4 - 15 -13

A Shane McTague Production

Patriots Day
- An official (legal) state holiday commemorating the
anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the
beginning of the American Revolution. It is the third Monday
in April in Massachusetts, the Monday creates a three day
weekend. The largest celebration of Patriot's Day is clearly
the Boston Marathon, which has been run on every Patriots
Day since April 19th, 1897.
The Morning of Patriots day - April 15th, 2013

April 15, 2013, marked the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, the worlds oldest
annual marathon. As normal the Marathon began in Hopkinton just west of the city of
Boston. With 23,000 people participating, the Elite women began @ 9:32 a.m. The Elite
men and the first caral of 1,000 wave of normal runners. Rita Jeptoo from Kenya,
traversed 8 Bay State towns and cities first in 2:26:25 and Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia
beat the field of men in 2:10.22. At 2:49 that afternoon, as 5,600 runners were still
on the course and thousands lined it, two pressure-cooker bombs, that were packed
with shrapnel and other materials and stuffed inside of backpacks, were hidden in the
crowd. They exploded within mere seconds of each other on Boylston Street, the famous
finish to the Boston.
Casualties

The Hunt
Both suspects were apprehended within 102 hours of the bombs being
detonated. The entire city of Boston was shut down during the hunt. All
sorts of Government Agencies were brought in to assist or take charge in
this manhunt. During the manhunt the 2 suspects shot and killed an on duty
campus police officer, kidnapped a man and stole his car, and engaged in a
firefight where the older brother was killed. The other brother was later
found in nearby Watertown in the backyard of a resident hiding in their boat.
Who Did it
The Tsarnaev Brothers -

Tamerlan and Dzhokhar

Tsarnaev injured hundreds.
Tamerlan was shot in Boston by
police officers and Dzhokhar was
found hiding in a boat four days
later in a nearby Watertown
backyard. The brothers were
motivated by the senseless
killings of innocents in the
Middle East.
Response to the attack @ the Marathon
The city of Boston came together and united as one. Boston
Strong was everywhere. It was a true representation of the
spirit of those in Boston. They all helped to find the culprits
giving thousands upon thousands of tips to the police in
hopes of finding those who did that to those people that
fateful morning in Boston on Boylston Street.
The following year the Meb Story
Meb Keflezighi became the first American male to win the Boston Marathon since 1983, in the 118th running. The year after the
tragedy Meb became Americas sweetheart at two weeks shy of 39 years old.

One of the most evocative images of Boston 2014 will be Meb, cresting Heartbreak Hill, deep in fatigue and responding with a
clenched fist of salute to the roars of U-S-A! This was not jingoism; this was a simple display of solidarity, of empathy, of support for
Boston Strong and for Meb Strong.

(if you get the chance, read it. http://www.baa.org/news-and-press/news-listing/2014/april/2014-boston-marathon-mens-Race.aspx)

Works Cited
http://www.history.com/topics/boston-marathon-bombings#

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/inside-the-hunt-for-the-boston-bombers/arti
cles/facts-about-the-boston-marathon-bombings/

http://www.baa.org/news-and-press/news-listing/2014/april/2014-boston-marathon
-mens-Race.aspx