BOSTON STRONG SPIRIT

“NOTHING CAN DEFEAT THE HEART OF THIS CITY” HE PEOPLE of Boston By our special reports team invoked in a moving speech have shown great courage, April 20, 2013 delivered yesterday by Mayor Tresilience, and community to steal his gun. Tom Menino. spirit this week as the police Last night, Dzhokhar, 19, was “Nothing can defeat the heart hunted the suspected perpetrators discovered by a Watertown resident of this city,” said the Mayor. and taken into custody. Tamerlan, of the Boston Marathon bombing. “Nothing will take us down, 26, was fatally shot during a gun- Just five days ago, at 2:50 p.m., because we take care of fight with police. The brothers, both two bombs exploded on Boylston one another.” from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Street as crowds of spectators are legal immigrants to the United cheered runners approaching States and of Chechen descent. THE TRAGEDY of the Boston the finish line of the popular Marathon bombing inspired According to the FBI, the suspects marathon route. many extraordinary acts of are “not connected to any known The blasts killed three people charity and kindness from the terrorist groups.” and injured at least 264. The three people of Massachusetts. Despite the fear and violence victims have been named as These include the creation of of recent days, the reaction to the Martin Richard, an eight-year-old Martin’s Park near Boston Marathon bombing has shown Children’s Museum, opened from Dorchester; Krystle Boston at its best. From the in 2019 in honor of eight-year- Campbell, a 29-year-old from bravery of the emergency old victim Martin Richard. Arlington; and Lingzi Lu, a services who rushed to the aid During “One Boston Day,” 23-year-old student. of the victims, to the many acts of held on April 15 each year, The city has been in a state of individuals and groups across kindness shown to strangers by high alert since the manhunt for the state perform “random ordinary Bostonians, the city has the bombers began five days ago. acts of kindness and goodwill” emerged from the crisis stronger The main suspects, Tamerlan and to celebrate the spirit of and more united. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, have since community shown by This resilience has been claimed a fourth victim: MIT ordinary people after captured in the popular slogan the bombing. police office Sean Collier, 27, who “Boston Strong.” Its spirit was was shot dead as the brothers tried