The Week That Changed Boston Forever(From CNN)
Boston (CNN) — Two young men with backpacks walked with purpose down Boylston Street Monday afternoon, weaving through the crowd on the sidelines of the Boston Marathon. It seemed like they’d been there before, like they knew where they were going.
The one in the white cap reached his destination first, about two blocks from the finish line. The other one, wearing a hoodie and a black cap, kept going. Some three minutes later, he elbowed his way through the crowd and dropped his backpack near the finish line. It was about 15 minutes before 3 p.m.
The first explosion, at 2:50 p.m., sent smoke and flames into the air — and glass and nails and ball bearings and BBs into the crowd. It seemed to inflict the cruelest kind of damage to any marathon fan: It attacked their legs.
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Jeff Bauman, who survived but lost both legs, saw the man in the black cap drop his bag. Two women standing nearby — restaurant manager Krystle Campbell and Chinese grad student Lingzi Lu — died in the blast.
As some people fell and others ran screaming, the man in the black cap casually walked away.
Twelve seconds later, another explosion, more screams, more panicked people running. This time, a little boy, Martin Richards, 8, lay on the sidewalk, fatally injured. His mother and sister also were seriously hurt. In the crowd, the man in the white cap strolled calmly and turned the corner onto Fairfield Street.
Later, an official who asked not to be named told CNN: “When the bombs blow up, when most people are running away and victims were lying on the ground, the two suspects walk away pretty casually.
“They acted differently than everyone else.”
That night, a few minutes after 8, a college student using the screen name J_tsar tweeted a quote from rapper Jay-Z:
“Ain’t no love in the heart of the city. stay safe people.”
For the next three days, Boston and the rest of the nation wondered who was behind the first terror attack of its kind on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001. Was it al Qaeda, a homegrown terror group or a lone wolf?
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Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is detained by officers on Friday, April 19. After a car chase and shootout with police, one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was shot and killed by police early Friday, and his brother and second suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was taken into custody Friday night. The two men are suspects in the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15, that killed three people and wounded at least 170. See all photography related to the Boston bombings.
Special imaging techniques employed by Massachusetts State Police reveal Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in a boat in a backyard in Watertown on April 19.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gets out of the boat he was hiding in outside of a home in Watertown, as seen in a surveillance video still.
An ambulance carries Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, from the scene after he was apprehended in Watertown, Massachusetts, on April 19.
Police SWAT teams leave the area after apprehending the suspect in a yard where he was hiding in a dry-docked boat on April 19.
Residents flee from an area where a suspect was hiding on Franklin Street on April 19.
SWAT team members run toward a police assault on a house as gunfire erupts on April 19.
People react while watching police respond to reported gunfire on April 19.
SWAT team members move down residential streets as they perform door-to-door searches in Watertown, Massachusetts, on April 19.
A U.S. military helicopter lands behind Watertown Mall as law enforcement agencies continue to search for the 19-year-old bombing suspect on Friday.
SWAT teams prepare to enter a home as they continue the door-to-door search.
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team in the Situation Room of the White House on April 19 to discuss developments in the Boston bombings investigation.
SWAT team members line a residential street in Watertown, Massachusetts, as the manhunt continues on Friday.
A man watches from the window of a home as a SWAT team member keeps watch on Friday, in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Police to continue to the door-to-door search on Francis Street in Watertown, Massachusetts, on Friday.
Law enforcement officers place themselves in an overhead position on Arsenal Street as the search continues on April 19.
Law enforcement officers react to what was initially thought to be a threatening suspect on Arsenal Street on April 19.
A police SWAT team searches houses on April 19 for the second suspect.
SWAT teams searches homes along Winsor Avenue in Watertown on April 19.
A Massachusetts state trooper watches other troopers line up at Watertown Mall as the manhunt for the second suspect continues in Watertown on Friday.
Police continue the ongoing manhunt for the second suspect on Williow Avenue in Watertown on Friday.
A Watertown police vehicle with bullet holes in its body and a shattered windshield is towed out of the search area on April 19 in Watertown, Massachusetts.
A Massachusetts State Police officer checks the bag of a cyclist amid heightened security on Friday in Watertown.
Katia Costa looks out her window as police continue the manhunt on Nichols Avenue in Watertown on Friday.
Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of the Boston terror suspects, told CNN affiliate WBZ that Tamerlan “got what he deserved” in an interview outside his home in Montgomery Village, Maryland, on Friday.
A woman is questioned by Cambridge police and other law enforcement agencies Friday near the home of the second suspect in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer was shot and killed late Thursday night at the school’s campus in Cambridge. A short time later, police reported exchanging gunfire with alleged carjackers in nearby Watertown.
SWAT teams move into position at the intersection of Nichols and Melendy avenues in Watertown, Massachusetts, on Friday.
SWAT teams gather at the intersection of Nichols and Melendy avenues in Watertown while searching for the remaining suspect on Friday.
Onlookers take pictures while SWAT team members look around on Friday.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, speaks to the media at a shopping mall on the perimeter of a locked-down area during the search on Friday.
Metro SWAT members hang off the back of a truck during the search on Friday.
SWAT officers check a door with guns ready on Friday.
Officers patrol Watertown on Friday.
The aftermath of the shootout that police said involved the two suspects in Watertown early Friday.
Police with guns drawn search for a suspect on Friday in Watertown, Massachusetts.
A police officer runs with his gun drawn on Friday.
Boston Police gather in the parking lot in front of a Best Buy store near the Watertown Mall on Friday.
Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis speaks during a media briefing in the parking lot of the Watertown Mall on Friday.
Boston police gather in front of a Best Buy on Friday.
Police stop cars at School and Walnut streets on Friday.
A Massachusetts state trooper checks a building along Mount Auburn Street as police search neighborhoods in Watertown.
Police search neighborhoods yard by yard on Friday.
Police convene on School and Walnut streets on Friday.
A police officer talks to a driver at a checkpoint in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Police officers keep a man on the ground in Watertown on Friday. See all photography related to the Boston bombings.
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Photos: Manhunt for Boston bombers
The FBI released photos and video of two men identified as Suspect 1 and Suspect 2 in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon. They have been identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26. See all photography related to the Boston bombings.
Authorities say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, identified as Suspect 2, was captured in a Boston suburb on Friday, April 19, after a manhunt that virtually shut down the city.
Police say the dead suspect is the man the FBI identified as Suspect 1. Sources tell CNN he has been identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev. He was killed during a shootout with police in Watertown, Massachusetts, early April 19. Here, Tamerlan is at the 2010 New England Golden Gloves.
A man identified as Suspect 2 appeared in this photograph by bystander David Green, who took the photo after completing the Boston Marathon. Green submitted the photo to the FBI, he told Piers Morgan in an interview.
The man identified as Suspect 2 appears in a tighter crop of David Green’s photo.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. This is Suspect 1, Tamerlan. He and his brother were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions.
Police are searching for Suspect 2. Several sources tell CNN this suspect at large has been idenified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.
The FBI tweeted this photo early Friday morning and urged Watertown residents to stay indoors as they searched for the second suspect.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180.
The FBI on Thursday, April 18, released photos and video of two men it called suspects in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon and pleaded for public help in identifying them. The two men were photographed walking together near the finish line of the marathon before the explosions that killed three people and wounded about 180. See all photography related to the Boston bombings.
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Photos: Boston bombing suspects
In April 2009, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who is believed to be Suspect 1 of the Boston Marathon bombings, was photographed for a university graduate magazine story. The photographer did not want to be named for this story. According to the published article, he hoped to be selected for the U.S. Olympic boxing team and become a naturalized American. Authorities say an overnight shootout with police left him dead on Friday, April 19. See all photography related to the Boston bombings.
Tsarnaev answers a call while walking to boxing practice at the Wai Kru Mixed Martial Arts center in Boston, Massachusetts, according to the article.
Tsarnaev practices boxing at the Wai Kru Mixed Martial Arts center.
Tsarnaev shows how he strengthens his ankles, according to the article.
From the article: Though he’s lived in the U.S. for five years, Tsarnaev says, “I don’t have a single American friend. I don’t understand them.”
Tsarnaev works out at the mixed martial arts center.
Tsarnaev stretches during boxing practice.
Tsarnaev practices boxing. See all photography related to the Boston bombings.
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Suspect 1 was boxer, photo essay subject
