Boston Bombings

       April 15^th 2013, a new date that will live forever, in infamy. This was the date of the 116^th Boston Marathon. The marathon was underway and many people were crossing the finish line as a huge explosion blasted through the air. No more than fifteen seconds later, another huge explosion occurred and people began running for their lives. The fear had been imposed on the entire crowd as they watched some of their fellow competitors and viewers on the ground in pain and shock. On the day of the blast at least 175 people were injured and three of the bystanders were killed, the youngest being an eight year old boy. The FBI and state police immediately shut down the town of Boston to do a full-blown investigation.

        In the days that followed the pictures of two suspects had been released into the media, and these faces immediately went viral through every media outlet imaginable. Within 72 hours of the bombings, the police and FBI were involved in a wild manhunt throughout the cities of Watertown and Cambridge. Throughout this manhunt one officer at M.I.T. was shot and killed, and one suspect was killed in the gunfight. The younger suspect, over the next day, was chased around the town of Watertown and was eventually caught in a boat in the backyard of a citizen’s house, where he had tried to commit suicide.

       The younger suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev tried to get off easy, just like the older suspect, and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Dzhokhar is currently being held at a hospital before going to trial where his punishment will be decided. He should not receive the death penalty, because it is not a harsh enough punishment. The nineteen year old has the rest of his life ahead of him, and all of that time should be spent in prison. Before any of that happens, I need some answers as to why he did this, there needs to be some sort of closure to this story other than him being arrested.

      This whole situation has impacted be in an overwhelming way. At the beginning of the attack I felt angry and was very sympathetic to the victims of this tragic event, and as the days went on that anger just move towards more and more patriotism. I have always considered myself to be patriotic, but this made me realize even more that we are one country and we are all united. The amount of support that other states and countries that were not involved, have shown throughout the whole ordeal, has been inspiring.