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Eardrums? were they close to the explosion? >> we have seen at least one, which is not uncommon with blast injury. one of the things on the to-do list for me is to go right back around. it can be hard sometimes, particularly if people are being rushed to the operating room to get a good exam and repeat all of those exams. >> can you give us more information on ages, hometowns? >> no, i'm sorry i can't. i just don't have that information. the hospital may be able to give that later. >> can you talk about the amputees? you've had how many here? >> i can't tell you precisely right now. several. >...

Blast. >> my mom called the fbi at the airport trying to get information on people who had seen the blast, and my mom had some pictures on the explosion. so they talked to her. i think they're just trying to figure out who did it. it's such a crowded area, it's hard to see. >> ryan, i'm so glad you're okay. thank you for talking with us. >> my prayers and thought s everyone else. >> late word, that we've -- and katie, thank you very much as well. i wish you and your sister the best. we have late word of the atf who have sent all their personnel from boston to the scene. so that's just part of ...

Explosions. one of them has served in iraq. he said when he ran out there to help, it looked like iraq. they saw people with limbs blown off, they saw people whose abdomens were opened. they rushed these people into the tent. they said that everyone worked so well together. all the positions and all the nurses, they worked on dozens of patients trying to get them into ambulances and out to local emergency rooms. >> chris? >> thank you very much. i'm here talking with steven and jim. you're there, you were there to help the elite athletes, thinking you're going to deal with cramps and dehydrati...

He had a cell phone, but they weren't working. my other brother and his wife and three kids were closer to the explosion. my brother's son asked him, who was that noise? my brother knew it was a bomb, grabbed the kids and went the other way. >> unbelievable. so glad you're okay. thanks so much for talking about it. so many people seeing it from different angles. we're trying to piece it together as best we can. fran joins me, as well as tom. tom, in terms of what happens overnight, where the investigation is now, juliette earlier was saying critical right now that law enforcement just wants to...

Wounds, things like ball bearings in the bombs. 17 in critical condition, 25 in serious and at least 8 are children. and one of the confirmed dead tonight is an 8-year-old boy. the fbi is leading the investigation. federal law enforcement has been placed in a level one mobilization, which basically means all hands on deck. up in boston, they're now working 24 hours a day, all days off and have been canceled at this point. the first explosion went off around 2:50 eastern standard time near the finish line of the boston marathon. the video from "the boston globe" captured the explosion as it hap...