Boston Marathon

happened at the Boston Marathon. Small portions of videos were broadcasted on the television showing people running and screaming for their lives. Not everyone was able to get away unfortunately, people had been hit by the two bombs that caused mass destruction at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. (add sounds of the bomb going off coming through the tv for better hook) Fear should never come at the finish line, it should simply be victory but that wasn’t the case at the Boston Marathon…

Boston Marathon Bombing After reading the excerpts from the article, “Boston Bombing Overview: The Unfolding Of A 5-Day Manhunt for Suspects” by J.M. Hirsch, what support does the author give that the police/government are “sure” they have the right man in custody? Because an innocent man would not have hidden in a boat while he was bleeding out without searching for a hospital. If this man were truly innocent he would have called fro cease of fire during the gunfight instead of responding with…

Boston is my home “Haymarket, doors open on the right.” I quickly rose up to get through the cluster of people flooding the doorway. The orange line has become my go-to form of transportation Been living in Metro Boston since day 1, so I was destined to use the T. As I walked out of the subway, the familiar atmosphere that makes up Boston began to set in. Almost like I was walking into my own house. When I’m in Boston I already know I’m at home. Just as I have grown in the same house from…

On April the 15th 2013 doing a marathon of Boston there are bombings exploding over 12 seconds apart before people can even get to the finish line. The explosion injured over 200 people throughout the Marathon bombing. Innocent babies children elderly in women and men was injured also some people have different motives on the reason why this bombing happen. The bombing took place during a race of a marathon that was going on that day. People was running to the finish line around 4 minutes before…

April 15, 2013 was a surprise to approximately everyone in the U.S. No one would have imaging that on this day two bombs would go off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and injuring more than 200. Soon following the bombing President Barack Obama composed a press report assuring that those guilty will be seized and punished. On April 18th FBI special Agent Rick Deslauriers released photos and video of two individuals, with back packs. This release did not only…

Boston Marathon Bombing On April 15th 2013, during the running of the 117th Boston Marathon, the city of Boston experienced a tragic event. Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, brothers from the former Soviet Republic are the alleged suspects who perpetrated this tragedy. After a massive search, they were both identified. Tamerlan was killed while being shot by the police and Dzhokhar was captured and is awaiting trial. They allegedly used homemade explosives containing BB like pellets and nails…

117th Boston Marathon Bombing By: Dylan Caparo caparod@my.erau.edu HS 110 – Introduction to Homeland Security Professor Phillips November 29, 2017 117th Boston Marathon Bombing On the 15th of April in 2013 two bombs detonated near the finish line of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. What followed was five-day manhunt for the two suspects identified by the FBI. The aftermath of this event left the citizens of the United States stunned and showed that homegrown terrorists are a…

“It was a such pretty day that day, it was a really picture perfect sky, blue skies, the marathon feeling is that everybody is really upbeat and excited,” said Melinda Arredondo, when describing the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15th of 2013. Carlos and Melinda Arredondo stood at the finish line of the marathon with 400 small American flags to hand out to finished runners in honor of their two sons, Alex and Brian, who had passed away. Alex Arredondo was killed in a sniper attack in Iraq at 20…

better suit everyone. This view not too long go was a driven decision by men, for example believing that women weren’t capable of running a marathon, Katherine Switzer, changed that mentality of many people. In 1967, Switzer, without knowing opened the doors for many young ladies, and opened the pathway for women to fight sexism in sports. “In 1967, the Boston Marathon was Wednesday, April 19, Patriots’ Day in the state of Massachusetts. I thought it was neat that folks in Massachusetts got a…

The Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013 was an event in American history that showed us as a nation that we are susceptible to the acts of others. We are all not promised tomorrow and that any moment your life can change forever. The act of terrorism is defined as the calculated use of violence or threat of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear. On the…