Boston Marathon Bombing

The day was absolutely beautiful, sunny with decent temps which made for perfect running condition for the runners during the 117th Boston Marathon, and event held on Patriot’s day to commemorate the battle of Lexington and Concord that had started the Revolutionary War in 1775. 23,000 runners lined up at the starting line in the city of Hopkinton, the first wave of runners started at 9:32. At approximately 2:49 p.m. is when 2 bombs went off, at least 5,600 people still racing towards the finish line at the time of the explosion (History).

A few hours after the photos were released the suspects shot an MIT police officer multiple times killing him. The two of them then carjacked a Mercedes-Benz in a neighborhood of Boston where they took the owner of the car hostage. They then forced the hostage to withdraw money from an ATM (Shallwani, 2013). The car’s owner was able to escape when the suspects stopped at a gas station. His cellphone remained in the stolen vehicle, allowing police to focus on Watertown (Shallwani, 2013). On April 19th shortly after midnight the brothers were spotted by a local police officer in Watertown (Arsenault, 2013). Within minutes the area was a standoff between the police and the brothers. As many as 300 bullets were exchanged between police and the brothers in the firefight (Arsenault, 2013). The suspects threw pipe bombs at the police when they were surrounded as well as a copy of their pressure cooker bomb, an exact duplicate of the Boston Marathon bombs. After several minutes of tense gunfire and homemade bombs going off the elder brother, Tamerlan, walked towards the officers until he ran out of ammunition (Arsenault, 2013). The cops then tackled Tamerlan but had to quickly scatter when the younger brother came in the stolen SUV and ran over Tamerlan (Arsenault,

8). Therefore, although the attacks of 9/11 generated alterations in our national defense strategies, it additionally adjusted law enforcement policies immensely (Brooks, B. E., 2010, p. 113). It is now more common to have squads of police officers, such as SWAT teams, with specialized training in preventing future terrorist attacks. With exceptions to some officers at the local level, many of these specially trained teams are made up of state and national law enforcement. There are several local law enforcement agencies throughout America that do participate in anti-terrorism training, but on a larger scale many of these local departments lack the necessary training needed to prevent such threats. Therefore, local police departments, who lack special training, depend on the departments that are qualified to aid them. Likewise, the training these lower level law enforcement officers obtain varies greatly than that of state and national law enforcement. Despite the quantity of officers in local law enforcement departments, it is essential that each individual officer undergoes the preparations that are essential to be well equipped for reacting to a threat of terrorism. These preparations are crucial in that local law enforcement officers are often the first responders to these attacks, therefore they should be familiar

On April 15,2013 during the Boston Marathon two brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar planted two bombs by the Marathon finish line killing 3 people but injuring more than 260 people and later after the bombing they went and they attempted to robbed a police officer named Sean Collier which led to the officer getting shot down by the two brothers and while the police were on a manhunt to find the shooters of the murder of Sean while still on the hurt for the bombers while the police were looking for those people the brothers went and carjacked a Mercedes SUV while making the hostage go to ATM and take money out and when the brothers went to go stop for gas the hostage manage to get away and call the police and reported the car stolen and when the

On April 12, 2013, it was a special day in Massachusetts. Many people gather to watch runners for an iconic run through Boston. Today would be the change of many people’s life. An eight-year-old would lose his life along with two other people. Almost twenty people would go on to become an amputee. The Tsarnaev brothers studied “how to” videos and documents showing them how to construct a homemade bomb. In the description, there was a statement telling them to trust in Allah. Two homemade bombs were placed near the finish line, probably a block apart. The first one going off closer to the finish line. As soon as the bomb goes off, all there is to see is a giant area, behind the fencing, of blood, people screaming and an immediate panic. The next couple days were a race to get the suspects apprehended before more carnage could happen. The city was locked down. The brothers were linked

On April 15, 2013, two homemade pressure-cooker bombs were placed near the finish line of The Boston Marathon. The bombs detonated 12 seconds and 210 yards (a block) apart at 2:49 pm near the finish line. Because the bombs were put low, most people were only severely injured from the waist down. Making a total of only 17 lost limbs. At least 264 people were injured and a total of six died: three persons from the bombing, 2 police officers, and the terrorist brother.

The bombing that happened in Boston during marathon was delivered with the use of 2 pressure cooker by the finish line where the spectators were watching. The problem that came about was the many video recordings from the city surveillance and video recordings from eye witness would have to be combed through to verify every detail leading up to the actual denotation to find the culprit. Even video on the explosion can provide details on what type of bomb it may have been, the white smoke suggest that the bomb was created using a common chemical called acetone peroxide. Being that the bomb was poorly made would suggest at the moment of the bombing that it couldn’t have been a major militant terrorist organization but instead maybe a radical

According to American Police Beat, “the average response time for an emergency call is 10 minutes” (Women 's Self Defense Institute, 2014). When you think of the amount of time ten minutes actually is, you realize that that response time is not adequate. When it came to catastrophic situations like the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and the elementary school shooting at Sandy Hook, the police weren’t as quick as they strived to be. After the first bombing at the World Trade Center occurred, New York City decided to set up an emergency management center, that way the police department and other first responders were able to communicate and join forces in case this type of situation were to happen again. However, this was not as successful as they had hoped when 9/11 happened. After 9/11 and other tragedies like it, the police have been trying to learn from their mistakes as much as possible that way they have a better outcome when problems like this arise again in the future. Police are continuing to train to make their response time quicker, to ensure police readiness and to strategize with other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to make the outcome better. One situation that law enforcement put their training and knowledge to the test was at the Boston Marathon bombings. The Boston Marathon took place on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. A few hours after the first people crossed the finish line, the first

The 119th running of the Boston Marathon happened April 15, 2013. Many people gathered in boston Massachusetts to watch the runners take off. All those gathered at the finish line of the race would've never expected what happened that fateful day. Brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were two of the million people who attended the event. What people didn't know is that the two brothers had pressure cooker bombs in their backpack. The two were by the finish line where they dropped their backpacks in the crowd of people and walked away. The two bombs killed 3 marathon watchers and injured over 260 others. 16 people lost legs and the youngest to lose a leg was a 7-year old girl. The two were said to be inspired by extremist islamic belief, but the brothers claimed they weren't apart of any terrorist

One was a pot-loving student, the other had begun exploring Islam in an effort to turn his life around. So how did Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev end up at the Boston Marathon finishing line with a willingness to kill?

On April 15th, 2013, two separate bombings occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon resulting in three deaths and approximately 264 injuries. Two Chechen brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who were suspected of planting the devices were quickly hunted by thousands of law officials. Tamerlan was shot several times and pronounced dead at the scene. The younger brother, Dzhokhar, was eventually captured and was indicted on thirty charges relating to homegrown terrorism, including use of a weapon of mass destruction of property and death. He was found guilty on all charges on April 8th, 2015 and the following month was sentenced to death.

Two bombs struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday April 15, 2013 turned celebration scene into bloody scene of destruction. The explosion killed three and injured over two hundred people. Law enforcement officials identified brothers named Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the primary suspects in the bombings. After an extensive search for the then unidentified suspects, law enforcement officials encountered Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Watertown, Massachusetts. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26-year-old was shot during the encounter and was pronounced dead subsequently. Meanwhile, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19-year old fled the scene, but was apprehended the following day and remains in federal custody (U. S. Intelligence Community,

On March 11, 2004 10 bombs exploded on four trains in Madrid on the rush hour morning. 191 people were killed and 2000 were injured. The bombs were set off from mobile phones. Madrid’s Atocha station seemed to be the terrorist main target. “It was the worst terror attack in Spain's history, the work of a radical Jihadist cell loosely linked to al-Qaida” (Murado). 21 people were convicted in the Madrid bombing. The main people involved in the attack was: Jamal Zougam, Jose Emilio Suarez Trashorras, and Basel Ghalyoun. Jamal Zougam was the one who ran a mobile shop in Madrid. Jose Emilio Suarez Trashorras was a miner who supplied some of the explosives. Basel Ghalyoun had the apartment were

The Boston Marathon attack was an attack against the American people and our nation as a whole. The emergency response teams from every conceivable organization used their resources to react as quickly as possible. What happened on the morning of April fifteenth will forever live in the memories of the American people and to those who responded quickly to the matter. As much as the city of Boston was prepared for the marathon, nobody could fathom an event like the bombings to take place. The government responded as quickly as possible, and I believe to the best of their ability. Not only that, but the Bostonians, the people of Boston, had a huge impact on the events of that day.

In contrast, the two subjects that committed the Boston Marathon Attack, later identified as the Tsarnaev brothers, were not formally affiliated with any terrorist organization. They were self-funded, and their resources were limited. They were also relatively unknown to United States Intelligence, although Russian Intelligence did have information that the brothers were potentially involved in terrorist activity. The brothers were young immigrants with little to no criminal backgrounds or experience.