So I am guessing that most of you have heard the news, but if you have not yet, 2 bombs were set off today at the end of the Boston Marathon near the finish line. As of right now, at least three people are dead and at least 130 people have been injured in some way. Many people who are not in critical condition have had arms or legs that were blown off by the explosions. This event has been the latest in a long string of violent attacks in the U.S. There was the shooting at the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, and then there was the mass shooting at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Next, there was the mass shooting at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, and the final major violent event before this was a mass stabbing at a community college in Houston where a student went around and stabbed fourteen different students, and the event seemed like a random event. All of these events led up today. At the end of the Boston Marathon, about 2:00 P.M. Chicago time, two small bombs were set off near the finish line about 150 yards away from each other, and the first explosion happened about fifteen seconds before the second explosion. President Obama has already given a speech, talking about today's events. Even though all of these events have been horrific,
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May 2013
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