Long Mile Home: Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice (40 page)
Authors: Scott Helman,Jenna Russell
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President Barack Obama addressed two thousand people inside Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross during an emotional interfaith service on April 18, 2013. “Your country is with you,” Obama said. “You will run again.”
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chilling security footage showed Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, each carrying a bag, walking behind unsuspecting marathon spectators perched along the race route. The video provided the key break in the case.
Courtesy of MIT
Sean Collier, a twenty-seven-year-old who had wanted to be a cop all of his life, was assassinated by the Tsarnaevs as he sat in his MIT police cruiser on the night of Thursday, April 18, in what would be a violent prelude to a violent night.
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The Boston Globe
During a chaotic firefight with the Tsarnaevs in suburban Watertown, a bullet severed the femoral artery of Richard “Dic” Donohue, a thirty-three-year-old police officer with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Donohue’s fellow officers and firefighters raced to save his life.
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The Boston Globe
A SWAT team assembled on deserted Nichols Avenue in Watertown during the manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday, April 19.
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The Boston Globe
Under lockdown as police combed their neighborhood for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Watertown residents spent much of Friday watching the drama unfold on TV and peering warily out of their windows, hoping for a successful ending to the search.
Massachusetts State Police
A Massachusetts State Police helicopter equipped with a thermal-imaging camera captured this image of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a boat, the
Slipaway II
, in the backyard of David Henneberry. Henneberry discovered Dzhokhar after going out to check on his boat, rushing back inside to call police.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left Franklin Street in Watertown in an ambulance on the night of Friday, April 19, after being pulled from the boat by police and taken into custody.
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The Boston Globe
Celebrations erupted in the streets after the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Relieved residents crowded Watertown sidewalks to cheer police as they left the scene; others gathered that night on Boston Common to sing and chant “USA!” and “BPD!”
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A week after her death, Krystle Campbell’s friends and family gathered at St. Joseph Church, in her hometown of Medford, to bid her good-bye. The church had to turn mourners away.
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The Boston Globe
Heather Abbott threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park on May 11, 2013. Discharged from the hospital that morning, she returned home to Newport, Rhode Island, later that day, her first time back since the bombing.
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The Boston Globe
Bombing victim Jeff Bauman, who had locked eyes with Tamerlan Tsarnaev right before losing both of his legs in the first blast, pointed at Carlos Arredondo, the bystander who helped save his life, while being honored at Fenway Park on May 28, 2013.