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NTSB says a go-around was attempted but throttles were then set to idle and brakes applied.

I would assume 200 knots is above V1, why not firewall the throttles, pull back on the yoke and attempt a touch and go?

@ 0900 Boston Fire transmitted Box 5462 for a building fire at 259 N. Beacon Street in the Brighton section of the city. Arriving units found heavy fire in a 2.5 story multi-unit occupied building resulting in the second alarm being transmitted. A/O @ 1100.

@ 0200 Box 3724 was struck for reports of a building fire @ 596 Metropolitan Ave in the Hyde Park section. First companies found heavy fire in the front of a 2.5 single family dwelling and struck a second alarm followed by a third. Info from BSA FB page.

C-7 reports fire contained in a piece of machinery awaiting an engineer to confirm. Making up companies, holding Engines 3-14-22, L-4.

Boston has transmitted a second alarm on Box 1715 fire location 66 Norfolk St. Came in as a central alarm for Republic Recycling Series. I believe this was the scene of 8 alarms earlier.

@ 21:15 Box 2948 was transmitted for a building fire @ 4925 Washington Street in the West Roxbury section of the city. Fire was in a large 4 story multi-unit building, a second alarm was struck. Multiple residents were displaced, Info from Boston Sparks FB page.

Several years ago in Chicago there was an accident involving a CTA bus on the South Side. As Engine 19 and Truck 11 pulled up on the scene they noticed people climbing onto the bus through the windows!

From this morning, 2 firefighters were hospitalized in unknown condition after their apparatus was involved in a collision with a pick-up in the Austin neighborhood on the city's West Side.

Wakefield has struck a sixth alarm on Box 211 for a fire in 2 one-story commercial buildings @ 102 Foundary Street. Fire also involves outside storage, pallets, and lumber storage. Info from Box 52 FB page.

CNN is reporting an arson-related arrest. Caught with water-proof matches and a butane lighter.

If a company's regular apparatus is going to be down for a couple of hours would it be possible for them to use a reserve rig, especially if it is stored at their firehouse?

An entire page of ads, makes it almost impossible to see anything!

I hope we are not looking at another LA in terms of homes lost. Prayers for all involved. Watching a news conference on CNN, it does not look good.

Arthur Fielder with E-10's wagon.

Arthur Fielder of the Boston Pops was also a big Boston buff.

C-7 asked for another engine and ladder to replace the RIT units after the second alarm. Guess he had to strike the third to get 2 engines and a ladder company for RIT.

Third alarm in Boston, 3332, for 359 Geneva Ave in a 3 story wood frame. C-7 reports heavy fire knocked down companies overhauling.