VARIOUS POINTS AND TIMELINE OF THE BOSTON BOMBING

VARIOUS POINTS AND TIMELINE:

-8 yr old killed Martin Richard from Dorchester MA. Father ran in marathon, sister and mother were injured in blast.
-This year’s marathon was to honor the victims of Newtown.
-The President has not called this a terror threat.
-FBI say: The situation remains fluid, and it remains too early to establish the cause and motivation. The FBI has set-up 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), prompt #3, for anyone who has information, visual images, and/or details regarding the explosions along the Boston Marathon route and elsewhere. No piece of information or detail is too small.

TIMELINE:
2:50PM Four hours into the race the first bomb blasts goes off near the finish line.
15 secs later another explosion goes off 1500 yrds away on the same street, Boylston St

3:15PM Runners along the course are stopped and rerouted.

3:55PM Boston police detonate a suspicious object near Copley Square in a controlled explosion

4:02PM Boston police confirm 2 dead and 12 injured

4:12 PM Boston police respond to a third explosion at the JFK Library, that was later determined unrelated and due to a maintenance issue.

4:50 PM Boston police confirm the two explosions at 2:50 p.m. in a televised press conference with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Boston police also confirm a fire and possible explosion at the JFK Library, which they consider related.

6:12PM President address the nation. "we will use swift justice" to find those responsible.

8:17PM The Boston Athletic Assoc releases an official statement regarding the bombings. "We can confirm that all of the remaining runners who were out on the course when the tragic events unfolded have been returned to a community meeting area."

8:49PM At an evening press conference, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announces that the FBI has taken over the investigation. At this press conference, it is confirmed that three people died as a result of the bombings and at least 100 others were injured.