[PIC STORY] Martin, 8 Year Old Boy Killed As He Waited To Give His Runner Father A Hug At Boston Marathon Finish Line.

Tragic Martin Richard was standing with his mother and six-year-old sister, who both suffered horrific injuries, when bombs hidden in rubbish bins exploded within seconds of each other.

The lad may very nearly have cheated death after he walked out to embrace his father Bill Richard at the finishing line, according to local reports. But Martin, from Boston’s Dorchester suburb, then returned to his mum, at which point the first bomb went off.

His mother is in hospital after undergoing brain surgery and his sister's leg was blown off. His older brother is said to be uninjured.

America is today on terror alert after the twin bombing attack.

Boston police closed off the city as a “danger zone” as witnesses described the “unspeakable horror” of body parts flying through the air and shoes that “still had flesh in them”. 

Ambulances and fire engines swarmed into Boston’s Copley Square along with armed cops to find the pavements drenched with blood and people lying in agony.

Some victims needed to have limbs amputated following the atrocity — six days before the London Marathon.

Hospitals reported at least 144 people are being treated, at least 17 of them in critical condition and 25 in serious condition. At least eight of the patients are children.

Doctors are "pulling ball bearings out of people in the emergency room" an expert said, suggesting the bombs were designed to propel shrapnel.

According to one police officer, at least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing.

Two brothers each lost a leg from the knee down in the blast after going to watch a friend run the marathon. Their devastated mother Liz Norden, described how her 31-year-old son phoned her as paramedics rushed him to hospital, saying: “Ma, I’m hurt real bad.” 

Speaking from outside the emergency room, Liz added: "I’d never imagined in my wildest dreams this would ever happen.

“I feel sick. I think I could pass out.”

 

 

Source: Dail Mail, The Sun Uk