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Fatalities, it could have been much worse. >> if there would have been -- if those devices would have been more powerful, is that what you're saying? >> yes, i'm saying that. and you could have had a knapsack full that would not have attracted anybody's attention because you have 20,000 spectators nearby, the majority of carrying backpacks with dry clothing for runners and food and water. for the police, that's an almost impossible scene to contain. you know, when you have 50,000 or 100,000 spectators at the super bowl, they're in a contained environment. you can settle up the magnetometers. w...

Just down here where the evacuated area is. there is police tape up everywhere and crowds of people, many runners, who can't get back into their hotels. one thing i know in one of the alleyways where people have been gathering, a lot of the locals have been coming out of their houses and giving coffee and bananas and orange juice to the people who ran who are very underdressed for the slightly chilly day here in boston and who are just loving each other and sort of huddling together and talking and trying to stay warm. one of the men said, thank you very much, i'd like to repay you for this. h...

Stepmother was on the press truck. all of them are fine as far as i know. i've been in touch with them, all on lockdown in a hotel in the area where people were taken immediately after the bombings. but i've talked to many of the first responders here. one of the medical volunteers who just described a horrific scene and said when they rushed to the area, first responders were already there and obviously the medical personnel here is more sports medicine to help runners with aches and pains and problems running the marathon. they're not necessarily prepared for this. they said they were triagi...