Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
In other words he wanted it to hurt the most vulnerable, the most innocent of all present?
I may be making too much of a generalization in terms of runners and spectators at the time; but it looks that way to me.

As an example my cousin was down by the finish line but left 30-60 minutes before the bombing; the "event" for her was watching the pro's finish - after that it was just kind of like watching a torrent of neighborhood joggers.

The Boston marathon also draws pro and serious runners from all over the world; the winners are usually like Kenyan or Ethiopian. When this international crowd is finishing is probably the height of live-tv coverage. The bomber(s) did not select this timeframe to hit.

Is such a change in the "demographics" relevant? I think we can't overlook it.