Runners and spectators at the Boston Marathon have spoken of their horror and the chaos that took hold after two bombs exploded at the end of the race.
The twin blasts rocked buildings, shattered windows and gravely injured countless bystanders and runners when they hit in the centre of the city.
Melissa Stanley, who had just seen her daughter cross the finish line, said: "It sounded like a sonic boom. I haven't stopped shaking yet."
Bill Iffrig had been running when one of the bombs exploded, sending him crashing to the ground. "The shockwave must have hit me. My legs felt like noodles," he said.
Police helping a runner injured in the blast Rhode Island policeman Roupen Bastajian had just finished the race when the first blast went off.
"I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the floor," he said. "We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs.
"A lot of people amputated ... at least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing."
Pictures of the scene showed pools of blood on the pavement.
Virginia resident Tim Davey was watching the marathon with his wife, Lisa, and tried unsuccessfully to cover the eyes of their young children as casualties began mounting around them.
"They just started bringing people in in with no limbs," Mr Davey said, as victims were brought to the medical tent that had originally been erected to take care of dehydrated or injured runners.
"They just kept filling up with more and more casualties," Lisa Davey said. "Most everybody was conscious. They were very dazed."
"There are people who are really, really bloody," said Laura McLean, a runner from Toronto, who had been receiving treatment for dehydration when she was pulled out to make room for the wounded.
Mark Hagopian, owner of the nearby Charlesmark Hotel, said: "We saw people with their legs blown off. A person next to me had his legs blown off at the knee - he was still alive."
The scene of one of the explosions Another witness Dan Lamparello added: "It was very loud. You could feel the ground shake."
The twin explosions went off hours after the winners and many runners had already crossed the finish line but thousands were still taking part, as spectators lined the streets.
"There are a lot of people down," said runner Frank Deruyter of North Carolina.
A Boston police officer was seen being wheeled from the course with a bleeding leg injury.
Runner Mike Mitchell, of Canada, said he had finished the race and turned back to look at the finish line when he saw a "massive explosion" then smoke rise at least 50ft into the air.
Massachusetts resident Brighid Wall, 35, said the windows of the restaurants and shops lining the streets had been blown out, and that she saw victims bleeding heavily.
She said her husband threw their children to the ground when the second bomb went off and lay on top of them. Another man also covered them and warned them not to get up.
Mrs Wall said: "My ears are zinging. Their ears are zinging. It was so forceful. It knocked us to the ground."
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