, taking a few snaps, … and walking away…while others frantically try to pull away the fencing to get to the injured.</p>
<p>I am sure many who are in this profession and have gone to war torn countries are used to this and do not react to this type of terror/chaos. </p>
<p>Anyone also seen this?</p>
<p>It made me think about myself. How would I have reacted?</p>
<p>
There is a lot of complicated psychology involved. Yes, some feel like they are more clever than the rest of us. Some know better but they are making money on the ignorant and gullible - writing books, giving talks, having a radio show. Some people hate the government so much that they are willing to believe anything. There is also the element that believes that if it’s the government, then somehow there is a control that is lacking if it is random people acting for reasons we can’t comprehend. There is a corollary to religion in this viewpoint. And that’s just SOME of the reasons people pick up on these things.
Rosie’s command of physics doesn’t reassure me. I find the people trying to use bad science to advance their position particularly disturbing as a physicist. </p>
<p>Some of the wingnuts on the outer fringe of the 9/11 conspiracy theories put forth ideas that make Rosie and Jesse look tame.</p>
<p>ognopgod, that is a very good observation and I agree, probably reporters or photographers of some kind.</p>
<p>I like to think that I would jump up and help people with their wounds and possibly assist in stopping the bleeding and making the tourniquets, but I don’t know, I probably stunned and don’t know what to do. I have a lot more respects for EMTs and doctors every time something like this happens.</p>
<p>BTW, this is the location of first blast, most of the reports are saying the videos of the second blast location that are giving the authority the lead. CNN is reporting that someone with backward white cap is the person of interest from the videos.</p>
<p>HImom (491) - someone like me! Minor issues only …</p>
<p>ognopgod, I would like to think that I would react quickly, help the injured, stop the bleeding, etc. But I don’t think I’d be capable of calm, considered action. I would probably just stand frozen with my hands covering my eyes. </p>
<p>I certainly would not be able to calmly take photos.</p>
<p>I’m sure that we’ve all dealt with accidents with our kids so we’ve all at least had a little training with cuts, bruises, stings and bites. I had first aid training at a former workplace and I’m sure that others here have had similar or more training. Such training may be available at your workplace if you’re interested.</p>
<p>I think you just don’t know what you will do.</p>
<p>I read somewhere they think there is a “hero” gene, and that is part of why the species survived, but there is also the "run’ gene, which is also why the species survived. The take a picture gene? I don’t know, but I think it has also always been with us.</p>
<p>Both of my kids are Wilderness First Responders.</p>
<p>It is the job of photographers to take pictures when things happen, and the finish line was full of photographers because of the event. I did see one guy in the Globe film who was draped with cameras, helping to pull back the fencing instead of doing his photography job. </p>
<p>Photographers who do their jobs also usually wind up providing police & FBI with excellent evidence. Do you think the film the Boston Globe sports guy made is not being gone over frame by frame? What if he had dropped the camera & rushed to pull down the fencing? Lots of people were there to pull down the fence, but he had a high quality professional camera he could preserve the scene with.</p>
<p>When you are trained, the training kicks in. I have only been given first aid training, to be a Scout leader (year after year after year), but when I heard a woman choking on food in a museum restaurant, I was standing next to her asking permission could get behind her & do Heimlich before I realized I had left my table.</p>