Boston Marathon Bombing Essay

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Do you know about the tragedy that occurred at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013? “On April 15, 2013 two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and wounding more than 260 people,” (history.com staff 2014). The Boston Marathon is a memorable event because of the suspects, the events that happened at the time of the scene, and the overall history of the race.
The race began in Hopkinton, which is west of Boston. There were around 23,000 participants that participated in the marathon races that day. After the bombing many schools in the Boston area were put on lockdown and people were advised to stay inside their houses as the police searched for the suspects. The investigation soon started. On April 18 around 10:30, Sean Collier, a police officer, was found shot dead in his patrol car on the Cambridge campus, Massachusetts’ Institute of Technology. Later the murder was linked to the Tsarnaev brothers, who tried to steal the officer’s weapon. After Collier was murdered, Tamerlan Tsarnaev carjacked an SUV at gunpoint and held the driver hostage informing him that he was one of the Boston Marathon bombers. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was behind them in a Honda Civic and quickly joined his brother and the hostage. When they stopped at a gas station, the …show more content…
Today Bauman travels sharing his story and is to be portrayed in the movie ‘Stronger’ in 2017, which portrays the Boston Marathon attack. He is still trying to move on from the tragedy and admits it’s hard to think about it. “Sometimes I have nightmares and wake up to explosions, but it hasn’t been like that for a while. Definitely going over this, it’s tough - it’s a tough subject for everybody,” Bauman told USA TODAY’s Andrea
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