'Somebody's Leg Flew Past My Head': Eyewitnesses Describe Scenes Of Unimaginable Horror As Boston Marathon Bomb Blasts Injure More Than 100 -- Daily Mail
* Unimaginable horror as victims with missing limbs are transported away
* At least two dead, six in critical condition and as many as 100 injured
* The race's medical tent has been turned into a morgue
* Doctor who ran to the scene: 'It was like a war zone'
* Reports of other suspicious packages across the city adds to the chaos
Eyewitnesses have described scenes of unimaginable horror after two bomb explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line today, as medical staff scrambled to help the injured and others rushed to set up makeshift morgues for the dead.
Two huge explosions occurred seconds apart at 2.50pm and emergency vehicles swarmed the area.
Witnesses described horrifying scenes of bloody spectators being carried from the scene, as others reported seeing piles of bodies with missing limbs and shrapnel wounds.
Two people have died, including an eight-year-old child. Eight people are in critical condition, four have undergone leg amputations and 110 - including eight children - have reportedly been injured.
'Somebody's leg flew by my head,' spectator John Ross told the Boston Herald. 'I gave my belt to stop the blood.'
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More Eyewitness Accounts On Today's Boston Marathon Bomb Attack
Runners, onlookers give first account of Boston Marathon blasts -- L.A. Times
Runners Recount Chaotic Scene at Finish Line -- Wall Street Journal
Steve Silva's eye witness account of the Boston Marathon explosions -- Boston.com
Eyewitness: Boston Marathon explosions rocked nearby building -- Daily Caller
Boston Marathon runner’s account -- Boston Globe
Witnesses Describe Scene of Carnage -- New York Times
Boston bombing witnesses: In their own words -- CBS
Boston Marathon Explosion Witnesses: Smoke, Trampling, 'Like a War Zone' -- ABC News
Tragedy in Boston: One Photographer’s Eyewitness Account -- Time
Explosions at the Finish Line: Two Eyewitness Accounts of Boston’s Marathon Attack -- Time
Bombing Eyewitness: Blood, Mayhem and a Collective Scream -- People
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mourning day for Boston
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