Both of my parents were at the game. My brother, who’s a junior at OU, was at his girlfriend’s apartment near campus. My parents and the people around them heard the explosion and thought it might have been a tailgater. My brother said it shook the windows at his girlfriend’s place. Nobody had any idea what it was until they saw reports later on the news. The Oklahoma Daily is updating a blog-like story, and has identified the bomber as OU engineering junior Joel Hinrichs.
See also:
OU President David Boren’s initial statement
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin rounds up the coverage. I think the Oklahoma Daily was first with the identity of the bomber. It’s interesting how in times of crisis, some of the best coverage happens when newspapers convert their Web sites to blogs and post information as soon as they have it (see also: NOLA.com). In addition to being faster, blogs have room for the kind of comprehensiveness it takes a long time for the MSM to provide (see Flopping Aces’ coverage complete with maps and timelines). On the downside, rumors can spread quickly on blogs. Reports that Middle Eastern students were involved now seem to be unfounded, as they were right after the OKC bombing. Of course, rumors can also spread through the MSM, as we found out last week when exaggerated reports of rapes and murders in the Superdome proved mostly false.
UPDATE II: How soon is too soon to note that the headline of this post could also refer to the Sooners’ season so far?
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