Breaking: Explosion Reported at Boston Marathon's Finish Line

[Keith Millea]

Thanks Peter,

I'm not trying to raise a ruckus but if somebody can explain to me how someone can set down a bomb next to people,look them in the eye,and walk off while it explodes 2 minutes later,can be called a "Patsy",I'm all ears.


Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him.

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First responders including Carlos Arredondo, in cowboy hat, tend to Jeff Bauman, who was severely wounded after two explosions occurred along the final stretch of the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street in Boston on April 15, 2013. Photographer: Kelvin Ma/Bloomberg

April 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Esmé E. Deprez talks about Boston bombing victim Jeff Bauman, who, according to his brother Chris, gave a description of one of the men believed to be responsible for Monday's explosion at the Boston Marathon. Deprez speaks to Michael McKee and Tom Keene on Bloomberg Radio's "Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)

Just before 3 p.m. on April 15, Bauman was waiting among the crowd for his girlfriend to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. A man wearing a cap, sunglasses and a black jacket over a hooded sweatshirt looked at Jeff, 27, and dropped a bag at his feet, his brother, Chris Bauman, said in an interview.

Two and a half minutes later, the bag exploded, tearing Jeff's legs apart. A picture of him in a wheelchair, bloodied and ashen, was broadcast around the world as he was rushed to Boston Medical Center. He lost both legs below the knee.

"He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, bag, saw the guy, looked right at me,'" Chris Bauman said yesterday in an interview.