Person Finder Boston Marathon: Google’s help after the bombings

Shortly after the terrible explosions of twobombs in Bostonwhich marred the running of the historic city marathon, alsoGoogleenters the field not only to express solidarity with the families of the victims and the injured but also to actively help with the tools available.
Thus, to facilitate the reporting of missing persons, from Mountain View it was quickly decided to reactivatePerson Finderwhich, for the tragic occasion, was renamed “Person Finder Boston Marathon“.
As already for other tragedies of the past, such as the earthquake in Japan and even before the earthquake of Haiti, it is possible in this case to connect to the sitehttp://google.org/personfinder/2013-boston-explosions/to search for one or more people of whom there is no news, choosing the optionI’m looking for someone“.
So if you can no longer contact friends or relatives who were inBostonor who were present during the marathon – as athletes or spectators – then at this option you can search by the name of the missing person, to verify their presence in the list compiled by passers-by or by hospital and police operators, for example.

If, on the other hand, you have helped someone or you know of the accommodation of some people in places of help, you can enter their name by clicking on the optionI have information about someone“.
Here it will also be possible to post your name, to let family and friends know that you are safe, since telecommunications in the first hours were understandably difficult.
Naturally, being a reporting service that is fed by external contributions from people,Googledeclares itself not responsible for the accuracy of the information reported.
Meanwhile, the media and cross-media buzz for the search of the missing is spreading very quickly onTwitter: many tweets with the hashtag#bostonmarathon, to convey solidarity but also useful information in providing assistance to those who need it.