Horrible

Deadly bombs rock Boston marathon

Two bombs exploded near the crowded finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring dozens others in a terrifying scene of broken glass, smoke and severed limbs, authorities said.
Police found and defused at least one other explosive device. Law enforcement sources tell CBS News correspondent Bob Orr that authorities found one other device that is intact and has not been detonated.

2 killed, more than 130 hurt in Boston Marathon bombing

• Two killed – including 8-year-old boy – in bomb blasts near finish line of Boston Marathon, Boston police say.
• Area hospitals say at least 132 are injured, including eight children.
• Two explosions happened at about 2:50 p.m., more than two hours after the first of the race's nearly 27,000 runners had crossed the finish line.
• Boston.com journalist reports "blood everywhere," people missing limbs.
• Race called off; Red Cross and Google set up websites to help people find loved ones in the area

Thinking of all the folks in Boston today and the victims and their families. Please let there be justice for this horrible act.

An exercise becomes, sadly, a reality

A bright life, a needless end

Zuckoff, an author and accomplished former Globe ­reporter, gives the same assignment to every student on the first day of feature writing class: write your own obituary. Christopher completed his on Sept. 5. It’s an exercise that allows the students to express themselves and the professor to learn about his students. Nobody could ever have imagined it to be real.

Christopher’s was an expansive, fascinating journey that never should have ended when it did. His self-penned obituary is below. It’s ­included in the hope that every motorist might think about his life and slow down. It’s included in the hope that every cyclist might think of Christopher and tame the urge to rush. It’s ­included because nobody knew Christopher better than he knew himself.

It's a very touching obituary, giving a glimpse of a young man with a lot of promise, cut down, unfortunately, when he was struck on his bike in the designated lane by a semi-truck doing a wide turn. RIP, Christopher Weigl.

What would you write in your obituary?