London, Cities Around U.S. Up Security After Boston Bombings

What the people of Boston and the marathoners who were present during the bombings went through today, is unimaginable. 

But if previous attacks have taught us anything, it's that, life doesn't just stop when a tragedy like this hits. 

An NHL game between the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators scheduled for Monday night at TD Garden was postponed hours after the bombings. 

Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says its department has "increased patrols for transit and other critical areas including the Los Angeles Dodgers game Monday night"(Fox News).   

In New York, a Chief NYPD spokesman says that "critical response teams are deployed in the city"(Fox News). 

Authorities in Chicago and the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communication issued statements saying that although there weren't any known threats to Chicago, "its officials were monitoring the bombings in Boston and talking to counterparts locally and across the country"(Chicago Tribune). 

Immediately after the bombings, Metra added security officers to its trains and asked passengers to be on the lookout for any suspicious activity. The Chicago Transit Authority did the same and increased the "frequency of such announcements on elevated trains" and even had police officers with dogs sweeping the area (Chicago Tribune).  

                                                                Picture via Chicago Tribune

The next major international event authorities are looking at is Sunday's Marathon in London. British police say they are working with marathon officials and reviewing security plans for the marathon.

All we can do is move on the best we know how. We must stay strong, be prepared and most of all, stand united.