Boston bombing

High-definition video cameras with 30x magnification keep watch over the Boston Marathon finish line, where two bombs detonated in 2013, killing three people and injuring hundreds.

National

Boston Marathon Surveillance Raises Privacy Concerns Long After Bombing

8:15am April 17, 2015

by Curt Nickisch

Boston jurors in the marathon bombing trial watched a nine-minute video pieced together from different surveillance cameras — some with surprisingly high resolution.

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Martha and Alvaro Galvis used to travel from New Hampshire to Boston to watch the marathon every year. Both were hurt in the bombing two years ago.

Marathon Bombing Survivors Face A World That Still Feels Out Of Control

8:10pm April 15, 2015

by Martha Bebinger

Martha and Alvaro Galvis were wounded in 2013's bombing of the Boston Marathon. One of the hardest things to deal with, they say, is the feeling that something random and scary could happen again.

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A Boston police officer wheels an injured boy down Boylston Street as medical workers carry an injured runner after the Boston Marathon bombing in April.

Boston Hospitals Share Lessons From Marathon Bombing

10:10am September 23, 2013

by Tovia Smith

Every victim who arrived at a hospital alive survived the attack. But hospitals say the experience also revealed room for improvement, and they're about to share the lessons they learned at a national conference in Washington, D.C.

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Jen Regan strokes the head of her fiancée, Marc Fucarile, as he sleeps in his hospital bed at Massachusetts General Hospital. Fucarile was injured in the bombings at the Boston Marathon, and had to have his right leg amputated.

Survivor Of Boston Marathon Bombings Has Long Road Ahead

10:41am June 03, 2013

by Martha Bebinger

Marc Fucarlie left the hospital this week, after 45 days of surgeries and skin grafts, induced comas and dozens of tests. His right leg was amputated and it's uncertain how functional his left leg will be. His rehabilitation will take years, and he's worried about how he'll pay for it.

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Items FBI agents say were inside a backpack recovered from a landfill in New Bedford. Investigators say the backpack was thrown in the trash by friends of Tsarnaev.

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Boston Police: Three More Individuals In Custody

4:53pm May 01, 2013

Authorities say they'll soon release more information about the individuals and how they may be connected to the two main suspects in the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon. Law enforcement sources say at least two of the three may have misled the FBI and disposed of some potential evidence.

A sign reading "Flying With Angels Krystle Campbell," is seen Monday as a passing MBTA bus with "Boston Strong" displayed on its message board drives through Medford, Mass. A funeral service for Campbell, one of the three people killed in the marathon bom

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Tsarnaev Charged: Suspected Boston Bomber Accused Of Using WMD

8:07pm April 23, 2013

Surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill three people and wound more than 200 at the Boston Marathon.

Musician Yo-Yo Ma performs during "Healing Our City: An Interfaith Service" dedicated to those who were gravely wounded or killed in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Music & Culture

Listen: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach's 'Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor'

10:26pm April 18, 2013

by Eyder Peralta

Ma said he thought of the piece as "a struggle for hope," capturing the feeling in Boston perfectly.

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Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston on Monday.

Two Explosions Rock Boston Marathon Finish Line; At Least 3 Dead, Dozens Injured

5:20am April 16, 2013

NPR's Dina Temple Raston reports that the FBI has sent counterterrorism officials to the scene. The blasts happened in quick succession four hours after the beginning of the men's race while thousands were still out on the course.