Long Mile Home: Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice
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he slipped over to BAA headquarters: Patrick and McGillivray interviews.
a thousand people gathered in Garvey Park: Evan Allen and Jenna Russell, “Photo of victim Martin Richard now a symbol,” Boston Globe, April 16, 2013; Paige Buckley, “Thousands attend vigil for Richard family, marathon bomb victims at Garvey Park,” Dorchester Reporter, April 16, 2013; Nina Golgowski, “A cry for peace here and everywhere,” Daily Telegraph (Australia), April 18, 2013.
“Lingzi, where are you now?”: Allen, “Student’s life ends in the city”; Andrew Tangel, Barbara Demick, and Laura J. Nelson, “Slain Chinese student embraced life in U.S.,” Baltimore Sun, April 18, 2013.
“To deal with those emotions of shock”: Dan Bobkoff, “Medford, Massachusetts, Remembers the Girl with the Freckles,” NPR, April 17, 2013.
The Medford High School Lady Mustang softball team: Allison Goldsberry, “MHS Girls Softball Team Dedicates Season to Krystle Campbell,” Inside Medford, April 17, 2013, http://insidemedford.com/2013/04/17/mhs-girls-softball-team-dedicates-season-to-krystle-campbell/.
Later that evening: “Medford Holds Prayer Vigil for Boston Marathon Victims,” Inside Medford, April 18, 2013, http://insidemedford.com/2013/04/18/medford-holds-prayer-vigil-for-boston-marathon-victims/.
“Of all the people that were there”: Interview of Bryan Conway by Scott Helman, August 2013.
“I would like to say”: Comment left on a Facebook page called “R.I.P Krystle Campbell,” accessed September 2013, https://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Krystle-Campbell/160980664067079.
Krystle, to her, was a striver: Interview of Robin Gomolin by Scott Helman, August 2013.
The minute he saw her picture: Interview of Robert Tarutis by Scott Helman, September 2013.
At 2:50 P.M. on Monday: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
“We were very confident”: Alben interview.
Within minutes of arriving at the scene: Davis interviews; Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
The Lenox had been fully booked: Interview of Scott Grigelevich by Jenna Russell, September 2013.
The repetition could be numbing: David Montgomery, Sari Horwitz, and Marc Fisher, “Police, citizens and technology factor into Boston bombing probe,” Washington Post, April 20, 2013.
“He was not startled”: Juju Chang, “Caught; In the Company of Evil,” Nightline, ABC News, April 19, 2013.
Fellow student Zach Bettencourt saw him there: Chris Lawrence, “Hiding in plain sight,” CNN, April 2013.
“He was just relaxed”: Sarah Coffey, Patricia Wen, and Matt Carroll, “Bombing suspect spent Wednesday as typical student,” Boston Globe, April 19, 2013.
“Some of the activity on reddit”: Leslie Kaufman, “Bombings Trip Up Reddit in Its Turn in Spotlight,” New York Times, April 28, 2013; “Reflections on the Recent Boston Crisis,” the reddit blog, April 22, 2013, http://blog.reddit.com/2013/04/reflections-on-recent-boston-crisis.html.
The episode became: Jay Caspian Kang, “Crowdsourcing A Smear,” New York Times Magazine, July 28, 2013, 36.
It wasn’t just “new media”: Maria Sacchetti, “Mass. pair sues New York Post over Marathon bombing portrayal,” Boston Globe, June 6, 2013.
In the rush to figure out the real story: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
It was early Wednesday morning: Interviews with law enforcement officials, 2013.
“It was right there”: Alben interview.
Alben would later say: Michael Norton, “MSP colonel: public must be diligent,” State House News Service, April 23, 2013.
He showed Patrick photographs: Patrick interviews.
The doctors and medical teams showed up in scrubs: Lisa Wangsness, “Obama pledges Boston ‘will finish the race,’” Boston Globe, April 19, 2013.
“Every one of us”: Transcript of the president’s remarks released by the White House, April 18, 2013, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/04/18/remarks-president-interfaith-service-boston-ma.
the president wiped a tear: Katharine Q. Seelye, Michael Cooper, and Michael S. Schmidt, “FBI posts images of pair suspected in Boston attack,” New York Times, April 19, 2013.
The mayor arrived at the cathedral: Menino interviews; Adrian Walker, “Three secular ministers preach healing,” Boston Globe, April 18, 2013.
Many had waited in line: Martine Powers and Wesley Lowery, “Thousands turn out for Marathon interfaith memorial service,” Boston Globe, April 19, 2013.
“The urgency and the national implications”: Weldon, “One Hell of a Week,” 114.
The roads surrounding the cathedral: Wangsness, “Obama pledges Boston ‘will finish the race.’”
Shana Cottone filed out of the cathedral: Cottone interviews.
David King had been awake: King interviews.
“They were grateful for the care”: Patrick interviews.
US Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano acknowledged: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; transcript of April 18, 2013, hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Investigators initially tried: Interview with law enforcement officials, 2013.
Boston Police commissioner Ed Davis made his case: Davis interviews; other interviews by Globe staff with law enforcement officials, 2013.
“You always want to apprehend”: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
Around 6:00 Thursday morning: Davis interviews.
He had one hour of anonymity left: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
DesLauriers strode to a podium: C-SPAN video of FBI press conference, April 18, 2013, http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/FBIP.
Back at UMass–Dartmouth that night: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
“There was no in between”: The Lead with Jake Tapper, CNN, April 30, 2013.
“You’ve got to go talk to that lady”: Kevin Cullen, “MIT officer always looked out for others,” Boston Globe, April 23, 2013.
Sean was known, too: Cullen, “MIT officer always.”
Collier studied criminal justice: Kathleen Hennessey and Wes Venteicher, “Officer slain at MIT loved his role; Sean Collier of MIT saw police work as his dream. A transit officer was wounded later,” Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2013.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev partied with friends at Salem State: Jacobs, Filipov, and Wen, “The Fall of the House of Tsarnaev.” Additional reporting contributed by Jacobs, Filipov, and Wen.
he got his first real police assignment: Dan Barry and Dina Kraft, “Violent Trail Adds 2 Victims, Officers Linked by Friendship and Dedication,” New York Times, April 20, 2013.
Collier joined the MIT Outing Club: Hennessey and Venteicher, “Officer slain”; Carolyn Y. Johnson, David Abel, and Kay Lazar, “MIT’s fallen officer built enduring connections,” Boston Globe, April 20, 2013.
may have crossed paths with Tamerlan: Jacobs, Filipov, and Wen, “The Fall of the House of Tsarnaev.” Additional reporting contributed by Jacobs, Filipov, and Wen.
Collier’s dream was to become: The Lead with Jake Tapper, CNN, April 30, 2013; and Johnson, Abel, and Lazar, “MIT’s fallen officer.”
“You’ve done a fine job for me”: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; interview of John DiFava by Shelley Murphy of the Globe staff, April 2013.
On the night of Thursday, April 18: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
Shortly before 10:30 P.M.: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; federal indictment of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, June 27, 2013.
The two bombing suspects then sought: Ibid.
The beloved twenty-seven-year-old with big promise: Cullen, “Officer always.”
violent prelude to a violent night: Davis and Alben interviews.
The man jumped out of his car: Danny agreed to be interviewed only if he was identified by his American nickname. Details and descriptions of the carjacking and his interactions with the Tsarnaev brothers come from two interviews with Danny, one by Eric Moskowitz of the Globe staff in April 2013, and a second by Eric Moskowitz and Scott Helman in July 2013. Many aspects of his story were featured in the following article: Eric Moskowitz, “Carjack victim recounts his harrowing night,” Boston Globe, April 26, 2013.
Back in Cambridge: Davis interviews; interviews with law enforcement officials, 2013.
The report crackled across the radio: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; additional details from interviews of Watertown Police Captain Raymond Dupuis and Police Chief Edward Deveau by Jonathan Saltzman and Thomas Farragher of the Globe staff, April 2013; and interviews with other law enforcement officials.
Reynolds swung a U-turn: The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC, May 14, 2013.
Peter Kehayias, a sixty-five-year-old restaurant chef: Interview of neighbors Peter and Loretta Kehayias by Jenn Abelson and Jonathan Saltzman of the Globe staff, April 2013.
Dzhokhar helped Tamerlan load a fresh clip: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; interview of neighbor Lizzy Floyd by Jenn Abelson and Jonathan Saltzman, April 2013; interview with law enforcement officials.
Jeff Pugliese, a thirty-three-year veteran: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; Deveau and Dupuis interviews; interview with law enforcement officials.
Tamerlan was not so lucky: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; Deveau and Dupuis interviews; interviews of neighbor Jean MacDonald by Jenn Abelson and Jonathan Saltzman, and of neighbor Rob Mullen by Sean P. Murphy of the Globe staff, April 2013; Kevin Cullen, “Valor, devotion brought Watertown drama to end,” Boston Globe, April 26, 2013.
The alert pierced the silence: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; interviews of Patrick Menton and Jimmy Caruso by Thomas Farragher, April 2013.
“I’m hit!” Donohue yelled: John Miller, interview with Donohue, CBS Evening News, May 13, 2013, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57584300/injured-officer-recounts-shootout-with-boston-suspects.
Donohue’s condition deteriorated quickly: Ibid; Cullen, “Valor, devotion.”
Donohue had grown up: Kay Lazar, Martine Powers, and David Abel, “Wounded T officer known as a devoted father,” Boston Globe, April 20, 2013; “Wounded Boston transit officer graduated from VMI in 2002,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 20, 2013; Jennifer Brown Bonniwell, “Transit officer remains critical,” Winchester Star, April 25, 2013; Peter Hermann, “Transit officer was shot in Watertown,” Washington Post, April 28, 2013.
Donohue had been one of the officers: John Miller, CBS This Morning, May 14, 2013.
He got to the scene: Brown Bonniwell, “Transit officer.”
Behind the wheel in the front: Cullen, “Valor, devotion.”
Tim Menton didn’t really know how to drive: Derek J. Anderson, “MBTA officer hangs tough in recovery from shooting,” Boston Globe, May 19, 2013; Erin Ailworth, “MBTA officer’s family distraught but proud,” Boston Globe, April 22, 2013; Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; Menton and Caruso interviews; Cullen, “Valor, devotion.”
Donohue’s wife, Kim, was asleep: Miller, CBS News and CBS This Morning; Kim Donohue, e-mail message to author, September 5, 2013.
Just whose bullet it was: Sean P. Murphy and Todd Wallack, “Witnesses suggest friendly fire felled officer,” Boston Globe, May 7, 2013.
“It was very, very bad”: Murphy and Wallack, “Witnesses suggest”; interview of Ed Davis by Scott Helman, August 2013.
The police activity around the car: Davis and Linskey interviews.
Kerman heard the distant gunfire: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; Wayne Drash, “From fear to cheers: The final hours that paralyzed Boston,” CNN, April 28, 2013, http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/us/boston-manhunt-recap/.
As police chased after him: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; Dupuis and Deveau interviews; Davis interviews.
Scores of police swarmed the neighborhood: Ibid.
“You’re in the middle”: Alben interview.
Police would later recover only a handgun: federal indictment of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, June 27, 2013; interview with law enforcement officials.
It had already been a long day: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
Dr. David Schoenfeld was reading: Liz Kowalczyk, “Beth Israel medical staff tried to revive suspect,” Boston Globe, April 20, 2013.
Governor Deval Patrick conferred hourly: Patrick interviews.
But as the governor was on his way: Patrick interviews; Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
So Patrick turned to the playbook: Maria Sacchetti, “Travel ban surprises many, pleases some,” Boston Globe, February 9, 2013; Patrick interviews.
Patrick went before the TV cameras: Deval Patrick press conference, Today, NBC, April 19, 2013, http://www.today.com/video/today/51594289.
Police drew up a map: Details on the house-by-house searches come from multiple interviews with Watertown residents and with law enforcement officials, including: Alben interview; interview of Malden SWAT team members by Scott Helman, June 2013; interview of William Evans by Shelley Murphy of the Globe staff, April 2013; Davis and Linskey interviews; Deveau and Dupuis interviews; additional details from the following article: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
It is a shopping mecca: Cindy Rodriguez, “Committee has big plans for Arsenal,” Boston Globe, January 11, 1998; Patrick interviews.
With the whole world looking: Federal indictment of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; John Miller, CBS This Morning, May 16, 2013; Maria Cramer and Peter Schworm, “Note may offer details on bomb motive,” Boston Globe, May 16, 2013; Scott Shane and Ellen Barry, “Chechen Refugee Questioned in FBI’s Inquiry of Bombing,” New York Times, May 16, 2013.
They were starving when they arrived: Patrick interviews.
Less than an hour later: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; Patrick interviews.
David Henneberry had been looking: Interviews of David Henneberry by Jenna Russell, 2013.
William Evans jumped in his Boston police car: Evans interview; Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; Weldon, “One Hell of a Week,” 112.
Rich Correale, Mike Powell, and Nick Cox had spent all day: Details of the boat standoff and aftermath come from numerous sources, including the following: interview of Malden SWAT team members Rich Correale, Mike Powell, and Nick Cox by Scott Helman, June 2013; interview of MBTA SWAT team members Jeff Campbell, Brian Harer, Saro Thompson, and Kenneth Tran by Sean P. Murphy of the Globe staff, April 2013; interview of Revere Police chief Joseph Cafarelli by Scott Helman, August 2013; interview of Revere Police officer Mike Trovato by Scott Helman, August 2013; interviews of other law enforcement officials by Scott Helman; Evans interview; Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
Around this time, an FBI tactical unit: Interview of law enforcement officials, 2013.
The call came while Deval Patrick: Patrick interviews; Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
The principals gathered in a trailer: Patrick and Menino interviews; interviews with law enforcement officials, 2013; Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
What was clear was that no one: Henneberry interviews; Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours.”
a public plea by his high school wrestling coach: Reitman, “Jahar’s World.”
The same mop of dark hair: Additional details from photographs taken by Massachusetts State Police sergeant Sean Murphy and published by Boston magazine, in “Behind the Scenes of The Hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,” September
2013, http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2013/08/27/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-manhunt-photos.
Menino’s voice cut in: Farragher, Russell, and Globe staff, “102 hours”; Mark Arsenault, “Second Marathon bombing suspect captured,” Boston Globe, April 20, 2013.
Dzhokhar was in rough shape: Travis Andersen, “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s injuries detailed in documents,” Boston Globe, August 20, 2013.
At 10:05 P.M., President Obama spoke: Statement by the president, 10:05 P.M., April 19, 2013, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/04/19/statement-president; Menino and Patrick interviews.
As Krystle Campbell’s brother put it: Arsenault, “Second Marathon bombing.”
Kevin Brown first saw the memorial: Interviews of Kevin Brown by Jenna Russell, 2013.
The square, named for the colonial portrait painter: William A. Newman and Wilfred E. Holton, Boston’s Back Bay: The Story of America’s Greatest Nineteenth-Century Landfill Project (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2006), vii–xii.
It was hard to explain: Evan Allen, “Copley Square a place to mourn, heal after bombings,” Boston Globe, May 3, 2013.
“Yeah! We’re alive!”: Sarah Schweitzer and Evan Allen, “Joining sorrow—the joy of coming together,” Boston Globe, April 21, 2013.
Mental health experts voiced concern: Deborah Kotz, “Mental health experts worried about ‘Boston Strong’ slogan,” Boston Globe, May 13, 2013.
But the IRS was cool: Menino interviews.
That day, September 11, 2001: Bob Oakes and Lisa Tobin, “9/11: Menino on Leading Boston Through Chaos,” WBUR, September 7, 2011.
“We’re a big city”: Andrew Ryan and John R. Ellement, “Mayor Menino lunches on Boylston Street; says businesses helping each other to recover,” Boston Globe, April 25, 2013, http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/25/mayor-menino-lunches-boylston-street-says-businesses-helping-each-other-recover/NLmEwVSxjznE1OV2ujWrcN/story.html.
On the weekend following the attack: Interviews of McGillivray and race official Josh Nemzer by Scott Helman, August and September 2013.