1 00:00:04,221 --> 00:00:08,007 [explosion, screaming] 2 00:00:08,050 --> 00:00:09,878 - I was at the office in the FBI building. 3 00:00:09,922 --> 00:00:11,663 And my BlackBerry went off, 4 00:00:11,706 --> 00:00:13,839 and it was Ed Davis calling me, the Boston police commissioner. 5 00:00:13,882 --> 00:00:16,102 And he said, "Rick, we've had two large explosions 6 00:00:16,146 --> 00:00:17,669 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon." 7 00:00:17,712 --> 00:00:21,368 [alarm blaring] 8 00:00:21,412 --> 00:00:23,370 "Send your bomb techs, send your evidence techs, 9 00:00:23,414 --> 00:00:26,286 and your SWAT teams as quickly as possible." 10 00:00:26,330 --> 00:00:28,506 - Witnesses describe the explosions 11 00:00:28,549 --> 00:00:30,856 as "one coming right after the other" 12 00:00:30,899 --> 00:00:34,425 and "sounding like thunder." 13 00:00:34,468 --> 00:00:37,776 - Of course, we had the TV on. Started to see the news unfold. 14 00:00:37,819 --> 00:00:39,995 - This happened a short time ago. 15 00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:42,085 - People were very, very scared. 16 00:00:42,128 --> 00:00:44,130 They didn't know what was gonna happen next. 17 00:00:44,174 --> 00:00:46,350 - We knew we had visual depictions of the bombers. 18 00:00:48,787 --> 00:00:50,484 We just had to figure out who they were. 19 00:00:50,528 --> 00:00:53,705 We are releasing photos of these two suspects. 20 00:00:53,748 --> 00:00:56,055 They are identified as Suspect 1 21 00:00:56,099 --> 00:00:58,927 and Suspect 2. 22 00:00:58,971 --> 00:01:00,538 - I remember a lot of people saying, 23 00:01:00,581 --> 00:01:02,757 you know, "This is bigger than you think it is. 24 00:01:02,801 --> 00:01:05,282 More of this is coming. This isn't the end." 25 00:01:05,325 --> 00:01:08,676 [crowd shouting] 26 00:01:08,719 --> 00:01:10,200 [dramatic music] 27 00:01:10,243 --> 00:01:13,159 - In the FBI, we make a lot of headlines. 28 00:01:13,203 --> 00:01:16,510 ♪ 29 00:01:16,554 --> 00:01:18,164 Drug busts, 30 00:01:18,207 --> 00:01:21,036 mob stings, 31 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,777 terrorist takedowns. 32 00:01:22,820 --> 00:01:24,605 - Get down! Get down! 33 00:01:24,649 --> 00:01:27,173 - We understand why people want to tell stories about us. 34 00:01:27,217 --> 00:01:28,174 - Mark it. 35 00:01:28,218 --> 00:01:29,828 - Freeze! - FBI. 36 00:01:29,871 --> 00:01:31,482 - FBI! - Action! 37 00:01:31,525 --> 00:01:33,484 - But they don't know the half of it. 38 00:01:33,527 --> 00:01:34,920 [indistinct radio chatter] 39 00:01:34,963 --> 00:01:37,140 What really goes down, 40 00:01:37,183 --> 00:01:39,445 we save that for each other 41 00:01:39,490 --> 00:01:41,665 when we're talking agent to agent. 42 00:01:41,709 --> 00:01:44,408 ♪ 43 00:01:44,451 --> 00:01:47,540 This is "FBI True." 44 00:01:58,770 --> 00:02:02,252 - Cindy Coppola is a 23-year veteran of the FBI. 45 00:02:02,295 --> 00:02:03,992 She worked on cases that included 46 00:02:04,036 --> 00:02:06,299 organized crime and terrorism 47 00:02:06,343 --> 00:02:08,736 and took part in multinational investigations 48 00:02:08,780 --> 00:02:11,478 into drug trafficking and money laundering. 49 00:02:11,521 --> 00:02:13,828 Coppola finished her career with the Los Angeles division 50 00:02:13,872 --> 00:02:16,918 running two offices, supervising investigations, 51 00:02:16,962 --> 00:02:19,878 and providing undercover security for special events. 52 00:02:19,921 --> 00:02:22,707 - So the three of you have a common bond, 53 00:02:22,750 --> 00:02:24,665 and that was the Boston bombing. 54 00:02:24,709 --> 00:02:27,015 - April 15th, 2013. It was a Monday. 55 00:02:27,059 --> 00:02:29,583 It was Patriots' Day. 56 00:02:29,627 --> 00:02:32,891 - Rick DesLauriers is a 26-year veteran of the FBI. 57 00:02:32,934 --> 00:02:35,067 As deputy assistant director 58 00:02:35,110 --> 00:02:38,505 of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquarters, 59 00:02:38,549 --> 00:02:40,333 he led international operations 60 00:02:40,377 --> 00:02:42,770 and espionage investigations. 61 00:02:42,814 --> 00:02:44,424 DesLauriers finished his career 62 00:02:44,468 --> 00:02:48,820 as special agent in charge of the Boston field office. 63 00:02:48,863 --> 00:02:51,910 [tense music] 64 00:02:51,953 --> 00:02:58,308 ♪ 65 00:02:58,351 --> 00:03:02,355 - Patriots' Day Monday is a huge holiday in Boston. 66 00:03:02,399 --> 00:03:04,531 The Red Sox play. 67 00:03:04,575 --> 00:03:06,533 - Welcome to morning baseball from Fenway Park, 68 00:03:06,577 --> 00:03:08,100 where it's also Patriots' Day. 69 00:03:08,143 --> 00:03:09,928 - And then there was the Boston Marathon. 70 00:03:09,971 --> 00:03:13,453 all: Three, two, one. 71 00:03:13,497 --> 00:03:15,977 [starter pistol fires] - And they're off! 72 00:03:17,805 --> 00:03:19,633 - The runners are coming through all the towns 73 00:03:19,677 --> 00:03:21,461 and coming into Boston. 74 00:03:21,505 --> 00:03:25,639 There's huge groups of friends going to watch the marathon. 75 00:03:27,641 --> 00:03:30,514 It's a big, big holiday. 76 00:03:30,557 --> 00:03:33,821 - Sergeant John MacLellan served as a patrol officer 77 00:03:33,865 --> 00:03:36,824 in Watertown, Massachusetts, for 30 years. 78 00:03:38,043 --> 00:03:42,003 In 2015, he was awarded the Medal of Valor, 79 00:03:42,047 --> 00:03:46,094 the highest national award for a public safety officer. 80 00:03:48,053 --> 00:03:49,968 [bells ringing, cheering] 81 00:03:50,011 --> 00:03:52,840 [announcer listing names] 82 00:03:58,237 --> 00:04:00,326 - I was at the office in the FBI building, 83 00:04:00,370 --> 00:04:03,721 and at about 3:10 of that afternoon, 84 00:04:03,764 --> 00:04:05,505 the BlackBerry of one of my ASACs-- 85 00:04:05,549 --> 00:04:07,377 assistant special agents in charge-- 86 00:04:07,420 --> 00:04:09,335 who was sitting next to me went off. 87 00:04:09,379 --> 00:04:10,641 And she handed me her BlackBerry, 88 00:04:10,684 --> 00:04:12,512 and it said two large explosions 89 00:04:12,556 --> 00:04:14,297 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. 90 00:04:14,340 --> 00:04:16,733 [screaming] 91 00:04:16,776 --> 00:04:18,170 So I ran downstairs. 92 00:04:18,213 --> 00:04:21,304 And as I'm walking down to my office, 93 00:04:21,346 --> 00:04:23,262 my BlackBerry went off, and it was Ed Davis calling me, 94 00:04:23,306 --> 00:04:24,524 the Boston police commissioner. 95 00:04:24,568 --> 00:04:26,091 And he said, "Rick, send your bomb techs, 96 00:04:26,134 --> 00:04:27,353 "send your evidence techs, 97 00:04:27,397 --> 00:04:29,181 send your SWAT teams as quickly as possible." 98 00:04:29,224 --> 00:04:30,487 And I did what anybody would do. 99 00:04:30,530 --> 00:04:31,923 I went down to my office, turned on the TV. 100 00:04:31,966 --> 00:04:33,141 - Good afternoon. 101 00:04:33,185 --> 00:04:35,013 We are interrupting programming now 102 00:04:35,056 --> 00:04:38,364 because there has apparently been an explosion 103 00:04:38,408 --> 00:04:41,541 near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. 104 00:04:41,585 --> 00:04:43,848 This happened a short time ago. 105 00:04:43,891 --> 00:04:46,285 You're now seeing raw video 106 00:04:46,329 --> 00:04:49,288 that has just come in to our newsroom. 107 00:04:49,332 --> 00:04:51,377 - I see these two geysers of smoke 108 00:04:51,421 --> 00:04:53,597 coming up from Boylston Street. 109 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:58,645 - Witnesses report what they believe were two explosions. 110 00:05:01,039 --> 00:05:02,519 - I said, oh, my God, something horrible has happened. 111 00:05:02,562 --> 00:05:05,130 [child screaming] 112 00:05:09,961 --> 00:05:13,225 - I had just arrived maybe two weeks before 113 00:05:13,268 --> 00:05:14,792 from San Juan, 114 00:05:14,835 --> 00:05:16,924 so I was brand new to the ET squad. 115 00:05:16,968 --> 00:05:18,578 And this is happening, 116 00:05:18,622 --> 00:05:20,319 and I just couldn't believe it. 117 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:23,888 - Nancy Aguilar started her career in law enforcement 118 00:05:23,931 --> 00:05:26,673 as a linguist for the Drug Enforcement Administration. 119 00:05:26,717 --> 00:05:29,154 As an FBI special agent, 120 00:05:29,197 --> 00:05:31,417 she worked counterterrorism operations 121 00:05:31,461 --> 00:05:33,245 from the Washington field office, 122 00:05:33,288 --> 00:05:35,552 where she investigated terrorist threats 123 00:05:35,595 --> 00:05:37,597 and online radicalization 124 00:05:37,641 --> 00:05:40,731 in the Middle East and Central Asia. 125 00:05:40,774 --> 00:05:42,123 - I remember being in the SCIF. 126 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:44,822 And of course, we had the TV on with no sound, 127 00:05:44,865 --> 00:05:46,171 with the volume off. 128 00:05:46,214 --> 00:05:47,868 And all the agents, we all get up 129 00:05:47,912 --> 00:05:49,261 and just start following it. 130 00:05:51,698 --> 00:05:54,571 - We have been talking to Boston authorities, 131 00:05:54,614 --> 00:05:57,225 and they have not been able to tell us 132 00:05:57,269 --> 00:05:59,576 how many people have been injured 133 00:05:59,619 --> 00:06:03,710 or whether there have been any fatalities. 134 00:06:03,754 --> 00:06:07,627 We also do not have any indication at this moment 135 00:06:07,671 --> 00:06:10,238 of what might have caused this explosion. 136 00:06:14,068 --> 00:06:16,506 - I was out with a couple of friends on our motorcycles. 137 00:06:16,549 --> 00:06:18,464 I got a text message 138 00:06:18,508 --> 00:06:21,336 saying that there was two explosions at the marathon, 139 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:22,903 and I went straight home. 140 00:06:22,947 --> 00:06:25,515 I literally was sick to my stomach. 141 00:06:28,561 --> 00:06:31,651 - We are, uh-- we are seeing this videotape 142 00:06:31,695 --> 00:06:33,740 for the first time, as you are. 143 00:06:33,784 --> 00:06:36,656 People apparently down. 144 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:38,136 - It was crazy. 145 00:06:38,179 --> 00:06:40,486 I used to run the Boston Marathon every year. 146 00:06:43,446 --> 00:06:46,797 And to be in my office 147 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:49,364 and see it on my TV, 148 00:06:49,408 --> 00:06:51,889 thinking to myself, oh, my gosh, I could have been there. 149 00:07:01,420 --> 00:07:03,509 - A few minutes later, the FBI deputy director called me. 150 00:07:03,553 --> 00:07:06,077 And he asked me, you know, what did I know about this? 151 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,471 I know that in a situation like this, 152 00:07:08,514 --> 00:07:10,429 when you tell the director something, 153 00:07:10,473 --> 00:07:12,213 the director is going to tell the attorney general, 154 00:07:12,257 --> 00:07:13,867 the attorney general and the director 155 00:07:13,911 --> 00:07:15,565 are gonna tell the National Security Council, 156 00:07:15,608 --> 00:07:16,522 and the National Security Council 157 00:07:16,566 --> 00:07:18,045 is gonna tell the president. 158 00:07:24,443 --> 00:07:27,098 - Earlier today, I was briefed by my Homeland Security team 159 00:07:27,141 --> 00:07:29,883 on the events in Boston. 160 00:07:29,927 --> 00:07:33,017 The American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight. 161 00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:35,367 - I was being very careful of what I was telling him 162 00:07:35,410 --> 00:07:36,716 because we didn't know anything at that time. 163 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,240 We hadn't gone down to collect evidence yet. 164 00:07:39,284 --> 00:07:40,503 We thought it might have been 165 00:07:40,546 --> 00:07:42,809 an industrial explosion of some kind. 166 00:07:42,853 --> 00:07:45,464 - We don't yet have all the answers, 167 00:07:45,508 --> 00:07:48,728 but we do know that multiple people have been wounded, 168 00:07:48,772 --> 00:07:51,949 some gravely, in explosions at the Boston Marathon. 169 00:07:51,992 --> 00:07:54,081 - You know, if it was a manhole explosion, 170 00:07:54,125 --> 00:07:57,998 if we had a can explode on one of the electrical poles. 171 00:07:58,042 --> 00:08:00,479 - April 15th is Tax Day, so we thought 172 00:08:00,523 --> 00:08:03,308 maybe it's some domestic tax protesters, you know. 173 00:08:03,351 --> 00:08:05,702 So we thought maybe it's a domestic terrorism event. 174 00:08:05,745 --> 00:08:08,835 - No one really knew what was going on at that point, 175 00:08:08,879 --> 00:08:11,055 but I knew there was a lot of people hurt. 176 00:08:12,622 --> 00:08:15,625 And no matter what it was, 177 00:08:15,668 --> 00:08:17,931 it was horrible for Boston. 178 00:08:17,975 --> 00:08:20,978 - I've spoken to FBI Director Mueller 179 00:08:21,021 --> 00:08:23,371 and Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano, 180 00:08:23,415 --> 00:08:25,765 and they're mobilizing the appropriate resources 181 00:08:25,809 --> 00:08:28,333 to investigate and to respond. 182 00:08:28,375 --> 00:08:30,291 - People were very, very scared. 183 00:08:30,335 --> 00:08:33,556 They didn't know, you know, what was gonna happen next. 184 00:08:33,599 --> 00:08:36,167 - Thank you very much. 185 00:08:36,210 --> 00:08:40,171 - So to that point, Rick, what was your next steps? 186 00:08:40,214 --> 00:08:42,173 - The first step was really securing the crime scene. 187 00:08:42,216 --> 00:08:43,696 There were two separate blasts, 188 00:08:43,740 --> 00:08:46,177 about 400 or 500 feet from each other, 189 00:08:46,220 --> 00:08:47,265 along Boylston Street. 190 00:08:48,962 --> 00:08:52,270 The first blast went off at the finish line, 191 00:08:52,313 --> 00:08:56,491 and the other one went off about 12 or 15 seconds later 192 00:08:56,535 --> 00:08:58,319 in front of a restaurant called the Forum Restaurant 193 00:08:58,363 --> 00:08:59,582 on Boylston Street. 194 00:09:01,845 --> 00:09:04,935 And so, we knew we had two separate incidents, 195 00:09:04,978 --> 00:09:06,937 and we had to secure the perimeter. 196 00:09:06,980 --> 00:09:08,678 We went down, 197 00:09:08,721 --> 00:09:11,550 and it was just a scene of horrible, horrible destruction. 198 00:09:11,594 --> 00:09:13,683 The crime scene stretched about a quarter of a mile 199 00:09:13,726 --> 00:09:15,380 down Boylston Street, 200 00:09:15,423 --> 00:09:18,644 one block either side parallel to Boylston Street. 201 00:09:18,688 --> 00:09:21,168 We had evidence on top of cars, on top of windows, 202 00:09:21,212 --> 00:09:23,040 on top of buildings-- everywhere. 203 00:09:23,083 --> 00:09:25,564 [sirens blaring] 204 00:09:27,610 --> 00:09:30,917 All the victims who had been severely injured 205 00:09:30,961 --> 00:09:33,093 had been taken to local hospitals, 206 00:09:33,137 --> 00:09:35,705 so it was eerily quiet at that time. 207 00:09:35,748 --> 00:09:37,663 We knew we had three fatalities: 208 00:09:37,707 --> 00:09:43,060 Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, and Martin Richard. 209 00:09:44,757 --> 00:09:48,108 We had approximately 26 individuals 210 00:09:48,152 --> 00:09:50,894 who suffered grievous lower bodily injuries. 211 00:09:55,986 --> 00:09:57,465 But one of the things that benefited us 212 00:09:57,509 --> 00:10:00,643 is that at the end of a finish line for a marathon, 213 00:10:00,686 --> 00:10:02,427 you have a lot of medical personnel. 214 00:10:02,470 --> 00:10:04,777 There was a large medical tent set up right there 215 00:10:04,821 --> 00:10:08,128 to treat runners who were coming in with typical things 216 00:10:08,172 --> 00:10:09,608 that you would experience in a marathon: 217 00:10:09,652 --> 00:10:12,350 dehydration, ankle sprains-- things of that nature. 218 00:10:14,308 --> 00:10:15,701 Because of that medical presence there, 219 00:10:15,745 --> 00:10:18,051 because of the great work by Boston EMS, 220 00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:20,314 if they survived the initial blast, 221 00:10:20,358 --> 00:10:23,100 nobody else died. 222 00:10:23,143 --> 00:10:24,318 And that was a real miracle. 223 00:10:29,019 --> 00:10:30,498 In the first hours after the bombing, 224 00:10:30,542 --> 00:10:32,152 the immediate evidence was being brought 225 00:10:32,196 --> 00:10:33,763 to the Westin Copley Hotel 226 00:10:33,806 --> 00:10:38,245 just because it was very close to the bomb sites. 227 00:10:38,289 --> 00:10:41,335 We quickly realized that bringing evidence 228 00:10:41,379 --> 00:10:46,036 that is contaminated by bodily fluids and things like that, 229 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:47,690 a hotel is not an appropriate place 230 00:10:47,733 --> 00:10:49,735 to process or store that evidence. 231 00:10:49,779 --> 00:10:51,606 We went to our friends at the MBTA, 232 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:54,218 who control the Black Falcon terminal. 233 00:10:54,261 --> 00:10:57,351 Black Falcon is a cruise ship terminal 234 00:10:57,395 --> 00:10:59,179 for the city of Boston. 235 00:10:59,223 --> 00:11:02,835 It's on the waterfront, so it's a very secure location. 236 00:11:02,879 --> 00:11:05,882 And we found that this was a perfect place 237 00:11:05,925 --> 00:11:07,579 to set up the evidence processing 238 00:11:07,622 --> 00:11:10,060 for analysis by the FBI experts down there. 239 00:11:13,890 --> 00:11:15,543 We held a press conference the first night 240 00:11:15,587 --> 00:11:17,110 at the Westin Copley Hotel. 241 00:11:22,072 --> 00:11:24,727 You had hundreds of law enforcement officers there. 242 00:11:24,770 --> 00:11:28,165 You had the media there. 243 00:11:28,208 --> 00:11:29,775 It was just chaos. 244 00:11:29,819 --> 00:11:33,126 - At 2:50 p.m. today, 245 00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:35,476 there were simultaneous explosions 246 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,740 that occurred along the route of the Boston Marathon, 247 00:11:37,783 --> 00:11:39,176 near the finish line. 248 00:11:39,219 --> 00:11:41,613 We're recommending to people that they stay home, 249 00:11:41,656 --> 00:11:43,223 that if they're in hotels in the area 250 00:11:43,267 --> 00:11:44,964 that they return to their rooms, 251 00:11:45,008 --> 00:11:48,228 and that they don't go anyplace and congregate in large crowds. 252 00:11:48,272 --> 00:11:50,535 That's all. Thank you all very much. 253 00:11:50,578 --> 00:11:53,886 - And then afterwards, the leaders of the federal agencies 254 00:11:53,930 --> 00:11:55,845 on the Joint Terrorism Task Force, 255 00:11:55,888 --> 00:11:59,109 along with Commissioner Davis 256 00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:02,460 and Colonel Timothy Alban from Massachusetts State Police, 257 00:12:02,503 --> 00:12:04,767 we all gathered with Governor Patrick. 258 00:12:07,117 --> 00:12:08,727 We discussed that this had the potential 259 00:12:08,771 --> 00:12:10,250 to be a terrorism investigation. 260 00:12:10,294 --> 00:12:11,774 And Governor Patrick said to us, 261 00:12:11,817 --> 00:12:13,819 "We need somebody to lead this investigation." 262 00:12:13,863 --> 00:12:15,516 So I told Governor Patrick, I said, 263 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:19,129 "The FBI, under the umbrella of its Joint Terrorism Task Force, 264 00:12:19,172 --> 00:12:20,913 is happy to take the lead in this investigation." 265 00:12:20,957 --> 00:12:22,959 And Governor Patrick looked around the room, 266 00:12:23,002 --> 00:12:24,569 and he said, "Is everybody comfortable with that?" 267 00:12:24,612 --> 00:12:25,788 And everybody said, "Yes." 268 00:12:35,101 --> 00:12:36,276 I was in the process 269 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,409 of preparing to retire from the FBI. 270 00:12:38,452 --> 00:12:40,933 I'd interviewed for a job position that morning. 271 00:12:40,977 --> 00:12:42,239 I took four hours of annual leave 272 00:12:42,282 --> 00:12:43,718 and interviewed for a position. 273 00:12:43,762 --> 00:12:45,938 And then, after that, 274 00:12:45,982 --> 00:12:48,071 I went back into the office, and the bombs went off. 275 00:12:48,114 --> 00:12:51,465 I got home probably about 11:00, 11:30 at night, 276 00:12:51,509 --> 00:12:53,250 and I told my wife, I said, 277 00:12:53,293 --> 00:12:55,469 "I stayed in this job too long. I just stayed too long. 278 00:12:55,513 --> 00:12:56,557 "I should have gotten out sooner, 279 00:12:56,601 --> 00:12:57,863 before something like this happened." 280 00:12:57,907 --> 00:12:59,996 You know, I knew we had serious work to do. 281 00:13:00,039 --> 00:13:02,041 I had to be a leader. I had to be strong. 282 00:13:02,085 --> 00:13:05,479 But for a few minutes there, I just shook my head and said, 283 00:13:05,523 --> 00:13:06,829 gosh, I stayed too long in this job. 284 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:13,923 - It is a tough morning here in Boston. 285 00:13:13,966 --> 00:13:16,969 Actually, here is the front page of "The Boston Globe" 286 00:13:17,013 --> 00:13:18,536 that says "Marathon Terror" 287 00:13:18,579 --> 00:13:21,060 with an incredibly gruesome picture on the cover. 288 00:13:21,104 --> 00:13:24,107 And I can tell you, Charlie, just walking here this morning, 289 00:13:24,150 --> 00:13:27,110 they have not cleaned up the runners' route yet 290 00:13:27,153 --> 00:13:30,287 because it is still an active crime scene. 291 00:13:30,330 --> 00:13:32,115 - Being in the FBI, 292 00:13:32,158 --> 00:13:34,900 I know we're gonna take a logical approach, right? 293 00:13:34,944 --> 00:13:39,426 So you have your teams of agents in the command center, 294 00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:41,167 but then you have folks on the ground. 295 00:13:41,211 --> 00:13:42,908 What did the FBI find at that point? 296 00:13:42,952 --> 00:13:44,910 - We had hundreds of FBI personnel coming in 297 00:13:44,954 --> 00:13:47,391 from Washington field office, where Nancy would've worked, 298 00:13:47,434 --> 00:13:50,960 and New York, Albany, New Haven. 299 00:13:51,003 --> 00:13:52,265 I think every field office 300 00:13:52,309 --> 00:13:53,876 east of the Mississippi was contributing. 301 00:13:53,919 --> 00:13:57,749 [crowd shouting] 302 00:13:57,792 --> 00:14:00,534 We were scouring the crime scene 303 00:14:00,578 --> 00:14:03,015 because we couldn't call it a terrorist attack 304 00:14:03,059 --> 00:14:04,408 until we collected the evidence. 305 00:14:04,451 --> 00:14:07,541 By the time Tuesday, April 16th, rolled around, 306 00:14:07,585 --> 00:14:10,414 we had collected enough evidence off Boylston Street. 307 00:14:10,457 --> 00:14:11,894 Pieces of backpacks. 308 00:14:14,331 --> 00:14:15,636 Pieces of pressure cooker bombs... 309 00:14:18,770 --> 00:14:21,860 Which are pressure cookers filled with explosive material 310 00:14:21,904 --> 00:14:24,341 as well as shrapnel-- 311 00:14:24,384 --> 00:14:26,082 nails, screws, bolts, 312 00:14:26,125 --> 00:14:27,735 things like that would rip into somebody. 313 00:14:27,779 --> 00:14:29,563 We found evidence of shredded backpacks 314 00:14:29,607 --> 00:14:32,305 with explosive material on them at both bomb sites, 315 00:14:32,349 --> 00:14:34,264 so we knew that there were pressure cooker bombs 316 00:14:34,307 --> 00:14:35,830 inside backpacks. 317 00:14:35,874 --> 00:14:38,921 So at that point, we were comfortable making the call 318 00:14:38,964 --> 00:14:40,705 that this was a terrorist attack. 319 00:14:40,748 --> 00:14:44,970 [explosions] 320 00:14:45,014 --> 00:14:47,494 [screaming] 321 00:14:54,719 --> 00:14:56,764 - When I got to the office that morning of the 17th, 322 00:14:56,808 --> 00:14:58,114 I was called into our CART room. 323 00:14:58,157 --> 00:15:00,116 That's the Computer Analysis and Response Team. 324 00:15:00,159 --> 00:15:01,944 We had a small CART room in Boston. 325 00:15:01,987 --> 00:15:03,771 And one of my supervisors there said, 326 00:15:03,815 --> 00:15:05,904 "Boss, look at this piece of evidence. Look at this video. 327 00:15:05,948 --> 00:15:07,514 We watched this 400 times last night." 328 00:15:07,558 --> 00:15:09,255 And he said, "This video was taken 329 00:15:09,299 --> 00:15:11,388 "from the Forum Restaurant, where the second bomb went off, 330 00:15:11,431 --> 00:15:13,564 and we think we've identified one of the bombers." 331 00:15:13,607 --> 00:15:15,566 And it was a CCTV camera 332 00:15:15,609 --> 00:15:18,003 sitting right over the front door of the Forum Restaurant, 333 00:15:18,047 --> 00:15:19,396 pointing out towards Boylston Street. 334 00:15:23,791 --> 00:15:25,402 You see the runners going by in the background. 335 00:15:25,445 --> 00:15:27,404 You see dozens and dozens of people 336 00:15:27,447 --> 00:15:29,362 sort of milling around in front, 337 00:15:29,406 --> 00:15:30,973 you know, enjoying themselves and watching the race. 338 00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:37,718 And then you see an individual with a white hat 339 00:15:37,762 --> 00:15:40,025 coming from eastbound on Boylston Street, 340 00:15:40,069 --> 00:15:41,548 from right to left. 341 00:15:44,073 --> 00:15:47,206 He had a baseball hat with the bill pointed backwards, 342 00:15:47,250 --> 00:15:49,295 and he had a backpack on his back. 343 00:15:49,339 --> 00:15:51,906 And you watch him come, and he just looks like anybody else. 344 00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:53,560 He stands right in front of the camera, 345 00:15:53,604 --> 00:15:56,520 and he eventually drops the backpack to the ground. 346 00:16:04,310 --> 00:16:06,269 A few minutes later, he takes a cell phone call. 347 00:16:13,276 --> 00:16:15,017 He then hangs up on that call. 348 00:16:17,932 --> 00:16:21,414 And then from the east, on Boylston Street... 349 00:16:21,458 --> 00:16:23,503 [explosion] 350 00:16:23,547 --> 00:16:26,463 You see the concussive effects from the first bomb going off. 351 00:16:26,506 --> 00:16:30,467 Everybody looks to the left, like, what just happened? 352 00:16:30,510 --> 00:16:34,427 This gentleman in the white hat just calmly walks away. 353 00:16:36,603 --> 00:16:39,954 And about five seconds after he leaves the field of vision, 354 00:16:39,998 --> 00:16:41,043 you see the second bomb go off. 355 00:16:45,177 --> 00:16:46,439 [explosion, screaming] 356 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,661 You see just horrible destruction. 357 00:16:50,704 --> 00:16:52,184 Horrible destruction. 358 00:16:52,228 --> 00:16:56,449 [alarm blaring, crowd shouting] 359 00:16:56,493 --> 00:16:57,842 - What the fuck happened? 360 00:16:57,885 --> 00:17:00,497 - Holy shit, a bomb. - A bomb? 361 00:17:04,152 --> 00:17:07,808 - At that point, I knew we had one of the bombers. 362 00:17:07,852 --> 00:17:11,377 Now that we have that evidence, we go track westbound 363 00:17:11,420 --> 00:17:13,292 from where he came on Boylston Street. 364 00:17:13,335 --> 00:17:14,337 We go to other businesses along there-- 365 00:17:14,380 --> 00:17:15,641 every restaurant, 366 00:17:15,686 --> 00:17:17,731 every clothing store that had CCTV. 367 00:17:17,775 --> 00:17:19,429 We collected that evidence. 368 00:17:19,472 --> 00:17:22,127 Later that day, we had evidence 369 00:17:22,170 --> 00:17:23,737 of the individual with the white hat 370 00:17:23,781 --> 00:17:26,349 walking with another individual, 371 00:17:26,391 --> 00:17:28,132 similarly carrying a backpack, 372 00:17:28,177 --> 00:17:30,744 who had a black hat on with the bill pointed forward 373 00:17:30,788 --> 00:17:32,181 and large sunglasses on. 374 00:17:41,407 --> 00:17:45,542 So at that point, we called them White Cap and Black Cap. 375 00:17:45,585 --> 00:17:48,849 That was sort of the eureka moment in the investigation. 376 00:17:48,893 --> 00:17:51,069 We knew we had visual depictions of bombers. 377 00:17:53,854 --> 00:17:55,160 We just had to figure out who they were. 378 00:17:58,163 --> 00:18:00,905 - At this point, John and Nancy, 379 00:18:00,948 --> 00:18:02,602 do you have any information? 380 00:18:02,646 --> 00:18:05,344 - We were just, you know, on patrol. 381 00:18:05,388 --> 00:18:08,260 You know, it's a terrorism thing, 382 00:18:08,304 --> 00:18:10,567 so everybody was on high alert. 383 00:18:10,610 --> 00:18:12,438 But we didn't know what we were on high alert for. 384 00:18:12,482 --> 00:18:14,005 I remember a lot of people saying, 385 00:18:14,048 --> 00:18:16,181 you know, "This is bigger than you think it is. 386 00:18:16,225 --> 00:18:17,878 "There's more people out there. 387 00:18:17,922 --> 00:18:19,706 There's more of this is coming. This isn't the end." 388 00:18:21,186 --> 00:18:23,188 - The key decision point now is, 389 00:18:23,232 --> 00:18:25,364 what do we do with this video evidence? 390 00:18:25,408 --> 00:18:27,627 Do we hang onto it, do we just keep it, 391 00:18:27,671 --> 00:18:29,760 or do we show it to the world? 392 00:18:29,803 --> 00:18:31,892 These were recognizable photos 393 00:18:31,936 --> 00:18:33,633 to people who knew these individuals. 394 00:18:36,375 --> 00:18:38,116 But there are two schools of thought: 395 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,553 that if you hold on to the video evidence, 396 00:18:40,597 --> 00:18:42,990 you don't tip your hand and continue the investigation 397 00:18:43,034 --> 00:18:46,124 through sort of you know, some covert means 398 00:18:46,168 --> 00:18:47,212 and some overt means. 399 00:18:47,256 --> 00:18:48,996 The other side of the coin is 400 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,695 that if you have video evidence and you're holding it, 401 00:18:51,738 --> 00:18:53,610 what happens if more bombs go off in Boston, 402 00:18:53,653 --> 00:18:54,872 and more people die, 403 00:18:54,915 --> 00:18:57,048 and you're holding video evidence 404 00:18:57,091 --> 00:18:58,223 that you could have shared with the American public 405 00:18:58,267 --> 00:18:59,746 but you didn't? 406 00:18:59,790 --> 00:19:02,532 - Can you explain the next steps you took? 407 00:19:02,575 --> 00:19:04,447 - We wanted to have a press conference 408 00:19:04,490 --> 00:19:06,536 to release photographs of these individuals. 409 00:19:13,325 --> 00:19:16,241 I was joined by my law enforcement team partners-- 410 00:19:16,285 --> 00:19:18,417 state, federal, and local-- on the podium. 411 00:19:22,421 --> 00:19:24,467 Good afternoon. My name is Richard DesLauriers. 412 00:19:24,510 --> 00:19:25,990 I am the special agent in charge 413 00:19:26,033 --> 00:19:28,471 of the FBI's Boston Division. 414 00:19:28,514 --> 00:19:30,603 And we gave out that evidence to the American public. 415 00:19:30,647 --> 00:19:32,301 After a very detailed analysis 416 00:19:32,344 --> 00:19:34,433 of photo, video, and other evidence, 417 00:19:34,477 --> 00:19:37,610 we are releasing photos of these two suspects. 418 00:19:37,654 --> 00:19:41,440 They are identified as Suspect 1 and Suspect 2. 419 00:19:41,484 --> 00:19:44,008 They appear to be associated. 420 00:19:44,051 --> 00:19:46,706 Suspect 1 is wearing a dark hat. 421 00:19:46,750 --> 00:19:49,274 Suspect 2 is wearing a white hat. 422 00:19:49,318 --> 00:19:51,755 Suspect 2 set down a backpack 423 00:19:51,798 --> 00:19:54,018 at the site of the second explosion, 424 00:19:54,061 --> 00:19:58,240 just in front of the Forum Restaurant. 425 00:19:58,283 --> 00:19:59,850 And we called on the American public 426 00:19:59,893 --> 00:20:02,461 to help us identify these two individuals. 427 00:20:02,505 --> 00:20:05,159 Somebody out there knows these individuals 428 00:20:05,203 --> 00:20:07,858 as friends, neighbors, coworkers, 429 00:20:07,901 --> 00:20:10,252 or family members of the suspects. 430 00:20:10,295 --> 00:20:11,731 Though it may be difficult, 431 00:20:11,775 --> 00:20:13,951 the nation is counting on those with information 432 00:20:13,994 --> 00:20:16,432 to come forward and provide it to us. 433 00:20:16,475 --> 00:20:19,217 [reporters yelling] 434 00:20:19,261 --> 00:20:21,872 - Thank you. Thank you. 435 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:31,925 - Well, after that press conference, I drove home. 436 00:20:35,842 --> 00:20:37,235 And when I got home that evening, 437 00:20:37,279 --> 00:20:39,629 I turned on the TV and saw a story 438 00:20:39,672 --> 00:20:41,979 about the murder of a campus police officer 439 00:20:42,022 --> 00:20:44,503 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. 440 00:20:44,547 --> 00:20:46,026 - Breaking news now. 441 00:20:46,070 --> 00:20:48,768 An MIT officer has been shot in Cambridge. 442 00:20:48,812 --> 00:20:52,119 And according to authorities, the officer was found 443 00:20:52,163 --> 00:20:53,860 evidencing multiple gunshot wounds. 444 00:20:53,904 --> 00:20:55,166 So now we're learning 445 00:20:55,209 --> 00:20:56,820 that there were multiple gunshot wounds. 446 00:20:56,863 --> 00:20:58,430 He was transported to the hospital 447 00:20:58,474 --> 00:21:00,345 and pronounced deceased. 448 00:21:00,389 --> 00:21:03,130 - I said, my God, that's a horrible tragedy. 449 00:21:03,174 --> 00:21:05,481 This is very odd for a campus police officer 450 00:21:05,524 --> 00:21:08,919 to be murdered in Cambridge, which is a very safe area. 451 00:21:08,962 --> 00:21:10,268 - No arrests have been made, 452 00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:13,532 and the investigation is ongoing. 453 00:21:13,576 --> 00:21:14,751 - So I went to bed. 454 00:21:14,794 --> 00:21:16,622 About 1:00 in the morning, 455 00:21:16,666 --> 00:21:18,145 I got a phone call from Jeff Sallet. 456 00:21:22,411 --> 00:21:26,197 Jeff told me, "Boss, you know, those individuals 457 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,852 "who murdered that campus police officer at MIT? 458 00:21:28,895 --> 00:21:30,810 "They're our bombers, and they're on the run right now. 459 00:21:30,854 --> 00:21:32,377 "And they're in Watertown, 460 00:21:32,421 --> 00:21:34,727 throwing more bombs at the Watertown police officers." 461 00:21:34,771 --> 00:21:36,860 I heard that, and I said, holy shit. 462 00:21:36,903 --> 00:21:39,863 [gunfire] 463 00:22:03,016 --> 00:22:05,889 - We're seeing police running, guns drawn, 464 00:22:05,932 --> 00:22:08,587 and we have heard multiple gunshots. 465 00:22:08,631 --> 00:22:10,937 - The suspect was already out of the vehicle, 466 00:22:10,981 --> 00:22:12,722 and there's gunshots coming in at us. 467 00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:15,725 [gunfire] 468 00:22:18,118 --> 00:22:20,120 - People were screaming, dogs barking. 469 00:22:20,164 --> 00:22:22,514 It was just-- it was just crazy. 470 00:22:22,558 --> 00:22:24,429 - We're asking people to shelter in place, 471 00:22:24,473 --> 00:22:28,128 to stay indoors with their doors locked. 472 00:22:28,172 --> 00:22:30,435 - Going street by street, 473 00:22:30,479 --> 00:22:32,611 house by house, 474 00:22:32,655 --> 00:22:34,961 was a massive, massive undertaking. 475 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:39,313 And it was pretty dramatic. 476 00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:51,369 [dramatic music] 477 00:22:51,413 --> 00:22:58,332 ♪