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[MacDUFF]

It's sad, but the first thing I thought about was possibly some sort of IED, which I wouldn't rule out at this point.

[Melania]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

Why wasn't this news broadcast at the time it happened? Why did they wait all day before breaking it?

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Why don't you call them and find out?

There is a difference between a bomb and a firework...just sayin'

[SilleeMee]

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@Melania wrote:

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@SilleeMee wrote:

Why wasn't this news broadcast at the time it happened? Why did they wait all day before breaking it?

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Why don't you call them and find out?

There is a difference between a bomb and a firework...just sayin'

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@Melania, I don't want to call CNN. I find it disturbing though about the delay of reporting. 

A bomb, a firework...they are both explosives. You are right, they are different from one another. I knew that.

[NYC Susan]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

Why wasn't this news broadcast at the time it happened? Why did they wait all day before breaking it?

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They didn't wait all day.  It was reported immediately.  They were just still calling it "Breaking News" hours later.  That's pretty typical of how network news operates.

[SaRina]

The young man did not lose his foot.  He is undergoing surgery to try to save his seriously damaged foot.

[SilleeMee]

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@SaRina wrote:

The young man did not lose his foot.  He is undergoing surgery to try to save his seriously damaged foot.

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@SaRina,

One witness stated she saw the man with his foot severed from his ankle. Surgery was probably being done to re-attach it. Poor guy.

[Say Nay]

CBS This Morning just said his leg was amputated below the knee. They also said the victim spoke with his grandfather and told him it didn't seem like a firework when he stepped down on the device.

I'm not sure why the police are so quick to insist that it was a firework and not deliberately put there to cause harm.

[hckynut]

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@Goldengate8361 wrote:

There are bad accidents every year with fireworks and explosives. Most unfortunate.

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Has it been verified this was indeed "an accident"?  Could it be a person or a group working on bigger and more damaging explosives?

hckynut(john)

[hckynut]

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@RazorSharp wrote:

In the photos they're showing on CNN, the victim looks like actor Andrew Garfield.

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Who is ole Andrew and why would I know him?

hckynut(john)

[Nuttmeg]

I wish the police could find the person or person(s) responsible for this act of violence. Someone needs jail time.