They Got Him

To the people complaining about having to take him alive, a couple of thoughts:
first of all - innocent until proven guilty.
Second, they found 7 IEDs yesterday, meaning more bombs that were placed. Would you not want and need to know what the men were thinking, what else they might have done, who else might have been involved? There were thoughts this might be part of a sleeper cell. And I'm not convinced this man was as involved as his brother. I'm shocked at the short sightedness of such comments! You need the man to be alive so you can find out as much as you can.

I think his parents are in total denial. I am incredibly relieved he was caught. I hope nobody retaliates against my friends who just happen to also be Muslim.

You cannot imagine what it has been like for us. Fear, anger, anxiety - trying to find our loved ones during the marathon, many towns in lockdown, busy streets completely deserted. Death, injury, stress, trauma. Fear fear fear.

Incredible losses that will never get any press: cab drivers barely making ends meet now lost an entire day of wages. Businesses shut down. Injured people who will never work again in their field if at all (e.g. the 2 brothers who lost legs, their career as roofers are over). The father of the boy who died, whose daughter lost a leg, whose wife has brain injury - how will they survive emotionally and even financially? How can he go back to work to earn a living to pay for these injuries and rehab? PTSD - people who will not sleep well for what they have seen and endured.

And sadly, the jingoistic cries of "USA, USA!" and the inevitable backlash against people of color, Muslims, etc. The NY Post and others who posted photos of the WRONG guys, the talk of "Saudi nationals being deported" (untrue) and "jihad" when we have no evidence of that yet, the unwillingness to let the judicial process proceed. Spoke to a young Muslim woman today who has been spat upon and told, "Go back to your country" when in fact she was born and raised here. I think of the many others who legitimately immigrated and bear no responsibility for any of this

All of you who care: please give $1 or $2 or $5 to The One Fund, which will help support these people who cannot possibly pay for everything they will need: medical care, rehab, child care for the healthy children at home while they recover, replacing lost income.

And give blood. Again and again.

And be kind to everyone - don't make assumptions based on their dress. Smile, make eye contact, open a door for someone. Let's be a nation that people admire, not one that people resent and want to blow up.

Please - make something positive come out of this.

So freaking relieved. A friend lives in the town where they found him and she and her husband had been locked in all day with their toddler. Glad he's alive so that we can hopefully get some answers. So impressed by and grateful for all of the law enforcement involved in this. I had no idea that we had armored trucks and blackhawk helicopters here - they're probably in every major city but I hope we never see them out on a hunt like this again.

My heart is still heavy though. My life didn't change that much - checking in on those who are close to the scene, hunting down people working at home, and cancelling some plans was about the extent of it. Tonight I bake my middle son's birthday cake. Tomorrow I will go kick boxing in the morning and we'll host his party in the afternoon. Tomorrow evening we'll go out to dinner and I'll take my daugther dress shopping. Sunday we'll have church, and lacrosse, and I'll tutor. The anxiety of this week will fade and we'll go back to normal but for four families, normal will mean going on without a family member. For 170+ others, normal will mean living with injury, including brain damage, paralysis, severe burns and amputated limbs for some. For hundreds if not thousands more, normal will include PTSD from being at the scene or in the drama of the last 24 hours.

And then, of course, is the reality that in some parts of the world, this happens every day - the injured are left for dead or receive next to no medical care, there is no investigation, no is caught, no one is financially supported, no one gets counseling for PTSD.

So relief, yes. Gratitude, yes. But no joy for so many are suffering still.

Glad he was caught and alive. I still have this deep deep sadness inside me about the whole thing. So many people have been hurt and will have struggles that they didn't have to because of it. A 19 year old who has wasted his life by taking actions which he can't have fully understood (and the suffering he will feel if/when he grows a conscience and realizes what he did). The fear/hatred of Others which came out as some people jumped to conclusions about who did it and why. The people in other parts of the world who live with landmines and bombs and injuries from them everyday. The fundamental change to an institution which is a little version of the Olympics and was always just plain GOOD.

His capture alive is the best possible result, and I have total respect for the police and officials who brought it about. I'm glad my mother and aunt and cousins in the Boston area can go back to work/their regular activities. I can't be really happy, though. The situation as a whole is just tragic. I love what J.B. and Diane B. said. Thank you.

Glad that not only did they get him, but they got him alive. God Bless our law enforcement - Boston strong!

and so glad they got him alive!
i thought the media coverage (at least on CNN, i didn't check the others) was spectacularly bad. 'there's a dog being brought out- i believe it's a canine.'
you could practically hear the reporters salivating.
but my heart thrilled to see the crowds of people lined up applauding their police department. i applauded too!
khairete
S.

Great Job Boston Police Force, Fire Department and all involved in the capture of the Boston Marathon Terrorist!

I'm glad he was caught and alive, for answers and because there has been enough death.

As to AV's comments about the boys parents...of course they are in denial (provided they aren't in on it in some way, and really didn't know their son's views) what parent wouldn't be in denial without a lot of proof? I know if my kids did something like that I would want to see the evidence before I would ever believe they were capable of doing something like that.

Thank goodness, I'm very thankful for law enforcement. JOB WELL DONE!

Phew. I'm sure Boston is very relived, as are we all. I can't imagine how terrifying it was to live there during all this.

Woohoo! Way to go Boston's Finest! Peace be with those injured and the grieving families. Justice to all.

I am very glad they got him.
I have to say that I absolutely hope they do not turn him into a celebrity like they have done in the past with other sick people like him.
I do not want to hear about where he is from, who he knew, what school he went to, what his favorite color is or anything else.
I want it left to the professionals to figure out "what makes him tick" and why he did it and leave the kangaroo court, wanna be doctors sitting at home out of it.
Don't glorify him. Let him rot quietly and in a cell somewhere, out of sight and be the good for nothing nobody he is.

Hopefully they put the fear of God,Allah or whoever in him and get some answers. Hopefully finding out he ran over his brother in the car and probably getting the death penalty might break him into talking. Or I am sure there are other methods that we are not privy to..

This is one deranged lunatic I don't mind spending some tax payer money on...he may end up giving info that could stop another Boston Marathon massacre...or 9/11.

Then send him to meet his maker in about 20 years!

I am so proud of our law enforcement for finding these maniacs so quickly. Prayers go out to our protectors....may God keep watching over those whose job it is to keep our nation safe.

Thank God! Hope they can get some good intel out of him. Glad he was taken alive. There's been enough death in our country this week.

Relief!

The theme from Berretta comes to mind: "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time...."

I just saw that on facebook, and am very relieved. Just a reminder to add a question though so that your post doesn't get pulled ;)

To answer your question, yes, I'm very relieved.

i was glued to tv until it happened. i am very happy he was caught alive. we need answers. how could an american raised young man be this violent and attack so many innocent people? these were his people. i don't care if my taxpayer money are used, we need all the intel we can get out of him to understand if some larger group was behind this.
it is sad all around. so sad that this happened. so many innocent people.