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Mourning, resolve and quest for answers after Boston Marathon bombs - CNN.com - 0 views

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      Paraphrase http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/boston-marathon-explosions/index.html?iref=allsearch Mourning, resolve and quest for answers after deadly Boston Marathon bombs\ © 2014 Cable News Network May 8, 2014 Paraphrase: A pedriatic resident at Boston Children's Hospital was by the finish line when heard the bursts go off.Going over barriers and zooming by police men until one stopped her , not letting her go anymore. despite that, she was able to get past that obstacle, but there was just one more left. Having to save the people. She performed CPR one one wounded and stopped the bleeding of two others. "It was horrific. It was the worst thing Iv'e ever seen," Stavas said. "It was unbelievable."
  • Dr. Natalie Stavas, a pediatric resident at Boston Children's Hospital, was near the home stretch of the race she was running with her father when she heard the blasts. Despite having run 26 miles, she went over barriers and past policemen, until one stopped her. Stavas told CNN she told him she was a doctor and pleaded, "You have to let me help, you have to let me through." She said she performed CPR on the first person she encountered. For the next two, she worked to halt their bleeding. Stavas stressed that there were hundreds of others doing whatever they could.
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      Paraphrase http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/boston-marathon-explosions/index.html?iref=allsearch Mourning, resolve and quest for answers after deadly Boston Marathon bombs updated 7:18 AM EDT, Wed April 17, 2013 May 8, 2014 Paraphrase: A pediatric resident at Boston Children's Hospital, by the finish line when she got an ear full of the bombs. She went over obstacles and policemen unitl one stopped her not letting her go past. She convinced the officer to let her help the injured because of her degree. "It was horrific. It was the worst Iv'e ever seen," Stavas said. "It was unbelievable."
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Terrorism strikes Boston Marathon as bombs kill 3, wound scores - CNN.com - 0 views

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      paraphrase http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosions/index.html?iref=allsearch Boy, 8, one of 3 killed in bombings at Boston Marathon; scores wounded 2014 May 8, 2014
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      At Copley Square, the terror mishap set off panic and chaos, broken windows and barricades. Smoke clouds filled the air.
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Bombing Suspect Cites Islamic Extremist Beliefs as Motive - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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      Paraphrase http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/us/boston-marathon-bombing-developments.html Boston Suspects Are Seen as Self-Taught and Fueled by Web May 7, 2014 Paraphrase:
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      Paraphrase:Motivated by extreme Islamic beliefs, two Chechen brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev that were unconnected with outside terrorist groups; learned how to build explosive devices on the computer.
  • The portrait investigators have begun to piece together of the two brothers suspected of the Boston Marathon bombings suggests that they were motivated by extremist Islamic beliefs but were not acting with known terrorist groups — and that they may have learned to build bombs simply by logging onto the online English-language magazine of the affiliate of Al Qaeda in Yemen, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
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      Quote baa.org ©2014 All rights reserved Thank you, from the B.A.A. May 7, 2014
  • Boston is a shining symbol of compassion and caring.
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      Paraphrase www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/us/boston-marathon-bombing-developments.html?_r=0 © 2013 The New York Times Company May 7, 2014 Paraphrase:
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PLOS ONE: Completing the Results of the 2013 Boston Marathon - 0 views

  • Of lesser concern, in the immediate aftermath, was the fact that nearly 6,000 runners failed to finish the race.
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    Abstract The 2013 Boston marathon was disrupted by two bombs placed near the finish line. The bombs resulted in three deaths and several hundred injuries. Of lesser concern, in the immediate aftermath, was the fact that nearly 6,000 runners failed to finish the race.
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Boston Marathon bombing kills 3, injures over 140 - 0 views

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    BOSTON (AP) - Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.
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26.2 facts about the Boston Marathon - 0 views

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    AP Photo/Stew Milne The race draws more than 500,000 spectators -- or 80 percent of the city's population -- each year. Sharpen your Beantown knowledge and floss your running wisdom with 26.2 facts to impress your marathoning friends.
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Boston Marathon Facts - 0 views

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    Boston Athletic Association: Among the nation's oldest athletic clubs, the B.A.A. was established in 1887, and, in 1896, more than half of the U.S. Olympic Team at the first modern games was comprised of B.A.A. club members. The Olympic Games provided the inspiration for the first Boston Marathon, which culminated the B.A.A.
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After 2013 bombing, Boston Marathon under tight security - 0 views

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    BOSTON - A year after a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs killed three people and wounded more than 260 others at the Boston Marathon, runners and spectators began filtering in Monday morning at the starting line in Hopkinton, Mass., amid tight security.
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At least 3 dead, 141 injured in Boston Marathon blasts - 0 views

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    Blasts hit seconds apart near finish line. BOSTON - Two explosions ripped through the Boston Marathon's crowded finish line Monday afternoon, killing at least three people and injuring more than 141. The dead included an 8-year-old boy, The Boston Globe reported, citing law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation.
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Boston Marathon Event Information - 0 views

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