So Much Hate

There is a lot of hate in this world. People have malicious thoughts and don’t have a conscience smart enough or sane enough to tell them to stop.  This was extremely relevant in this past week. Monday, America was under attack. At the Boston marathon two bombs went off, separated by only 12 seconds. These explosions happened around 1:50pm on Monday afternoon. Thousands heard the blast and many were injured. If it weren’t for the heroic acts of American civilians, many many more lives would have been lost.

The explosions killed three people and wounded 170 others. Doctors, nurses, everyone still able rushed to the scene or stopped running the marathon to help aid the wounded. Many people lost limbs, and others lost a lot of blood out of their horrific wounds. However, Americans acted, and we as a notion, got those people to the hospital in a timely manner in an effort to stunt the death toll at three. Stories keep emerging about the people who rushed to the scene to help and the inspirational stories of how different situations unfolded. This is how it should be. We should be hearing news about the wounded and the ones who helped out, rather than the bombers. Of course everyone still wants to know the latest on the bombers, but our main focus should be on the people affected, not the criminals.

Many times people’s motives are never known, and this might be one of those occasions. What could possibly possess someone to set off two bombs at a marathon where thousands are gathered? Who knows? All I know is that it is an absolute act of god that only three lives were taken. A bazaar twist in this story is that the bombers thought they would get away with this! The younger brother who is currently in custody attended classes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. He even went to a party Thursday night before images of him and his brother emerged.

Once they were pursued, it was obvious they had no get away plan. They just tried to hide in town, thinking they wouldn’t get found. They didn’t try and get the heck out of dodge. Matter of fact, after the shootout, the younger brother just hid in a boat. How long was he thinking he would be able to stay in there before he would have needed to get nourishment? Well, in all likelihood he probably was planning on dying in that boat, given his condition when he was found. I am just very impressed that the WTPD was able to capture him alive, I thought he would be found dead, for sure. (WC 444)