Pipe Bomb in San Diego, Woman Survives

On Thursday, just before 4:30 p.m., a pipe bomb went off in Rancho San Diego inside the truck of a 52-year-old residential day care worker, Connie Hoagland, whom survived, but endured severe but non-life threatening injuries, according to SanDiego6.com.

First off, this event is tragic and surprising, and leaves open many questions as to why such a disastrous thing could occur. I want to first state that my thoughts are out with the victim, with her family and friends, and I do hope that she will recover from this event. I am also happy to state that she is a survivor for a reason, and that this survival just means a second chance at life. I hope she will pull through.

Why would someone even plant a pipe bomb through a woman's car in the first place? Also, according to SanDiego6.com, this event leads the authorities to suspect a connection between this and the placement of anothing pipe bomb a few blocks from Hoagland's home two weeks ago prior. This opens a lot of questions and even, remarkably, sounds like a story from a famous crime show or something of the works. Who would go through the time and effort to even make the bombs? This doesn't make sense, but since it's a pending case, we won't really know until further investigation.

This is very much a newsworthy story as the event not only caused panic and terror, but even threatened the life of a victim that several people would know. And in a public place, no less. Not to mention that it grabbed the attention of the FBI, the police, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, this is a huge ordeal. Enough even that might cause serious panic and fear in the facility surrounding the explosion and the city.

It's also brought up questions of questions: Will this happen again? When will it happen again? Where? Who would be so deranged and evil enough to create these kinds of bombs? Was there a motive or reason for targeting this woman? Is it just a random act of terrorism? Many, many questions. It rises concern, as well, if other places will be targeted, or if it is a target placed specifically on this one woman. There's a story behind all of this, and many questions that people are wanting answered right away.

This story is still going to be covered, and hopefully the authorities will find out some answers to all of these questions. Not just for the public's sake, but also for the sake of the victim, whom I'm positive is trying to recover from her injuries and is thinking the exact same questions, and then some.