Bombing Suspects Were Local, 'Normal' US Immigrants
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abcde STORY 9 THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS | THE SUSPECTS Bombing suspects were local, ‘normal’ US immigrants POSTED Suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing appeared to em- April 19, 2013 body the best of the American immigrant experience, having come at 9:40 a.m. from southern Russia, near war-torn Chechnya, more than five years ago, and assimilated into the local Cambridge community and culture. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, the alleged bomber pictured in a dark hat in FBI videos released Thursday, was a talented boxer with THE BACK STORY hopes of joining the US Olympic team. He was reportedly killed The names of the two overnight in a shootout with police. bombing suspects, His brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, the suspect seen in FBI Dzhokhar and Tamerlan photos in a white cap, was a member of the class of 2011 at Cam- Tsarnaev, were released bridge Rindge & Latin School, and won a Cambridge City Scholar- just after 7 a.m. on ship that year. He was on the run Friday morning and the target of April 19, as a massive an unprecedented manhunt in Greater Boston. manhunt was under- People who knew the suspects are struggling this morning to way for the surviving reconcile the young men they knew, who lived on Norfolk Street in brother following an Cambridge, with the acts of terrorism they are accused of committing. overnight shoot-out “He was normal,” said Lulu Emmons, who went to Rindge & in Watertown. By Latin with Dzhokhar. “He kind of fit in with everyone. Not really mid-morning, we had close with anyone, but he was friendly. posted a 500-word “I am just a little shocked. I sat next to this guy. I joked with separate. It would him. I laughed with him. I had class with him. It is a little crazy,” be updated 18 times she said. before the first edition Former teacher and school photographer at Cambridge Rind- of the paper was pub- ge and Latin, Larry Aaronson, said he knew Dzhokhar. “If someone lished that evening. were to ask me what the kid was like, I would say he had a heart of gold,” he said. “He was as gracious as possible.” 1 abcdeabcdeabcde SaSaturdturdayay,A,Aprilpril 20,20, 20201313Saturday,April 20, 2013 NiNighghtmartmarNighe’se’stmarendende’s end SecSecondondMaMararathonthonbombingbombingSecondsuspecsuspecMaratctcthonaptapturbombingurededafaftertersuspecallall-da-dayhtcyhaptuntuntured after all-dayhunt thathatbtbroroughtughtBosBostontonararthaeaeatbtotoroststughtandsandstill;till;Bosallegtonallegarededeaacactococostmplicmplicandsedtill;edeadeadalleged accomplicedead ByByMaMarkrkArsenaultArsenault By Mark Arsenault GLOBE STAFF GLOBE STAFF GLOBE STAFF InInthethewaningwaningmomentsmomentsofofdaday-y- In the waning moments of day- lightlight,p,policeolicedescendeddescendedFrFridaidayoyonana light,police descended Fridayona shroudedshroudedboaboatitinaWnaWataterertowntownbackback- - shrouded boatinaWatertown back- yardyardtotocapturecapturethethesuspecsuspectedtedterror-terror- yard to capture the suspected terror- isistwtwhohohadhadeludedeludedtheirtheirenormousenormous istwho had eluded their enormous drdragneagnetftfororatatumultuousumultuousdaday,y,end-end- dragnetfor atumultuous day, end- ingingadadarkarkweekweekininBosBostontonthathat t ing adark week in Boston that beganbeganwithwiththethebombingbombingofofthethe began with the bombing of the worldworld’s’smosmostptpresrestigioustigiousroadroadrarace.ce. world’s mostprestigious road race. 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