EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER ARENA AND EVERYONE RAN OUT SO SCARY? pic.twitter.com/pJbUBoELtE
— ♡♡ (@hannawwh) May 22, 2017
Arianna Grande finished a concert in the past few minutes in Manchester, UK. As the lights were turned on so that people could exit there was a large explosion that caused mass hysteria as around 20,000 young Arianna fans tried to get out of the arena. Police reports indicate there are fatalities and numerous injuries.
It appears there was only one explosion, and to me it sound related to the lighting since it happened at the same time the lights came up.
At times like this I really miss UF because he would be thinking the exact same inappropriate thoughts as I am .
Media and governments will not properly report terrorism and it is sad to see the minimal regard for truth in these matters. With hands tied behind our backs and mouths duct tape, let’s bow our heads in a moment of silence.
That is absurd. When things like this happen, it takes a while to piece together what really happened. The “why” can take even longer.
There is no conspiracy to withhold “the truth”. Tinfoil is best used to wrap leftovers – not for millinery.
Investigators and emergency personal are there in a matter of an hour. They know within minutes the difference between a pyrotechique/maintenance problem and an expolsion. Suicide bombs are loaded with nails and ball bearings. Based on the injuries of the victims, the conclusion this is a terrorist attack is quick and easy to determine but they wait many hours before reporting.
They also delay in reporting the name and nationality of the perpetrator to not incite repercussions.
There have been other terrorists attacks that have been mislabeled, ie. work place violence, so the truth is suppressed to assuage human outrage (Fort Hood, San Bernardino).
I completely agree with you. I just went to our office cafe and MSNBC and CNN are both talking about healthcare. Fox News is reporting from the scene about the terrorist act for which ISIS has claimed responsibility.
And BTW, Tamara, I’m sad (not sad) to admit, I bet I immediately had the same inappropriate thought as you upon hearing about the concert. That girl’s brother did her no favors lol.
Amen.
How are there two different people leaving without pants? Or with one pant leg? And now they are saying the explosion was not inside the arena? This is totally bizarre.
That is not an Ariana Grande picture. That is Ariana Madrid???
Gosh golly you are a smart one.
Were the clothing blown off by the explosion or is there a triage area and they were cut away to treat the wounds? I’ve noticed in the two people I saw they both had blood/wounds around knees and calf. (obviously don’t know for sure if I saw same 2 you saw — one a young female with one leg bare and one in jeans, other an older man (dad look) one leg bare, other in light beige khakis).
It’s just terrible, especially as most of the audience was tweeners.
29 dead. Confirmed.
Lots of live stream. Was a nail bomb. Suicide bomber.
Correction. 19+ dead. ^
This makes me ill. Attacking children sitting like ducks is not the desire of ANY deity.
What a fucking nightmare we are living in.
Believe it or not, evolution is at work and on so many different levels. Hang on tight, Katherine 2.0. Personally I trust in the Divine/One Will. When mankind as a whole is ready, the world will be a better place. In the meantime this is all quite painful which is why we need to continue to see beauty in the world around us and love each other.
Amen. Beautifully said.
Thanks Sunday, and thanks for hugging Boston for me!! I think I felt it!! ?
Such a senseless tragic event in such a great place with amazing people. How someone in their mind can rationalize and justify killing and injuring anyone intentionally let alone children, which based on Ariana’s fanbase i’m sure will be the case, is beyond me.
I just got back from Europe yesterday where i spent the last 3 weeks on vacation traveling to various countries and unfortunately the thought of terrorism was in the back of my mind like it has been the last couple years everytime i’m there. It’s an amazing place to go despite things like this as you know Tamara from your travels there as well. Just terrible to see, yet again, all over the news.
So unnecessary and stupid. It saddens my heart. Manchester Strong.
Was the brother who shall remain nameless injured or killed? Is it inappropriate that was my first thought and it was not out of concern?
Yes it is inappropriate to say outloud. We are using our grown up filters here. But not on Twitter. I regret to inform you that he’s just fine.
Why is anyone surprised that terrorists are killing children? They do it all the time: child suicide martyrs, bombing schools.
That’s what they do. Quoting spouse, “bigger headline”.
New normal.
My friend was there but thank God was seated in the upper tiers so wasn’t at the affected area. What’s even more scarier is there was no mobile phone signal for people in the area for hours so families trying to get through to their loved ones couldn’t. They’ve opened up a hotline for family members to check. It’s very sad. So many kids were at this show. RIP all the victims
I am going to hug and cuddle my son. My heart breaks for the parents that cannot do that tonight. It is ducking stupid that young kids lost their lives for a concert. Can we all agree this is so fucking gross and disgusting?
I am crying my eyes out. And I am reminded this happens in other countries every day. Crap, some how we get up and function.
Nail bomb in a backpack. Sounds like another terrorist attack. So fucking sad. Watching the terror on their faces as they try to get to safety is scary, this can happen anywhere. I used to think it happened in the big cities but when they had the attack in San Bernardino that hit close to home.
I was actually doing ok not getting too emotional or wrapped up in this – just been a long day and didn’t want to dwell on it all in an act of self care.
Then I looked at twitter, and J.K. Rowling is using her HUGE twitter following to retweet out requests for assistance to locate people – parents literally tweeting stuff like “My daughter was at the concert, and not answering her phone. Have you seen this girl?” with a picture.
That kills me.
Heartbreaking.
I work in media and have been across all this stories throughout the day – being on air on such an awful day isn’t easy but we soldiered on. It hasn’t been easy for any of us , some of us had family at the concert and some of us are still waiting to hear from our loved ones – we did our job as best we could but law enforcement will never tell us anything until they can confirm the information 100%. That’s how it should be too, they can’t invoke fear and panic but assuming things. I can assure you, there is no conspiracy and it will take a while for us to know everything that is happening.
I’m from the UK and you should be ashamed of yourself posting BS like this. Children are dead. Posting about the inappropriate comments you could make with your buddy is utterly disgusting at a time like this. Stick to commenting on reality tv.
My “buddy” is also dead.You should read the fucking commenting rules. If you even just glanced at the photo at the top of the commenting rules you would know I don’t give a shit about your opinion.
So that makes it better? Don’t be so fucking disrespectful.
SO many people can be clueless and uncaring.
G, with all the terrible things going on in the world, why are you spending your time on the Internet looking for reasons to be offended by people you don’t know? If you were to simply go fuck yourself, your time would be better spent.
Of course sweetie, spin the situation however you see fit. Love and light 😉
G, maybe you should focus on helping the people in your country and doing something productive with your life instead of sitting on an American blogger’s website acting like a sanctimonious self-righteous vile bitch telling her what she can and can’t speak of or write about on the site that she pays for, owns & operates.
It’s been over 24hrs since this occured and what have you done for these people?!? I know when people i knew where involved in a horrific terrorist attack i wasn’t sitting on a blog bitching. I was calling every one of my clients, friends and family around the world securing donations, totaling nearly a million dollars to help those affected. By all means feel free to keep wasting your life being angry and ineffective and leave productive things to those of us who can handle it.
The weirdest part of this whole disturbing incident happened on Twitter and my email. I posted this just before my long night of recapping two shows back to back. Around midnight when I finally got the last post up, I was able to check my Twitter TL and Emails. It was there I discovered tons of Tweets about not believing the media and how they were all lying to us. I found that very odd because at the time there had been no official announcement of what happened. There was more hysteria over the media coverage than the actual dead souls. What is that all about?
It’s all about people using tinfoil for millinery (see above). No doubt. Whatsoever.
No words… time to get offline and ignore all and grieve. Many prayers and thoughts , my dear.
Jesus. I’ve been trying to distract myself as much as possible. I watch most things on DVR, and when the DVR ends, I peek at CNN. The parents who clearly saved up to send their 15 year old to the concert …. have been all over CNN crying about their daughter and wanting her to please call them has been confirmed dead. I think I knew and they knew it all along. But still the confirmation was just AWFUL.
My heart breaks for these families. I just can’t fathom any of it. I can’t bring myself to watch any of the coverage but my prayers are with them all. I’m at a point where the world is getting too heavy for my heart.