Barcelona News - Boston Marathon Bombing

This past Monday, on Patriots Day in the US, two bombs went off during the 4th hour of the Boston Marathon killing three people, one an eight year old boy and wounding over 170 people. Some of these injured lost limbs, are in serious condition, or escaped with a few broken bones, but all of their lives have been changed.

Being abroad it was scary and makes you just want to go hug your family and tell them you love them. As an American it also brings back memories of 9/11 and makes everyone immediately think terrorist. This is over course the first thought that pops

into an Americans head, but it may not be true. It was interesting to see though how the story would be shown in the Spanish news. I was getting the story from the New York Times and CNN and looking at any American news source online to get the full coverage. The Spanish News Papers though did cover the story because of how tragic and shocking it was not only to the US, but to the world.
 
Yesterday, the FBI put out the pictures of the two suspects to the US people in hopes of getting their help in finding these two men. I am sure they re

ceived many answers, including some that lead them to MIT where there was a shoot out between the two bombers and the police. I was reading in El Periodico, a Spanish paper, who get there information from US papers, that one suspect died after being in custody from serious injuries he suffered in the clash with the police. A policemen was also killed after the suspects armed with guns and explosives stole a car at gunpoint and chased the men until there was a dramatic confrontation. The other suspect was able to escape and police are still looking for him.

It is scary to think that things like this can happen in the world and that there are madmen out there who think they can stomp on America and break our spirit. Just from hearing the stories that happened after the bombs went off make me love America and the fact that while there are people willing to hurt others there are more willing to help those in need. An example of this can be seen in all those runners who ran 2 more miles to the nearest hospital after running more than 26 miles in the marathon.