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[eerie music playing]
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[Evans]
I was in the Boston Police for 38 years.
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I learned a lot of lessons.
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But the most important thing was
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if people want to hurt people,
they'll find ways to do it.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[explosion]
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[panicked chatter]
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[woman screams]
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[children shouting]
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[explosion]
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[intense music playing]
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[Evans] We do our best
to prevent tragedies like this, but...
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there's another side to people
that no one ever sees.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Evans] I've done 59 marathons.
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And Boston is the best marathon
in the world.
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It's like the Rite of Spring.
It's right around Easter.
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The city's coming alive.
The flowers are blooming.
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Everybody looks forward to Patriots' Day.
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It's a local holiday in Boston.
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Everybody comes out
and watches the marathon.
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It's a big day in the city.
It's a special day.
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[Karen]
Massachusetts is one of the only places
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that celebrates Patriots' Day.
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It is amazing
because there is a lot of history here.
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It is a great pleasure
to come back to a city
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where my accent is considered normal.
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[laughter]
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People who live in Boston
and are from Boston,
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there is a lot of Boston pride.
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There's no finer people to me in the world
than residents of the city of Boston.
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[cheering, excited screaming]
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- [woman] We did it!
- Fuck you!
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They can be really obnoxious
when it comes to their sports.
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[all] Let's go, Bruins!
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[rhythmic clapping]
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Let's go, Bruins!
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[Karen] But the marathon
is a big deal in Boston.
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It's the oldest marathon in America,
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and the most premier.
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[spectators cheering]
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[Karen] It's a very festive day.
People make a really big deal about it.
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They do shut the trains down, the buses.
The streets are packed with people.
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I would go to the marathon every year,
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and the same group of friends,
we would all go
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to watch my boyfriend Kevin run.
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[Kevin] Honestly, I never thought
I'd ever run a marathon.
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I mean, I didn't run till I was, like, 42.
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But it's great. It's like a party.
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Everyone's pulling
and cheering for everyone.
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We're all equal that day.
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Starting line is in Hopkinton
and it's 26.2 miles away.
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Then you finish in the city.
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You get there,
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and everyone's friendly
and wishing you luck.
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People are just so nice like that.
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The town of Hopkinton is absolutely ready.
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Their motto is, "It all starts here,"
and you can feel it in the air.
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[Evans] To get into Boston,
that's quite an accomplishment.
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You don't just sign up.
You have to qualify.
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And you've hit the pinnacle of your life
if you run Boston.
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[reporter]
The center of Boston, the Charles River.
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It's all part
of a huge Patriots' Day celebration.
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[Evans]
That particular day,
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I was able to go off
in the very first wave.
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- [starting pistol fires]
- [spectators cheer]
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[announcer] And the Boston Marathon,
already underway for some.
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The full spectacle of this Boston Marathon
is now underway, but sometimes...
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[Evans] It was like
any other marathon you ever had.
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Everyone was happy.
It couldn't have been a more perfect day.
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Just training with my dad!
He's running with me for a little.
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- Say hi, Dad.
- Hi.
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[cheering]
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[Karen]
My friend Krystle and I had a late start
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because we had partied a little too much
the night before and we got up late.
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[announcer] And look at that,
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the Boston Marathon running
right past Fenway Park,
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which will soon empty out
when the Red Sox and Rays are done
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and thousands more people
will hit the streets.
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They say a half a million people
watch the Boston Marathon
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on the streets here in New England.
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Krystle never had gone
to the Boston Marathon
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because she always went to the Red Sox.
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[baseball announcer] To left field.
That ball is off the wall.
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Pedroia racing around the bases,
is headed home.
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The throw will be late,
and the Red Sox win!
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A walk-off on Patriots' Day!
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[Karen] That day, Krystle and I walked
on the side street,
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and here we were
at the most perfect spot, the finish line.
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[announcer] You look down Boylston Street
filled with people.
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Flags from all nations.
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[Karen] I had taken a picture
of the flags at the finish line
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and I had posted it on Facebook.
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We were texting with all our friends,
and they kept saying, "Come and meet us!"
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But we just said we're gonna stay here
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because I think we can get
a really great picture
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of Kevin crossing the finish line.
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So we ended up staying there.
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And I always remember
taking that left onto Boylston Street
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and seeing that finish line
five blocks away.
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And as much as you're hurting,
that crowd is rooting you on.
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[indistinct voice over loudspeaker]
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To have my family there,
have my police there.
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Uh, you know, it gives you goose bumps.
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I did it in three hours and 35 minutes,
which, as far as I'm concerned,
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I was thrilled.
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At that point, I hopped in my vehicle
and drove home to South Boston.
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[helicopter whirring]
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[Jimenez] This particular day,
it was starting to pick up a little bit.
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More runners were starting
to come through.
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We were starting to cheer people on,
like, "Great. Good for you. You did it!"
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I just love the atmosphere.
I love the cheering that goes on.
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[crowd cheering]
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It's like a big block party.
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[Karen] We were
standing there waiting for Kevin,
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and friends that were tracking him
were texting me to say
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that Kevin had got a cramp
somewhere up in Cambridge,
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and he was gonna be a little bit later
coming across the finish line.
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And we said, "We've got this great spot.
We should stay right here."
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[indistinct voice over loudspeaker]
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[explosion]
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[panicked screaming]
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[explosion]
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[panicked screaming continues]
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[woman] Oh my God.
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[man] It's fucked up over here.
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[indistinct shouting]
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[siren blaring]
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[officer 1] 8:30. Something just exploded
at the finish line.
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[officer 2]
UCC, did I hear that correctly?
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[officer 3] Yeah, I see it. I confirm it.
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Two devices just went off
at Boylston and Exeter.
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[distant police siren]
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- [man 1] Vanessa! Vanessa!
- [woman 1] Vanessa! What the hell?
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- [man yelling indistinctly]
- [woman shrieks]
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[man 2] What the fuck?
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[woman 2] Stop.
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[panicked screaming]
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[audio muted]
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[wind gusting]
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[Karen] I remember
waking up on the sidewalk.
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There was a horrendous smell.
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My ears were ringing so bad,
in that I couldn't really hear.
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At that point, it was just chaos.
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[police whistles blowing]
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- [alarms blaring distantly]
- [indistinct shouting]
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[ominous music playing]
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[Jimenez] I looked around me, and...
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the screams were that of horror.
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[indistinct screaming]
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[man 1] Okay?
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[man 2] Just move that way.
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There was a woman at one point,
and I took a look at her leg and I'm like,
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"Wow, that looks really bad."
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[man] Get that. Cut it.
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[Jimenez] And I needed
to stop the bleeding somehow,
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and all I had was my belt.
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So I took my belt off, and I just remember
putting it around her legs
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to try to stop the bleeding.
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There was chatter on the radio
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that there could
potentially be a third bomb.
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Road is blocked for secondary devices!
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I called my boyfriend at the time.
I told him I loved him.
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[sobs softly]
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Sorry.
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And I told him to tell my mom I loved her.
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And then...
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the line just went dead.
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[sighs]
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[ominous music playing]
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[Karen] I could see blood everywhere.
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And my foot was turned sideways,
and it was broken.
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But I was next to Krystle,
and I held her hand.
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She looked like a rag doll.
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That's when the whole reality
of what happened really sunk in.
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It was terrible.
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[woman]
...shoes and her socks!
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[officer speaking indistinctly]
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[officer] You good? Okay.
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[paramedic] Okay, as for the explosions,
don't worry about that, okay?
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That was really loud.
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I remember a whole team of people
coming to get me
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and asking me my name,
and I couldn't tell them.
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[ominous music playing]
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[overlapping chatter]
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[police sirens blipping]
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[Karen] When they put me
into the ambulance,
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a lady ran up to me and she said,
"Miss, here's your phone."
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And I took the phone
and I put it in my pocket.
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But it was not my phone.
It was Krystle's phone.
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And then I don't remember anything else.
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[distant police sirens]
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[indistinct police radio chatter]
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[newscast music playing on TV]
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We want to bring you some breaking news
that is happening right now out of Boston.
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We understand there have been at least
two explosions near the finish line
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of the Boston Marathon.
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We are showing you some live pictures
from a helicopter right now.
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[reporter] It appears that we have
quite a tragedy
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on our hands in Boston, Massachusetts
this afternoon.
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We don't know what exploded.
We don't know if there was an accident.
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We don't know
if somebody set off something.
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[discordant music playing]
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[distant police sirens wailing]
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[man] Get down!
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[distant police sirens wailing]
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[Jimenez] When I looked around me,
it was chaos.
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And somebody mentioned that
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there was somebody there that had...
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uh, passed away.
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[dramatic music playing]
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At this point, we were trying to get
the most acute patients to a hospital.
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[Kevin] I was stopped
near the finish line.
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And there were police officers
saying the race is canceled.
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The race is done. It's done.
It's over. The marathon's over.
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[siren wailing]
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They said there was a bomb or something.
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That's what I, you know...
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But no one knew nothing.
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[officer] Run!
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[Kevin] Everyone's scrambling
to get out of the city.
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I did keep calling Karen's phone,
but all the phones were screwed up.
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So I knew right there
that there was a problem. A big problem.
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Let's go! Everybody down this way.
Folks, time to call it a night. Let's go!
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[man] Where are we supposed to go?
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[Evans] After the marathon,
I was back in South Boston.
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One of my sergeants
come running in and he says,
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"They're telling me two bombs
just went off at the finish line."
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And I'm saying, "What? That can't...
That... That couldn't have happened."
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"I was just there."
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[sirens wailing]
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I jumped in my vehicle
and put my sirens on.
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And when I went
over the 4th Street Bridge,
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I could see people crying.
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I could tell this is going to be terrible.
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[muted audio]
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[Evans] When I got to the scene,
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I met up with Commissioner Davis,
who was just coming back to the scene too.
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[Davis] I stepped out of the car,
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and as soon as my foot hit the ground,
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I could feel shrapnel under my feet.
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[helicopter whirring]
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And then I saw
the damage across the street.
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The volume of blood
and body parts on the ground
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was just something
I had never seen before.
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[officer] Go, go!
Let's go! All the way up.
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[Evans] To see the destruction.
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[officer] All the way up.
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[Evans] To see the young bodies
lying on the street.
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It's something
I'll never get out of my head to this day.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Davis] It sort of hit me right there
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that this might be a terrorist attack.
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Quite frankly, it's overwhelming.
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[Evans] No one knew what to think.
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There's so many things
going through your mind, and...
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Where do you even start?
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[Martin] Oh, I've been a reporter
for more than three decades.
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When you get a situation like this,
unprecedented in Boston's history,
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you're trying to come up
with answers as a journalist,
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as an investigative journalist,
for your audience.
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[indistinct shouting]
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I had rushed to the scene
as they were still putting up yellow tape.
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And there was an assumption
that this might be something much bigger
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than what had just occurred.
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[reporter] This was a situation
that struck terror into everybody.
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We, of course, don't know
the cause of the explosion right now.
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[Evans] Everyone is now scrambling
to understand what exactly happened.
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We were in the restaurant,
then there was a huge boom twice.
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One softer, and one really hard,
and it's really terrible.
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At first it sounded like a cannon blast,
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but it felt so strong
it literally almost blew my hat off.
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Not sure exactly what they're saying,
whether it's an accident or not.
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[Martin] No one knows what happened,
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and the police were dealing
with a lot of confusion.
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- [man] He's a runner?
- [woman] He doesn't... Yeah.
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He doesn't speak English,
and we can't find him anywhere.
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[reporter] The police officer
came up to me and said,
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"Get out of here.
We don't know what else could happen."
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We start to get a crush
of reports of bombs all over the city.
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[helicopter whirring]
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And then there was a suspicious fire
that occurred at the JFK Library.
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[reporter] This happened so soon
after these two explosions.
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Could this possibly be connected?
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[Evans] We already had two go off.
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Everyone thought
these things come in three.
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Our worst fear is the second attack.
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We're in new territory here, and I knew
I needed all the help I could get.
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So, I immediately reached out
to Rick DesLauriers.
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[DesLauriers] I've been described
by some of my associates
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as someone who assesses things.
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I assess things in great detail.
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And I try to understand
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what's gonna take
to get the best resolution possible.
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[foreboding music playing]
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When I arrived in Boston,
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the first priority was to make sure
there are no secondary bombs down there.
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But we couldn't do that
until we'd secured the crime scene.
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We had a third of a mile
on Boylston Street we had to seal off,
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and then one block either side
north and south of Boylston Street.
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And it was just a devastating scene.
You saw carnage everywhere.
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There was still blood of the victims
on the sidewalk.
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[Davis] Looking across the crime scene,
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I realized that there were bags
all over the place.
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Any one of those things
could have been a bomb.
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[DesLauriers] Our task at that point
was to send our bomb techs down there
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and then search for secondary devices.
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We had bomb-sniffing dogs.
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We're going through backpacks,
going through storefronts.
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We were still sweeping the scene.
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[Davis] The bomb squad starts
to secure the crime scene
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so that the rest of the analysts
could safely come on the course.
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[distant police sirens]
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[DesLauriers] Once we determined
there are no secondary incendiary devices
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at the bomb site,
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we called US Attorney Carmen Ortiz.
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She would ultimately be the person
responsible for prosecuting the bombers.
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[siren wailing]
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[Ortiz] When I looked at the destruction,
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I just stood there with a cold chill.
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It certainly seemed to be a terrorist act.
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We could see the shrap metal,
the BBs, the blood.
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You know, we knew this was
some type of device gone off.
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[Davis] We sent state troopers
to Logan Airport
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to catch any of the public
that may have had photos in their cameras.
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That was when we set up
Black Falcon Terminal
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as a location to process evidence.
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[DesLauriers]
This location was tremendously important
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as being a secure, convenient location
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where we could collect
that evidence, process it,
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and have it flown down
to Quantico, Virginia.
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[Davis]
There were so many pieces of evidence
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We were just at a different scale
than I'd ever seen before.
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This was the biggest case
that's ever happened in this city
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and we had no idea who was responsible.
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So we started to send investigators out
to question the injured.
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I have shrapnel in the back of my leg,
my hands, obviously,
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and I got flash burns, but I'm blessed.
340
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Some of the patients have already received
traumatic amputations at the scene.
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Their legs have been blown off.
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[Davis] Then we got a report
of a suspicious person
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that is being accompanied
back to the emergency room.
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This guy, who was a Saudi national,
comes out of the smoke.
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He's all cut up and in tattered clothes.
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And when the police start
to walk towards him,
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he sees the police coming,
he's got a cell phone in his hand,
348
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and he throws the cell phone
on the ground and smashes it.
349
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Cell phones can be detonators.
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There is an individual who is in custody.
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He is a Saudi national
who was near the scene of the blast.
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I'm thinking, "Is this one of our guys?"
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[Martin] Among the first things you heard
was that a Saudi national
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was considered a suspect.
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There was an assumption
that this might be related to Al-Qaeda.
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For over a decade,
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this country has been on edge,
vigilant for the next attack.
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Well, today it came.
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[Martin] He had been injured,
and the police were interviewing
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this Saudi national at the hospital.
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[Davis] We talked to him,
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and we had the SWAT Team guys
and detectives go to his house.
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Found suspicious things at the house,
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some official documents, passports,
things like that that were problematic.
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[Ortiz]
Given the severity of the situation,
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you want to do it in a way that is legal,
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so that if that evidence leads
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to the individual that you believe
committed this crime,
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you are going to be able
to use that evidence in court.
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[reporter] Authorities searched
the apartment of a foreign student
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who was injured in the blast
and seen running away,
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but they found nothing,
and he is not considered a suspect.
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Turns out he was simply a victim.
He had nothing to do with it.
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He happened to be a Saudi
near the finish line
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who was living in an age of Islamophobia.
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And there was no doubt
that there's a degree of prejudice
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about who might be responsible.
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[DesLauriers] After day one,
we did not have any suspects.
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We had a few leads, but nothing tangible.
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And we were going
to be holding a press conference
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to tell the American public
what we knew about the bombings.
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I told the governor this has the potential
to be a terrorist attack,
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so the FBI will be happy
to take the lead in this investigation.
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Frankly, I was sort of like,
"Yeah, it's all yours."
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But the governor asked me
to run the press conference.
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And I was like, "Me?"
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And, you know,
I should have realized it, right?
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Politicians don't like to tell people
bad news, and I'm the bad news guy.
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So let me turn it over now to Ed Davis,
Commissioner of Police here in Boston.
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Thank you, Governor. Um...
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At 2:50 p.m.,
there were simultaneous explosions
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that occurred along the route
of the Boston Marathon near the finish.
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People should be calm,
but they should understand
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that this is an ongoing event,
and they should understand
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that we need all the information
that we can get available to us.
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I told the public,
"If you have any photos, get them to us."
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If anyone saw anything at this incident,
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they should call us at 1-800-494-TIPS.
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A lot of times in cases like this,
somebody sees what happens and realizes,
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"Oh my God, he told me
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he was gonna do something like this.
I've got to call the police."
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[reporter 1] Are you describing this
as a terrorist attack right now?
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Governor Patrick said it was an attack.
Would you say this is a terrorist attack?
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00:23:33,578 --> 00:23:36,039
We're not being definitive
on this right now,
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but you can reach your own conclusions
based upon what happened.
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As a citizen and as a reporter,
this seemed to be an act of terror.
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Some in the public realm criticize the FBI
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for not calling it
a terrorist attack right away,
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but we had to collect the evidence.
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[distant traffic ambience]
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[Kevin] That night,
I'm out looking for Karen.
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I didn't know what was going on.
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00:24:06,361 --> 00:24:08,029
And my daughter is saying,
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"Karen put you
on Facebook with the flags."
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00:24:11,032 --> 00:24:12,617
[ominous music playing]
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And I get a call
from Krystle's boyfriend, Joe.
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00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:22,127
Joe comes, picks me up.
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He shows me a picture of Karen and Krystle
lying on the ground.
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Somehow it was already online.
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I could see their faces.
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Like, it looked like
the life had drained out of 'em.
422
00:24:39,936 --> 00:24:41,938
Immediately, we headed to Mass General.
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00:24:42,022 --> 00:24:44,024
[foreboding music playing]
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We get there,
and they tell me that Krystle is there.
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They were operating on her leg.
Her leg's pretty bad.
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00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:56,286
They're going to try to save it.
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00:24:57,454 --> 00:24:59,915
But they tell me Karen ain't there.
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00:25:01,249 --> 00:25:06,338
And they can't come up with any answers.
They don't know nothing. Anything.
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00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:07,880
They said,
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"We don't know what to tell you."
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00:25:10,217 --> 00:25:13,220
You know, and they keep
going, going, going.
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00:25:15,263 --> 00:25:16,515
It didn't make sense.
433
00:25:17,807 --> 00:25:18,850
And they said,
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"Just... You guys got to go...
Just go to the hospitals."
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00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:26,191
So we start walking.
436
00:25:27,943 --> 00:25:31,071
There's not a soul in sight.
I've never seen anything like this.
437
00:25:31,154 --> 00:25:32,906
Not a soul in sight in Boston.
438
00:25:32,989 --> 00:25:34,991
[ominous music playing]
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00:25:40,330 --> 00:25:44,209
We looked everywhere.
We called all the hospitals.
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No one had any answers for us.
441
00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,421
We just couldn't find Karen anywhere.
442
00:25:49,130 --> 00:25:52,926
My mind, I thought Karen was dead.
No doubt in my mind.
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[no audible speech]
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And then all of a sudden, my phone rings.
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00:26:00,642 --> 00:26:03,895
They told me
Karen is in the operating room.
446
00:26:04,479 --> 00:26:08,984
You know, I couldn't believe it.
I had to see it for my own two eyes.
447
00:26:10,819 --> 00:26:12,487
And I went back to the hospital.
448
00:26:14,364 --> 00:26:15,532
And I saw Karen.
449
00:26:18,702 --> 00:26:22,330
When I first woke up,
the first face I saw was Kevin.
450
00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:24,416
I was just happy. I just had her hand.
451
00:26:24,499 --> 00:26:26,501
You know, holding her hand
and squeezing it.
452
00:26:27,377 --> 00:26:29,254
She didn't know what was going on.
453
00:26:29,754 --> 00:26:31,965
And I just said,
"Everything will be all right."
454
00:26:32,048 --> 00:26:33,758
"Don't worry. I love you."
455
00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,595
"I love you,
and everything will be all right."
456
00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:41,266
It was just... It was a miracle.
457
00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:47,647
The first night,
we knew that our best lead
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was going to be video evidence
collected at the scene of the crime.
459
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,696
We had a major sporting event going on.
We had national media coverage there.
460
00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:58,158
We had people with cell phones
and video cameras everywhere.
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00:26:58,992 --> 00:27:00,392
That's where Kevin Swindon came in.
462
00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:02,454
[dramatic music playing]
463
00:27:03,872 --> 00:27:07,584
Kevin Swindon was
the supervisor of the Cyber Squad
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00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:09,377
at the Boston FBI office.
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00:27:10,211 --> 00:27:13,298
My role was computer forensics
and digital forensics.
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00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:17,385
We knew right away
that digital media was going to be
467
00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:20,555
a significant factor
in this investigation.
468
00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:24,309
The phones weren't ringing,
but the email was very, very busy.
469
00:27:25,769 --> 00:27:29,147
To the point where it was at risk
of becoming full.
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Tens of thousands of emails.
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00:27:31,691 --> 00:27:33,526
[Davis] What I didn't
take into consideration
472
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was the sheer volume of digital evidence
that was coming in the door.
473
00:27:37,947 --> 00:27:42,369
They're getting thousands of photographs,
videotapes from iPhones.
474
00:27:42,452 --> 00:27:44,704
It looks like it was about
3:38 and change.
475
00:27:44,788 --> 00:27:48,833
There were over 125 phones
recovered from Boylston Street.
476
00:27:51,211 --> 00:27:53,880
All right, we made it to one mile
at the Boston Marathon!
477
00:27:54,631 --> 00:27:55,715
[explosion]
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[man] Oh my gosh!
479
00:27:56,841 --> 00:27:57,926
[crowd screaming]
480
00:27:58,009 --> 00:27:59,009
What the fuck?
481
00:28:00,011 --> 00:28:02,097
[Swindon]
There were no leads at that point.
482
00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:05,058
So we were looking for the video
to try and give us some clues.
483
00:28:06,559 --> 00:28:09,479
We had footage from The Forum.
We had footage from Walgreens.
484
00:28:09,562 --> 00:28:11,481
We had footage from banks.
485
00:28:11,564 --> 00:28:13,775
Any business that was along that route,
486
00:28:13,858 --> 00:28:17,112
we were collecting and capturing
any video that we could.
487
00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:19,531
[DesLauriers]
We had hundreds of thousands of videos,
488
00:28:19,614 --> 00:28:22,575
but the challenge with processing
as much video evidence as we had
489
00:28:22,659 --> 00:28:25,578
is there was so much
that could be processed timely.
490
00:28:27,580 --> 00:28:30,333
[Swindon] If you have eight hours of video
and you need to review it,
491
00:28:30,417 --> 00:28:32,419
it's gonna take you
eight hours to review it.
492
00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:35,922
[explosion]
493
00:28:36,631 --> 00:28:38,967
We had significant teams of people,
494
00:28:39,050 --> 00:28:41,636
numbers of teams of people
reviewing the video.
495
00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:46,141
But the problem is that there were
thousands of hours of video.
496
00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,226
[dramatic music playing]
497
00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:51,896
Beyond that, the challenge was
498
00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:55,024
we didn't know
what or who we were looking for.
499
00:28:55,108 --> 00:28:56,526
Every minute that passes
500
00:28:56,609 --> 00:29:00,071
is a possibility of whoever might be
responsible for this getting away.
501
00:29:01,614 --> 00:29:04,492
What I was facing
was the most intensive investigation
502
00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:06,953
that the Boston Police Department
had ever conducted.
503
00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:11,416
[slide projector clicking]
504
00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:16,838
[Foley] When the actual bombings happened,
505
00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:20,633
my family and I were
on vacation in Arizona.
506
00:29:22,343 --> 00:29:25,263
I had just notified the FBI
I was going to retire.
507
00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:28,099
[ominous music playing]
508
00:29:32,979 --> 00:29:38,401
It wasn't until we dropped into Sedona
where my cell phone just blew up.
509
00:29:39,527 --> 00:29:42,280
And that was when I saw
the images of the bombing.
510
00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:48,119
It was devastating.
511
00:29:52,373 --> 00:29:55,460
I've worked on violent crimes,
drugs, gangs.
512
00:29:57,462 --> 00:29:59,881
Many people would say
I'm a bit of a shit magnet.
513
00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:05,303
And when I saw the images of the bombing...
514
00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,977
my wife said,
"Go get those motherfuckers."
515
00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:14,896
[intense music playing]
516
00:30:15,688 --> 00:30:17,408
[reporter 1]
This is the closest you can get
517
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,360
to yesterday's explosions
at the Boston Marathon.
518
00:30:20,443 --> 00:30:22,862
Security is very tight, as you'd expect.
519
00:30:23,363 --> 00:30:26,282
We still don't know
who did what happened yesterday
520
00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:27,659
and we still don't know why.
521
00:30:27,742 --> 00:30:31,788
[reporter 2] No arrests have been made.
There are no suspects that we know of.
522
00:30:31,871 --> 00:30:35,124
Two and only two
explosive devices were found,
523
00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:37,418
and those are the two that both went off.
524
00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:40,338
They did not find any unexploded devices.
525
00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,384
[Foley] On Tuesday morning,
the evidence response teams
526
00:30:44,467 --> 00:30:47,220
went in and started
going through the crime scene.
527
00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:52,517
We had evidence on top of buildings,
on windowsills, on top of cars.
528
00:30:53,977 --> 00:30:58,898
It was a huge crime scene,
and it was trampled and kicked everywhere.
529
00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:02,735
We're finding BBs, shrapnel.
530
00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:07,115
The type of shrapnel they saw could not
have just been debris lying around,
531
00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:10,869
but rather they were, in fact,
carpenter nails and BB-like objects.
532
00:31:10,952 --> 00:31:15,206
What they are looking at
is how this bomb was put together.
533
00:31:15,290 --> 00:31:19,127
What are the materials used?
What was the fuse? What was the detonator?
534
00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:23,423
[Swindon] There were shredded backpacks,
535
00:31:23,506 --> 00:31:25,800
as opposed to a backpack that was hit.
536
00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:29,387
These were backpacks
that we believed held the bombs.
537
00:31:30,263 --> 00:31:35,435
The bomb experts are immediately going,
"This is a remote-controlled device."
538
00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:38,199
[DesLauriers]
As we collected the evidence,
539
00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:41,065
we began to put together
the puzzle of these bombs.
540
00:31:41,149 --> 00:31:42,442
[explosion]
541
00:31:44,152 --> 00:31:46,237
The first bomb went off
near the finish line.
542
00:31:48,489 --> 00:31:50,742
The second bomb went off
about 12 seconds later
543
00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:52,905
in front of a restaurant
called The Forum restaurant.
544
00:31:53,953 --> 00:31:55,413
[explosion]
545
00:31:55,496 --> 00:31:56,497
Our theory was
546
00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:59,918
that the bombs were transported
to the bombing sites in backpacks,
547
00:32:00,001 --> 00:32:02,128
and these were likely
pressure cooker bombs
548
00:32:02,211 --> 00:32:03,796
with metal fragments inside of them.
549
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,925
Pressure cooker bombs
are popular terrorist weapons
550
00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:09,636
because the parts can be bought
at different stores.
551
00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:12,597
The lid to the pressure cooker
used in Monday's bombing
552
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,391
has been found on a nearby rooftop.
553
00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:16,726
[Guthrie] Does this strike you
554
00:32:16,809 --> 00:32:19,896
as bearing the hallmarks
of some kind of domestic terrorism?
555
00:32:19,979 --> 00:32:23,191
This is a terrorism investigation.
It's a terrorism case.
556
00:32:23,274 --> 00:32:25,318
And whether the politicians
are worried about,
557
00:32:25,401 --> 00:32:27,236
"It sounds bad.
We don't want to say that."
558
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:31,240
That's fine, but make no mistake about it,
this is a terrorism investigation.
559
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:32,992
That's why the FBI is running it.
560
00:32:33,076 --> 00:32:36,287
Terrorism is an attack
that's motivated by an ideology.
561
00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:38,748
In the Boston Marathon bombings,
we didn't know what it was.
562
00:32:38,831 --> 00:32:40,083
[helicopter whirring]
563
00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:42,710
But at that time,
no matter who was responsible,
564
00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:45,463
we had found the backpacks,
we found the pressure cooker bombs.
565
00:32:45,546 --> 00:32:48,549
We found pieces of metal that were
inside the pressure cooker bombs.
566
00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:51,469
These were clearly designed
to maim and kill people.
567
00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:53,930
So we were comfortable
telling the American public
568
00:32:54,013 --> 00:32:55,974
that we suspected
this was a terrorist attack.
569
00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:58,059
[ominous music playing]
570
00:33:03,690 --> 00:33:04,816
Good morning, everybody.
571
00:33:05,525 --> 00:33:08,528
I've just been briefed
by my National Security team,
572
00:33:08,611 --> 00:33:11,906
including FBI Director Mueller,
on the attacks in Boston.
573
00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:15,493
And given what we now know
about what took place,
574
00:33:15,576 --> 00:33:18,538
the FBI is investigating it
as an act of terrorism.
575
00:33:19,539 --> 00:33:23,209
Anytime bombs are used
to target innocent civilians,
576
00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:25,086
it is an act of terror.
577
00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:28,965
We still do not know who did this or why,
578
00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:33,136
and people shouldn't jump to conclusions
before we have all the facts.
579
00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:37,056
But make no mistake,
we will get to the bottom of this,
580
00:33:37,598 --> 00:33:39,767
and we will find out who did this.
581
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,519
We'll find out why they did this.
582
00:33:41,602 --> 00:33:43,604
[menacing music playing]
583
00:33:48,067 --> 00:33:49,235
[audio rewinding]
584
00:33:50,403 --> 00:33:51,779
[announcer] The World Series!
585
00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,948
[audio rewinding]
586
00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:07,628
[foreboding music playing]
587
00:34:13,384 --> 00:34:16,095
9/11 was a turning point,
I think, for all of us.
588
00:34:17,805 --> 00:34:19,265
But particularly for Muslims.
589
00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:23,269
We were shocked to see what had happened.
590
00:34:25,438 --> 00:34:27,482
But there was definitely a change.
591
00:34:29,859 --> 00:34:35,698
Certainly to feel as if,
all of a sudden, we were the perpetrators.
592
00:34:40,703 --> 00:34:42,455
It was a difficult time for us.
593
00:34:42,538 --> 00:34:44,082
[crowd shouting]
594
00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:48,920
The essence of Islam is about
being a good human being.
595
00:34:49,003 --> 00:34:53,091
We are here as Americans.
We are here as part of society.
596
00:34:54,342 --> 00:34:57,095
But when you don't know about something,
597
00:34:58,513 --> 00:35:01,849
your very first reaction is to fear it.
598
00:35:03,601 --> 00:35:06,437
And that's exactly
what had happened with Muslims.
599
00:35:06,521 --> 00:35:08,940
[chanting] Go home! Go home! Go home!
600
00:35:09,023 --> 00:35:11,442
Go home! Go home!
601
00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:12,777
[woman 1] Go home!
602
00:35:12,860 --> 00:35:14,946
- [woman 2] Get out here!
- [woman 1] Go back home!
603
00:35:15,029 --> 00:35:17,115
[woman 3] Never forget 9/11!
604
00:35:19,992 --> 00:35:23,830
In a post 9/11 era,
the bullying was vicious.
605
00:35:23,913 --> 00:35:26,124
It was consistent. It was every day.
606
00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:27,207
Um...
607
00:35:28,584 --> 00:35:34,340
And I was constantly hiding
certain aspects of myself,
608
00:35:34,423 --> 00:35:38,136
like, whenever I... navigated life, really.
609
00:35:39,095 --> 00:35:41,472
I moved to Boston
when I was seven years old.
610
00:35:42,515 --> 00:35:44,225
Two weeks before 9/11.
611
00:35:45,518 --> 00:35:47,770
The kids used to come up to me
with fake bombs
612
00:35:48,396 --> 00:35:50,731
and then run away
and then make, like, ticking noises.
613
00:35:51,774 --> 00:35:54,443
So, I had a lot of shame being a Muslim.
614
00:35:56,195 --> 00:35:58,656
When the bombing happened,
I was in college.
615
00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:00,074
[explosion over TV]
616
00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:03,995
I remember thinking, "Please don't let it
have anything to do with Islam."
617
00:36:05,079 --> 00:36:08,124
You couldn't help
that sinking feeling inside you
618
00:36:08,624 --> 00:36:12,712
uh, to think that maybe
this is committed by somebody
619
00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:15,172
who is a Muslim.
620
00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:20,261
[Youssef]
Islamophobia was just starting to go away.
621
00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:27,602
I immediately knew
that they were going to pin it on Islam.
622
00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:29,854
[ominous music playing]
623
00:36:29,937 --> 00:36:31,939
[distant police siren]
624
00:36:36,485 --> 00:36:39,322
[DesLauriers] Once we determined
that it was a terrorist event,
625
00:36:39,947 --> 00:36:42,241
the full weight and force
of the federal government
626
00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:43,743
was looking for these bombers.
627
00:36:45,953 --> 00:36:47,830
We knew where the bombings took place.
628
00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:50,234
We knew there were businesses
located along Boylston Street
629
00:36:50,291 --> 00:36:52,291
that had CCTV cameras
located on the front of them.
630
00:36:52,335 --> 00:36:54,837
So we knew that if we looked at it,
631
00:36:54,921 --> 00:36:57,673
we would likely find
visual images of the bombers.
632
00:36:58,925 --> 00:37:03,262
The first significant piece of evidence
was the video coverage from The Forum.
633
00:37:04,305 --> 00:37:07,808
They had an outdoor camera
that was positioned above a door,
634
00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:11,938
which actually had a vantage point out
to where the second explosion went off.
635
00:37:12,021 --> 00:37:13,481
[woman] What the hell was that?
636
00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:15,566
And we started
processing that very quickly
637
00:37:16,108 --> 00:37:19,153
because we knew that that could contain
some significant evidence for us.
638
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:20,821
[no audible speech]
639
00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:25,618
We had analysts watching this video
repeatedly over and over and over again.
640
00:37:25,701 --> 00:37:29,288
Rewinding, playing it again, rewinding.
641
00:37:30,331 --> 00:37:31,165
Enhancing.
642
00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:33,251
[suspenseful music playing]
643
00:37:34,877 --> 00:37:36,337
All night long, frame by frame.
644
00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:43,177
There was nothing remarkable
about the video at all.
645
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,641
But we got a phone call
from a member of the public who said,
646
00:37:48,724 --> 00:37:50,142
"I was across the street,
647
00:37:50,226 --> 00:37:53,062
and I have a couple of still shots
that you may want."
648
00:37:53,145 --> 00:37:56,482
"These still shots were taken
right before the explosion went off."
649
00:37:57,066 --> 00:37:58,901
[woman] Something blew up. Oh my God.
650
00:37:58,985 --> 00:38:02,071
We had our evidence collection team
seize those photos,
651
00:38:02,154 --> 00:38:05,533
and the still shot showed
a bag on the ground.
652
00:38:07,868 --> 00:38:12,707
We time synced that still shot up
with the moving video from The Forum,
653
00:38:13,207 --> 00:38:16,961
and that showed this person who was
a little taller than everybody else
654
00:38:17,044 --> 00:38:18,170
and had a white hat on.
655
00:38:19,505 --> 00:38:21,465
I immediately called Rick and I said,
656
00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:24,176
"Rick, you really have to come up
to the lab to see this."
657
00:38:24,677 --> 00:38:28,055
Kevin Swindon gave me a call, he said,
"Boss, I want to show you a video."
658
00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:33,019
You see this individual with a white hat
walking forward toward the bomb site,
659
00:38:33,728 --> 00:38:36,230
and he stops right by a tree
in front of The Forum restaurant.
660
00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:38,816
And he stands there
looking around like anybody else.
661
00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:43,487
Then you see him drop the backpack
to the ground and he stands there.
662
00:38:44,113 --> 00:38:47,450
[Swindon] Looks like he's taking pictures
of people running. He's texting.
663
00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:52,997
And then you see the concussive effects
of the first bomb going off.
664
00:38:54,123 --> 00:38:56,375
Everybody on the camera looks to the left,
665
00:38:56,459 --> 00:38:58,502
and then he just quickly
walks to the right.
666
00:38:58,586 --> 00:39:00,880
[woman]
Oh my God! Something blew up.
667
00:39:00,963 --> 00:39:04,133
Something blew up.
Oh my God, something happened.
668
00:39:04,216 --> 00:39:07,345
And as soon as he leaves
the field of view of the camera,
669
00:39:07,428 --> 00:39:10,306
the second bomb goes off
right in front of The Forum restaurant.
670
00:39:11,974 --> 00:39:16,562
At that point, we knew we had the video
of one of the bombers.
671
00:39:18,773 --> 00:39:20,066
We called him White Hat.
672
00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:24,695
[helicopter whirring]
673
00:39:29,241 --> 00:39:31,535
[Martin] Wednesday is almost
like this blackout day
674
00:39:31,619 --> 00:39:33,704
because you're not hearing anything,
675
00:39:33,788 --> 00:39:37,666
and then suddenly a press conference
that was supposed to begin is canceled.
676
00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:39,210
We are having a press conference.
677
00:39:39,293 --> 00:39:41,921
But now we need more time to prepare.
Thank you very much.
678
00:39:42,004 --> 00:39:45,049
- [reporter] What time is it?
- I don't know what time.
679
00:39:45,132 --> 00:39:47,343
We made a decision
to not have a press conference
680
00:39:47,426 --> 00:39:50,012
because we had discovered
the video evidence at that time,
681
00:39:50,096 --> 00:39:52,098
and we had to focus on that first.
682
00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:55,893
But I think that that led
to some media speculation
683
00:39:55,976 --> 00:39:57,812
as to what might be going on.
684
00:39:58,729 --> 00:40:04,110
The police were trying to keep
a tight lid on information.
685
00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:07,196
You saw the void
being filled on social media.
686
00:40:07,279 --> 00:40:08,781
[typing]
687
00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:15,704
Folks were looking at photos saying,
"What do you know about this person?"
688
00:40:16,455 --> 00:40:19,834
The problem with asking that question,
though, of course, it is accusatory.
689
00:40:20,709 --> 00:40:22,378
Folks were being pointed at,
690
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,881
and the Boston police were getting
a lot of false leads.
691
00:40:25,965 --> 00:40:28,592
Somebody posted
a picture of a shadowy figure
692
00:40:28,676 --> 00:40:30,052
walking on the rooftop.
693
00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:32,847
It looked like
one of these Sasquatch pictures.
694
00:40:33,389 --> 00:40:36,559
And then we receive a picture
of a little bag on the racecourse
695
00:40:36,642 --> 00:40:37,977
where the explosion happened.
696
00:40:38,060 --> 00:40:41,730
And then the bureau did an analysis on it
and they said, "No, this was Photoshop."
697
00:40:41,814 --> 00:40:46,402
That takes investigative resources away
from chasing the bad guys.
698
00:40:47,153 --> 00:40:49,029
But that stuff was appearing online.
699
00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:51,530
[Martin] People were sitting
in their living rooms,
700
00:40:51,574 --> 00:40:53,242
playing detective on social media.
701
00:40:53,909 --> 00:40:56,287
It also became an opportunity for bigots
702
00:40:56,370 --> 00:40:59,665
to bask in their assumptions
and to propagate those further.
703
00:41:00,624 --> 00:41:03,502
People would say this is clearly
the work of Islamic terrorists.
704
00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:11,469
And it didn't help
that right-wing figures were echoing this.
705
00:41:11,552 --> 00:41:15,681
Most terrorists, lately at least,
have been Muslim.
706
00:41:15,764 --> 00:41:20,102
They were resparking the flames
of Islamophobia throughout the nation.
707
00:41:20,186 --> 00:41:23,772
The news media outlets were not helping.
708
00:41:23,856 --> 00:41:28,569
Our sources on this story
have encouraged us to look deeply
709
00:41:28,652 --> 00:41:30,905
into who this Saudi national is.
710
00:41:30,988 --> 00:41:34,158
[Martin] Even after he was cleared,
the media was hounding
711
00:41:34,241 --> 00:41:36,911
the Saudi Arabian national
and even his roommate.
712
00:41:36,994 --> 00:41:39,055
[reporter] Do you know anything
about these bombings?
713
00:41:39,079 --> 00:41:42,500
Do you have anything to do with them?
The police came to your apartment.
714
00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:45,961
And then they said someone had been
brought down to the federal courthouse.
715
00:41:46,045 --> 00:41:51,008
There are various media reports
that an arrest has been made.
716
00:41:51,091 --> 00:41:53,886
And now there are hundreds of people
outside the federal courthouse.
717
00:41:53,969 --> 00:41:57,556
Reporters are everywhere. It's like chaos.
718
00:41:58,140 --> 00:42:00,768
I remember saying,
"Ed, is this guy in custody?"
719
00:42:00,851 --> 00:42:02,394
He said, "No, no, I didn't hear."
720
00:42:02,478 --> 00:42:06,815
There was a lot of misinformation.
A lot of clamoring to be breaking news.
721
00:42:07,775 --> 00:42:09,276
[Ortiz] The next thing I know,
722
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,780
there's potentially a bomb
or some explosive in the area.
723
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,840
[reporter] After all that commotion,
we were given the all clear,
724
00:42:15,908 --> 00:42:18,827
and employees were allowed
to go inside, get their belongings,
725
00:42:18,911 --> 00:42:21,163
and then court was closed down
for the day.
726
00:42:21,247 --> 00:42:24,250
Authorities stress
there is no suspect in custody.
727
00:42:24,333 --> 00:42:27,211
[Evans] There was a lot of misinformation
out there being generated.
728
00:42:27,294 --> 00:42:31,257
We had to stay focused
on what was real and what wasn't real.
729
00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:33,342
[distant siren wailing]
730
00:42:37,346 --> 00:42:39,848
[DesLauriers] At that point,
we knew we had visually identified
731
00:42:39,932 --> 00:42:40,932
one of the bombers.
732
00:42:40,975 --> 00:42:42,977
[eerie music playing]
733
00:42:43,852 --> 00:42:46,146
The next priority was
gathering more video evidence
734
00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:47,690
from along Boylston Street.
735
00:42:48,816 --> 00:42:51,169
Because we wanted to determine
if there were any other leads
736
00:42:51,193 --> 00:42:53,404
that could help us
identify this individual.
737
00:42:54,071 --> 00:42:57,116
The next critical piece of evidence
we gained access to
738
00:42:57,199 --> 00:42:59,535
was a video from a business
739
00:42:59,618 --> 00:43:02,329
that was on the corner of Boylston Street,
named Whiskey's.
740
00:43:03,706 --> 00:43:06,417
From the video,
we were able to time sync it
741
00:43:06,500 --> 00:43:08,877
to identify White Hat
walking around the corner.
742
00:43:12,172 --> 00:43:14,383
But we realized
there was more to the video.
743
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,598
He was accompanied by another gentleman
with a black hat and a backpack,
744
00:43:20,681 --> 00:43:21,974
and they were together.
745
00:43:23,225 --> 00:43:26,061
[Foley] That became its own investigation.
746
00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:28,063
We've got them here.
747
00:43:28,147 --> 00:43:32,318
How can we follow them backwards
in time through video footage?
748
00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:36,739
[Swindon] We were able to build a timeline
in between those two locations
749
00:43:36,822 --> 00:43:38,782
from the different
digital video recorders.
750
00:43:40,993 --> 00:43:42,578
And then sort of trace their steps,
751
00:43:42,661 --> 00:43:46,540
turning the corner at Whiskey's
and walking towards The Forum.
752
00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:51,754
It became evident to us
that these two were hiding in plain sight.
753
00:43:51,837 --> 00:43:53,839
[menacing music playing]
754
00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:57,092
[DesLauriers]
These individuals did not have hoods.
755
00:43:57,176 --> 00:44:00,471
They weren't obscuring their faces.
They could be visually recognized.
756
00:44:01,055 --> 00:44:03,766
These were two young, Caucasian males.
757
00:44:04,266 --> 00:44:07,102
They had hats on, sunglasses.
758
00:44:07,186 --> 00:44:09,605
Problem is, is that we didn't know
who they were.
759
00:44:10,814 --> 00:44:13,442
At the time,
facial recognition software was good
760
00:44:13,525 --> 00:44:16,236
if you had a three-inch-by-three-inch
clear face shot.
761
00:44:17,279 --> 00:44:20,449
We just didn't have that type of clarity.
They were grainy.
762
00:44:20,532 --> 00:44:22,868
They were sometimes taken at a distance.
763
00:44:22,951 --> 00:44:24,286
We didn't know who they were,
764
00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:27,081
we didn't know what their motivations
for doing the bombings were,
765
00:44:27,164 --> 00:44:29,249
but we had the bombers in sight.
766
00:44:32,461 --> 00:44:34,505
[Davis] I get a phone call
from Rick DesLauriers,
767
00:44:34,588 --> 00:44:36,882
and I get over there
as quickly as possible.
768
00:44:38,092 --> 00:44:41,929
Carmen Ortiz was there,
and they cued up the video.
769
00:44:42,012 --> 00:44:44,723
And I got my eyes
on these guys for the first time.
770
00:44:46,684 --> 00:44:48,352
They kept playing it over and over again.
771
00:44:48,435 --> 00:44:50,020
[tape player whirring]
772
00:44:52,773 --> 00:44:55,901
When I saw that video,
I said, "We have them."
773
00:44:56,485 --> 00:44:58,112
"These are the guys."
774
00:44:58,195 --> 00:45:00,197
[dramatic music playing]
775
00:45:00,906 --> 00:45:03,742
[Davis] It was striking to me
how innocent they looked.
776
00:45:04,326 --> 00:45:06,638
Backpack over his shoulder,
he was walking down the street,
777
00:45:06,662 --> 00:45:08,580
looking like any other college kid.
778
00:45:09,164 --> 00:45:10,249
[Ortiz] But we didn't know
779
00:45:10,999 --> 00:45:11,999
who they were,
780
00:45:13,168 --> 00:45:14,168
where they were,
781
00:45:14,712 --> 00:45:16,797
and if they were with anyone else.
782
00:45:18,090 --> 00:45:20,151
[DesLauriers] At that point
we had to make a decision
783
00:45:20,175 --> 00:45:22,803
as to what do we do
with this video evidence.
784
00:45:22,886 --> 00:45:26,306
Do we release it to the American public
or do we hold it and continue
785
00:45:26,390 --> 00:45:29,226
to work behind the scenes
to try to identify these individuals?
786
00:45:29,309 --> 00:45:31,645
Well, I thought it was absolutely critical
787
00:45:31,729 --> 00:45:33,731
that we release
the pictures to the public.
788
00:45:35,691 --> 00:45:37,693
But that was not the feeling at the table.
789
00:45:40,487 --> 00:45:42,030
There were differing views
790
00:45:42,114 --> 00:45:46,034
on when to publicize those photos
and seek the public's help.
791
00:45:46,118 --> 00:45:49,621
My impulse is not
to keep the information secret.
792
00:45:49,705 --> 00:45:52,541
It's to publish it.
And I was convinced that if we did that,
793
00:45:52,624 --> 00:45:55,210
these guys would be in our pocket
within a couple of hours.
794
00:45:56,837 --> 00:45:58,797
I was met with complete silence.
795
00:45:59,923 --> 00:46:02,259
In the FBI,
we want to try to control situations.
796
00:46:02,342 --> 00:46:03,844
If we can control it, it's safer.
797
00:46:03,927 --> 00:46:07,556
If you release the photos of the bombers,
you let them know
798
00:46:07,639 --> 00:46:10,684
that you know who they are,
and you might cause them to flee.
799
00:46:10,768 --> 00:46:13,020
It is possible that if somebody saw
800
00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:15,564
that the pictures were being published,
that they would run.
801
00:46:16,231 --> 00:46:17,316
But who cares?
802
00:46:17,399 --> 00:46:21,195
People know who committed
these crimes and will help us.
803
00:46:21,278 --> 00:46:23,322
We've got a picture of two people.
804
00:46:23,405 --> 00:46:25,657
Is it just them,
or is it bigger than them?
805
00:46:25,741 --> 00:46:27,981
We didn't think necessarily
there were any other bombers.
806
00:46:28,035 --> 00:46:29,036
But we had to find
807
00:46:29,119 --> 00:46:32,414
whether there were any collaborators
who had supported the bombers.
808
00:46:32,498 --> 00:46:36,168
We don't know what it is,
so we go live with photos.
809
00:46:36,251 --> 00:46:37,461
We're controlling nothing.
810
00:46:37,544 --> 00:46:40,923
The risk and the potential harm
could be huge.
811
00:46:41,006 --> 00:46:42,716
Any investigative decision we make,
812
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,720
particularly in terms of releasing
evidence to the American public,
813
00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:48,347
had to be approved by Carmen
814
00:46:48,430 --> 00:46:50,641
and the Department of Justice
down in Washington, DC.
815
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:53,769
Carmen said,
"I've talked to people at Justice,
816
00:46:53,852 --> 00:46:56,021
and we are not
releasing these photographs."
817
00:46:56,814 --> 00:46:59,399
And I was pretty upset about it.
818
00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:01,318
[Ortiz] I thought we should hold off.
819
00:47:01,401 --> 00:47:05,113
If we had any kind of hot leads
that could lead to these individuals,
820
00:47:05,197 --> 00:47:08,784
that it would be better to do it that way
to try to catch them unawares.
821
00:47:08,867 --> 00:47:13,372
And I said, "Because I want you to know
that if somebody gets hurt,
822
00:47:13,455 --> 00:47:15,666
I'm going to go public
with that information."
823
00:47:16,458 --> 00:47:17,626
There was a hush.
824
00:47:19,419 --> 00:47:22,089
The meeting ended,
and I walked out by myself.
825
00:47:24,591 --> 00:47:26,593
[distant sirens wailing]
826
00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:36,103
[Kevin] Karen was
in and out of consciousness,
827
00:47:36,937 --> 00:47:40,524
but she asked what happened to Krystle.
828
00:47:42,317 --> 00:47:46,363
The first time I could say, "Did she die?
I know she did. You have to tell me."
829
00:47:46,446 --> 00:47:48,991
Um, that's when they told me
she had passed.
830
00:47:49,741 --> 00:47:52,578
[reporter]
Today, another of the dead was identified.
831
00:47:52,661 --> 00:47:56,331
29-year-old Krystle Campbell
of Medford, Massachusetts.
832
00:47:56,415 --> 00:47:59,960
We found out
the mix-up was with Krystle's phone
833
00:48:00,043 --> 00:48:01,545
being put in Karen's pocket.
834
00:48:01,628 --> 00:48:05,048
That cell phone that I had in my pocket,
that was Krystle's.
835
00:48:05,132 --> 00:48:06,425
Her family was calling it.
836
00:48:06,508 --> 00:48:09,887
They were asking for Krystle
and they said, "Krystle's right here,"
837
00:48:10,387 --> 00:48:14,516
but that was actually Karen
in the operating room, not Krystle.
838
00:48:15,392 --> 00:48:18,645
The boyfriend that Krystle had been dating
at the time was the one
839
00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:22,691
that went into the operating room
and identified that it was me.
840
00:48:23,901 --> 00:48:27,321
Krystle's family, you know,
I mean, I can't imagine how they felt.
841
00:48:27,404 --> 00:48:32,367
You know, sitting there all night.
Krystle's all right, and then to just all
842
00:48:33,619 --> 00:48:36,038
turn the other way, is just unbelievable.
843
00:48:36,121 --> 00:48:40,292
We are heartbroken
at the death of our daughter Krystle.
844
00:48:40,792 --> 00:48:42,461
She was a wonderful person.
845
00:48:43,003 --> 00:48:44,421
[cries]
846
00:48:44,504 --> 00:48:48,050
And everybody that knew her loved her.
847
00:48:48,759 --> 00:48:53,263
It just really was a lot to take in.
It was a lot. It still is to this day.
848
00:48:53,347 --> 00:48:55,265
I still don't understand it.
849
00:48:58,977 --> 00:49:02,439
It breaks my heart to think
of the poor victims who lost their lives.
850
00:49:05,525 --> 00:49:10,197
I took a real person, and I wanted
to find out who's responsible for this.
851
00:49:11,740 --> 00:49:12,950
But on Thursday morning,
852
00:49:13,450 --> 00:49:15,744
President Obama and his wife
were coming to town.
853
00:49:17,829 --> 00:49:20,999
On top of having our offices dig
for who did this,
854
00:49:21,708 --> 00:49:23,877
I had to put on a presidential visit.
855
00:49:23,961 --> 00:49:28,590
Anytime a president comes to your town
on a good day is quite an undertaking.
856
00:49:30,050 --> 00:49:34,471
We have 11 police districts.
We're about 1,800 uniformed officers.
857
00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:39,059
And it's my job to put those officers
where they're needed most.
858
00:49:41,603 --> 00:49:43,706
[Davis] The drain on resources
was certainly something
859
00:49:43,730 --> 00:49:45,065
that we were concerned about.
860
00:49:47,776 --> 00:49:51,571
It was the most intense preparation
for a presidential visit that we ever did
861
00:49:51,655 --> 00:49:54,015
because there was an increased threat
against the President.
862
00:49:54,866 --> 00:49:58,120
[Karen] They said President Obama
was gonna come to see me.
863
00:49:58,203 --> 00:49:59,496
I remember thinking,
864
00:49:59,579 --> 00:50:02,749
"I just lost my friend.
I'm not here to share my grief right now."
865
00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:05,210
"I just want to put my head down
and try to get better."
866
00:50:05,293 --> 00:50:07,713
He came walking in.
He's, like, a striking figure.
867
00:50:07,796 --> 00:50:10,841
He goes, "We're gonna get these bastards."
868
00:50:13,885 --> 00:50:15,595
They sought to intimidate us,
869
00:50:17,264 --> 00:50:18,473
to terrorize us,
870
00:50:19,182 --> 00:50:23,395
to shake us from those values
that make us who we are as Americans.
871
00:50:23,478 --> 00:50:27,733
Well, it should be pretty clear by now
that they picked the wrong city to do it.
872
00:50:27,816 --> 00:50:29,818
[cheering, applauding]
873
00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:38,118
Not here in Boston.
874
00:50:42,664 --> 00:50:43,999
Not here in Boston.
875
00:50:46,293 --> 00:50:49,963
And this time next year,
the world will return
876
00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:53,884
to this great American city
to run harder than ever
877
00:50:53,967 --> 00:50:59,973
and to cheer even louder
for the 118th Boston Marathon.
878
00:51:00,057 --> 00:51:01,892
[applause]
879
00:51:03,685 --> 00:51:04,685
Bet on it.
880
00:51:06,563 --> 00:51:08,565
[dramatic music playing]
881
00:51:16,281 --> 00:51:20,994
I thought his speech was very powerful,
and I think that added to the whole week
882
00:51:21,078 --> 00:51:25,207
of how we all gotta come together
and figure out what happened.
883
00:51:25,791 --> 00:51:28,210
This isn't a place
where you can scare people off
884
00:51:28,293 --> 00:51:31,046
and I believe it's a great representation
of what you should do
885
00:51:31,129 --> 00:51:33,840
when you're under, you know, the pressure.
886
00:51:34,341 --> 00:51:36,843
[Davis] It was a... a distraction,
887
00:51:37,844 --> 00:51:40,388
but I think the city needed that.
888
00:51:41,139 --> 00:51:43,141
[ominous music playing]
889
00:51:45,602 --> 00:51:48,563
[Ortiz] The fourth day,
we had some type of a leak.
890
00:51:49,272 --> 00:51:52,359
One of the outlets had the photos.
891
00:51:53,735 --> 00:51:57,197
A Boston media station was going
to release these photographs
892
00:51:57,280 --> 00:51:59,950
to the American public,
and it angered me at the time.
893
00:52:01,868 --> 00:52:02,868
I mean, I...
894
00:52:03,703 --> 00:52:05,914
It was just too big to control.
895
00:52:05,997 --> 00:52:09,751
I mean, we just needed
to make the best decisions that you could
896
00:52:09,835 --> 00:52:12,671
uh, as changing circumstances took place.
897
00:52:13,255 --> 00:52:14,965
Four days had gone by.
898
00:52:15,048 --> 00:52:16,591
Nothing had happened.
899
00:52:17,092 --> 00:52:20,804
And we have nothing viable at this point.
900
00:52:20,887 --> 00:52:22,055
Just the photos.
901
00:52:23,348 --> 00:52:25,809
We made the decision
that the best thing to do was
902
00:52:25,892 --> 00:52:29,229
to release the video evidence
to the American public before the media.
903
00:52:31,481 --> 00:52:34,067
Frankly, I was relieved
that that was going to happen.
904
00:52:34,901 --> 00:52:36,181
[interviewer] Did anybody think,
905
00:52:36,236 --> 00:52:38,116
"Ed is the only one
who wanted to release them?"
906
00:52:38,196 --> 00:52:39,489
[chuckles]
907
00:52:39,573 --> 00:52:42,659
I would never do such a thing
in an investigation like that.
908
00:52:42,742 --> 00:52:44,786
I have no idea
how these things got leaked.
909
00:52:45,912 --> 00:52:51,459
Later that day, you hear a special
press conference has been called.
910
00:52:53,545 --> 00:52:58,425
My sources have told me there's been
a significant breakthrough in the case.
911
00:52:58,508 --> 00:53:02,554
If you look behind me, you can see
they've just put these easels out.
912
00:53:02,637 --> 00:53:07,434
I'll step out of the way because they are
preparing for this press conference now.
913
00:53:09,769 --> 00:53:11,605
[Martin]
The press conference was packed.
914
00:53:11,688 --> 00:53:14,858
This was the most packed press conference
of my entire career.
915
00:53:16,818 --> 00:53:19,498
[DesLauriers] Before I walked out on stage
at that press conference,
916
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,240
I had never felt
more pressure in my life before.
917
00:53:22,324 --> 00:53:23,909
[cameras clicking]
918
00:53:23,992 --> 00:53:26,411
Felt like the weight of the world
was on my shoulders.
919
00:53:28,622 --> 00:53:31,041
When I was a kid,
and even when I was in law school,
920
00:53:31,124 --> 00:53:32,792
I was petrified of public speaking.
921
00:53:32,876 --> 00:53:35,462
I would have rather played
Russian roulette with five bullets
922
00:53:35,545 --> 00:53:37,505
then stand on stage and give a speech.
923
00:53:38,465 --> 00:53:41,384
But I knew it was upon me
to deliver that speech.
924
00:53:41,468 --> 00:53:43,470
It was nobody else's speech
to give but mine,
925
00:53:43,553 --> 00:53:45,472
and I had to come through for the victims.
926
00:53:47,766 --> 00:53:49,851
Good afternoon.
My name is Richard DesLauriers,
927
00:53:49,935 --> 00:53:53,438
and I am the Special Agent in Charge
of the FBI's Boston division.
928
00:53:53,521 --> 00:53:55,565
A lot of work went into
preparing that speech.
929
00:53:55,649 --> 00:53:57,609
It was reviewed
by the Department of Justice
930
00:53:57,692 --> 00:53:59,819
to make sure didn't say anything
that might compromise
931
00:53:59,903 --> 00:54:01,488
a criminal prosecution of the case.
932
00:54:02,572 --> 00:54:06,201
After a very detailed analysis of photo,
video and other evidence,
933
00:54:06,284 --> 00:54:09,120
we are releasing photos
of these two suspects.
934
00:54:09,621 --> 00:54:12,791
They are identified
as Suspect One and Suspect Two.
935
00:54:13,541 --> 00:54:15,460
They appear to be associated.
936
00:54:15,543 --> 00:54:18,463
If you see these men,
contact law enforcement.
937
00:54:18,546 --> 00:54:21,716
If you know anything about the bombings
or the men pictured here,
938
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:24,511
please call the telephone
listed on the photo arrays.
939
00:54:25,011 --> 00:54:27,889
With the media's help, in an instant,
these images will be delivered
940
00:54:27,973 --> 00:54:30,433
directly into the hands of millions
around the world.
941
00:54:30,517 --> 00:54:33,645
We consider them to be armed
and extremely dangerous.
942
00:54:34,437 --> 00:54:36,064
No one should approach them.
943
00:54:36,564 --> 00:54:39,693
No one should attempt
to apprehend them except law enforcement.
944
00:54:40,360 --> 00:54:41,403
Thank you very much.
945
00:54:41,486 --> 00:54:43,488
[reporters shouting questions]
946
00:54:44,572 --> 00:54:45,991
[man] Thank you. Thank you.
947
00:54:48,368 --> 00:54:50,662
[Martin] Black Hat, White Hat.
948
00:54:50,745 --> 00:54:54,040
These are the people we're looking for.
They were definitive.
949
00:54:54,124 --> 00:54:58,586
Immediately, folks are on their phones,
taking photographs,
950
00:54:58,670 --> 00:55:01,464
getting this information
to the public ASAP.
951
00:55:01,548 --> 00:55:05,593
[reporter] The FBI releasing pictures
of its two suspects
952
00:55:05,677 --> 00:55:07,846
in the Boston Marathon bombing case.
953
00:55:07,929 --> 00:55:11,808
And again, a moment that people
around the world had been waiting for.
954
00:55:11,891 --> 00:55:15,520
Now we're seeing the pictures.
They're asking for the public's help.
955
00:55:15,603 --> 00:55:18,440
[Martin] This was clearly meant
to flush out the suspects.
956
00:55:18,523 --> 00:55:21,735
And it was also clear that law enforcement
was under a lot of pressure.
957
00:55:21,818 --> 00:55:25,196
We were confident that members
of the public would identify these bombers
958
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:26,990
and let us know who they were.
959
00:55:27,073 --> 00:55:31,202
They are the most wanted men
in America tonight. Have a look.
960
00:55:31,286 --> 00:55:36,541
The FBI today unveiled
Suspect Number One and Suspect Number Two.
961
00:55:36,624 --> 00:55:40,462
...two suspects, and called on the public
to help identify the men
962
00:55:40,545 --> 00:55:42,589
they described as armed and dangerous.
963
00:55:42,672 --> 00:55:45,759
Investigators are trying
to put names to the pictures.
964
00:55:51,890 --> 00:55:54,934
[Youssef] I had a friend call me.
It was, like, 3:00 in the morning.
965
00:55:55,435 --> 00:55:58,730
He texts me this picture
of White Hat, Black Hat.
966
00:55:58,813 --> 00:56:01,733
He's like,
"Yo, does this not look like Dzhokhar?"
967
00:56:02,442 --> 00:56:03,442
And I'm like,
968
00:56:04,194 --> 00:56:07,947
"First off, do you know
the significance of you
969
00:56:08,031 --> 00:56:09,491
pointing your finger at him?"
970
00:56:10,033 --> 00:56:12,535
"Do you know
what you're saying right now?"
971
00:56:13,453 --> 00:56:14,829
"This is not Dzhokhar."
972
00:56:17,415 --> 00:56:18,750
We were lifeguards together.
973
00:56:19,834 --> 00:56:21,795
He was the captain of the wrestling team.
974
00:56:23,254 --> 00:56:25,006
The chill popular kid.
975
00:56:26,841 --> 00:56:31,513
It was so inconceivable,
that I convinced him that it wasn't him.
976
00:56:32,013 --> 00:56:37,310
And then the conversation ended like,
"Yeah, no, you're right. There's no way."
977
00:56:37,394 --> 00:56:39,396
[eerie music playing]
978
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:46,820
Now I have to live
with the betrayal of knowing
979
00:56:47,904 --> 00:56:50,240
the same friend
that I cared about and trusted
980
00:56:51,741 --> 00:56:52,867
did what he did.
981
00:56:58,581 --> 00:56:59,791
And it destroyed me.
982
00:57:03,336 --> 00:57:04,671
[interviewer] Looking back now,
983
00:57:04,754 --> 00:57:06,634
how do you feel about
the release of the photos?
984
00:57:06,673 --> 00:57:09,843
Would you have held it longer,
or do you think it was the right decision?
985
00:57:11,136 --> 00:57:12,137
I mean, I...
986
00:57:16,182 --> 00:57:20,228
You know, what ended up happening
is exactly what we didn't want to happen.
987
00:57:21,980 --> 00:57:23,731
[faint radio static hissing]
988
00:57:23,815 --> 00:57:25,817
[foreboding music playing]
989
00:57:26,985 --> 00:57:28,236
[radio static sputtering]
990
00:57:28,319 --> 00:57:30,864
[officer 1]
Oh my goodness, all units respond.
991
00:57:30,947 --> 00:57:34,284
Office down. Officer down. All units.
992
00:57:34,367 --> 00:57:36,369
[gunfire]
993
00:57:36,494 --> 00:57:38,079
[officer 2] Loud explosions!
994
00:57:41,624 --> 00:57:43,626
[tense string music playing]