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Originally Posted by Heartnsoul
doesn't take on line to inform us of what's going on. all common sense
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Many of us have adult children, grandchildren, neices, nephews, friends and other acquaintences who live , or go to school, or work in Boston or the surrounding area.
MSN always has breaking news with the red banner (if it's serious news) across the top of my screen when I turn the computer on........
For those of us with connections or bonds back to Boston (especially those of us in New England)........this "story" and "news" is equivalent to how we all felt while 911 was unfolding...........a need to know. We also had bonds to New York City as that's where my dad was born....and all of his family lived.
We are all united in a "need to know" and glad they got one of the Boston Marathon Bombers overnight........unfortunately the policeman at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge had to lose his life in a gun battle........etc., etc.....another injured. Right now there are "HUMVEES" AND ALL KINDS OF POLICE AND NATIONAL GUARD PRESENCE in the neighborhood where he is believed to be holed up.
Our "press" is our morning newspaper.......and by the time we get it at 3 a.m. in the morning, the news is yesterday's news........
...................so yes, we get it ONLINE and from ABC, CNN and CBS, NBC and sometimes FOX. MSNBC is faster than the t.v. news.
Our daughter and son have friends who live in Boston..........our neighbors have children that live in Boston........our neighbors go to all the RED SOX games...........now you know.
The two brothers have sisters in New York City........the father said he lived in the U.S. for ten years.........he is horrified and said GIVE YOURSELF UP to his son.
The sister just said "I am in mourning" and she is horrified at what has happened..............