Dr George Velhamos, of Massachusetts General, also described the fragments, adding: “Some were pellets, others were like nails without heads which tore into the skin.”
Dr George Velhamos, of Massachusetts General, also described the fragments, adding: “Some were pellets, others were like nails without heads which tore into the skin.”
Man on the ground: Mirror's US editor Christopher Bucktin
Dan Callister
Speaking of those who needed amputations above the knee, he said: “We had to do this because their legs were completely destroyed."We just completed the ugly job that the bomb did, their legs were mangled.”District Fire Chief Ron Harrington of the Boston Fire Department’s District 3 recalled: “There was blood everywhere."A little boy lying in the street. A young woman in her 20s. Both dead.
“I saw people with arms hanging loose, and one without a leg. It was mayhem.”Law enforcement officials did not yet know what was used to detonate the six-litre pressure cooker bombs.The devices have been used in India, Nepal, Pakistan as well as Afghanistan, according an FBI and Homeland Security intelligence report from 2010.One of the three devices used in the May 2010 New York Times Square attempted bombing was also a pressure cooker.
Man on the ground: Mirror's US editor Christopher Bucktin Dan Callister
Speaking of those who needed amputations above the knee, he said: “We had to do this because their legs were completely destroyed."We just completed the ugly job that the bomb did, their legs were mangled.”District Fire Chief Ron Harrington of the Boston Fire Department’s District 3 recalled: “There was blood everywhere."A little boy lying in the street. A young woman in her 20s. Both dead.
“I saw people with arms hanging loose, and one without a leg. It was mayhem.”Law enforcement officials did not yet know what was used to detonate the six-litre pressure cooker bombs.The devices have been used in India, Nepal, Pakistan as well as Afghanistan, according an FBI and Homeland Security intelligence report from 2010.One of the three devices used in the May 2010 New York Times Square attempted bombing was also a pressure cooker.