Photos: Explosions at Boston Marathon

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Photos: Explosions at Boston Marathon

April 15, 2013: Two explosions at Boston Marathon finish line

An unidentified Boston Marathon runner leaves the course crying near Copley Square following an explosion in Boston on April 15, 2013.

Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion on April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.

Members of the Massachusetts National Guard wait for orders on Boston Common in the evening following an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Runners who had not yet finished the race are stopped before the Massachusetts Avenue overpass on Commonwealth Avenue following the explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

A Boston Marathon competitor and Boston police run from the area of an explosion near the finish line in Boston on April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded seconds apart, creating a bloody and chaotic scene about four hours into the race.

Spectators flee the scene near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

A distraught woman kneels and prays near the finish line.

Workers aid injured people at the finish line.

President Barack Obama leaves the podium after speaking in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2013, following the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington following the explosions.

A firefighter tends to an injured man following an explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston.

Boston police on bicycles patrol on Commonwealth Avenue following the explosions.

Firefighters tend to a man following an explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

One of the blast sites on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon is investigated by a person in a protective suit in the wake of the blasts.

Emergency responders gather around the finish line of the Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston on Monday, April 15, 2013.

Armed Massachusetts State Police roll into the area following the explosions.

A Boston police officer patrols the area near the finish line following the explosions.

A Massachusetts state police officer guards the area containing the medical tent, rear, following the explosions.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick pauses as he speaks about the explosions during a news conference as Boston Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, left, looks on, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston. Two explosions shattered the finish of the Boston Marathon, sending authorities out on the course to carry away the injured.

Justine Franco of Montpelier, Vt., holds up a sign near Copley Square in Boston looking for her missing friend, April, who was running in her first Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 23 others.

Women react as they walk from the area where there was an explosion.

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An unidentified Boston Marathon runner leaves the course crying near Copley Square following an explosion in Boston on April 15, 2013.

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