Explosion at the Boston Marathon.

phunk said:
I can't imagine the explosion being powerful enough to do that. I suspect it was bent by the people pulling away the fences.

ETA: I was thinking that was the location of the first bomb. After seeing the pic in post 882, I think it could have been the crowd that bent the barrier.
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If that's the same type of interlocking crowd fencing I have used every weekend for the last 10 years or so (and it looks like it is) there is no way that people would have bent that. In order to bend that it would have to be a very deliberate action. If three people set out with a fulcrum it could probably be bent but if you are just trying to get past it then tossing it aside is much faster.

I suppose it could have been severely damaged by the blast and compromised and then easily bent.
 
Biscuit said:
I suppose it could have been severely damaged by the blast and compromised and then easily bent.
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Maybe that's it. The blast breaks the fence into two parts and it is laying on victims. Rescuers lift the fence off the people and lean both pieces on the mailbox. Maybe?
 
Biscuit said:
If that's the same type of interlocking crowd fencing I have used every weekend for the last 10 years or so (and it looks like it is) there is no way that people would have bent that. In order to bend that it would have to be a very deliberate action. If three people set out with a fulcrum it could probably be bent but if you are just trying to get past it then tossing it aside is much faster.

I suppose it could have been severely damaged by the blast and compromised and then easily bent.
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What if, instead of 3 people, there were 20 people surging forward because a bomb just went off behind them.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
The news is now describing but not showing the two guys that are together in a lot of the IMGUR images, guy with black backpack, jacket, and white cap and guy in blue with the duffle bag over his shoulder.
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This could be the result of the news outfit's doing pretty much the same thing you're doing and not because they're privy to any new info from law enforcement.
 
"It was unclear why authorities did not publicize images of the unidentified suspects yesterday. "

Again, I hope that's a sign that they're closer to identifying (or already have identified) the suspects and making the arrests than they're letting on. They may be more concerned about not scaring them off (as if they know where to find them now, or are closing in) than they are about getting more tips from the public.
 
William Parcher said:
Maybe that's it. The blast breaks the fence into two parts and it is laying on victims. Rescuers lift the fence off the people and lean both pieces on the mailbox. Maybe?
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Entirely possible but hard to tell from the image. I will go back and look again.

phunk said:
What if, instead of 3 people, there were 20 people surging forward because a bomb just went off behind them.
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If even 2 pieces are still interlocked they will move together, even fall over together but just surging against one piece will not bend it unless they were intentionally using that drop box as fulcrum and that seems unlikely as it would take coordination and a desire to bend the fence not just clear the area.

To unlock that fencing you have to pick one piece up, move it towards the other piece and tilt it about 45 degrees then pull away. They are a pain in the ass to move and assemble but I have used them to hold back thousands at concerts and bars and such. (provided you have guys behind them they are very hard to compromise.)
 
William Parcher said:
Maybe that's it. The blast breaks the fence into two parts and it is laying on victims. Rescuers lift the fence off the people and lean both pieces on the mailbox. Maybe?
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I would like to see an un-edited version of that photo but this is what I see.

The two pieces of fencing wrapped around the "post box" appear to be from the same segment, it use to be one solid section. I don't think they were placed there as both sections appear to lean away from the "post box." It's blurry but I bet the bottom rail is still connected and the bomb blast blew it into the "post box" causing the bend. This speaks volumes for the strength of those boxes.

This is what we use but with a different connection for linking them. They are very heavy duty.

ETA: I think the feet of the section bent towards the camera position are now hinged up under the box which could explain why it hasn't all fallen over like the full segment that is laying on the victims to the left of the box.
 
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There appears to be a whole section of fence missing, unless it's somehow hidden in the blurred out area.
 
Another big photo of that fence. You can see a bent rod in there.

Maybe the blast launched bodies on the "short side of the fulcrum" while standing people on the other side kept the fence from simply rotating with the mailbox being the fulcrum point.
 
William Parcher said:
Correct, but that series of photos is supposed to be self-describing. The creator is saying that the bent guy is in the same place as the blast mark (next to black fence). He is not.
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How do you figure?

It's the first bomb site, not the second. The black fence is new or temporary but here is the Google street view: 679 and 671 Boylston Street, Boston, MA. The Lenscrafter's is at 679 Boylston even though the address on Google says 699. You can see landmarks: the sidewalk brick pattern and the building facade. You can see the sign in the window that isn't broken next to the guy crouching in the doorway after the bomb.

The image of the guy bending over is from one of the upper windows above the storefronts.

So do you think the guy bending over is somewhere else altogether? Or do you just think the blast mark is a few feet closer to the black fence?
 
phunk said:
There appears to be a whole section of fence missing, unless it's somehow hidden in the blurred out area.
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That may be true. But I think we are seeing a broken/bent section because of the angle at which both halves are resting while upright. A big tilt with both parts. As if the section is busted but still together.
 
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