One Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Dead, the Other in Custody
PAMELA BROWN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 2:50 p.m., April 15th, a bomb goes off at the finish line at the Boston marathon. Twelve seconds later, another explosion not far away. Runners and spectators at the finish line stunned, many running from the scene and some towards it. Marathon volunteers become first responders trying to save lives. Tents meant for tired runners used for triage. Police told runners and spectators to clear the area. Reports of more possible bombs, air traffic grounded. A separate fire at the JFK library that proved to be unrelated. Soon hospitals report fatalities and scores of serious interests and including lost limbs and injuries to children. And then shock as we get details of one of the deaths. Martin Richard, an 8-year-old boy, whose sweet smile became the face of a tragedy for many. Boston and the nation on high alert. At 6:10 p.m., the president condemned the attack.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We still do not know who did this or why.</s>BROWN: Federal officials quickly classified the bombings as an act of terror and put all hands on deck with a level one mobilization. All sports and cultural events in Boston cancelled. The finish line of the Boston marathon now a crime scene, bustling with investigators for clues.</s>RICHARD DESLAURIERS, FBI SPECIAL AGENT IN-CHARGE: Someone knows who did this.</s>BROWN: Day two with no one in custody, law enforcement makes a plea for the public's help asking for videos and photographs.</s>DESLAURIERS: We ask that businesses review and preserve video surveillance. Video and other business records in their original form, and we are asking the public to remain alert</s>BROWN: The investigation finds only two bombs were used in the attacks, nearly identical devices that were homemade, assembled inside pressure cookers filled with metals designed to inflict damage.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We've been removing various things from people in the sense of not necessarily identified, just pieces of plastic metal, just various random things.</s>BROWN: As the day goes on we learned that 29-year-old Medford, Massachusetts resident Krystle Campbell is one of the other victims of the attacks. Her mother, Patty, tried to hold back emotion for the cameras.</s>PATTY CAMPBELL, VICTIM'S MOTHER: She had a heart of gold and all smiles and couldn't ask for a better daughter.</s>BROWN: Third victim is revealed by Boston University, to be a 23- year-old graduate student, Chinese national Lingzi Lu. Her adviser and professor remembers a kind woman with a bright future.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Such a waste of all the time and energy and dreams that she had, and we'll never know what she could have done.</s>BROWN: Day three, still no arrests and a city on edge. Governor Deval Patrick spoke with CNN's Wolf Blitzer urging the public to be patient.</s>GOV. DEVAL PATRICK (D), MASSACHUSETTS: This is going to take some time, a lot of time, and particularly given that there hasn't been an individual or group that's claimed responsibility.</s>BROWN: Day four, President Obama comes to Boston and speaks of an interfaith service telling Boston the country stands with it.</s>OBAMA: The world will return to this great American city to run harder than ever and to cheer even louder for-- louder for the 111 118th Boston marathons. Bet on it.</s>BROWN: Later in that day, a break in the case. The FBI released these photos and surveillance videos of this two men walking with backpack. At 10, 48 p.m. gunshots are heard on the campus of MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reports come in that campus officer Sean collier was killed. Shortly after the two men carjack a black Mercedes and a chase ensues culminating with a shootout in Watertown where sun suspect revealed to be Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed. Day five, witnesses describe the mayhem.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We saw the explosion. We must have heard about 60 gunshots.</s>BROWN:  2: 40 a.m., a robo call sent to Watertown residents.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There was an active incident in Watertown right now. Chief Deveau is advising all Watertown, east and west resident, to remain in their homes.</s>BROWN:  4: 22 a.m., a suspect on the run.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We believe this to be a terrorist. We believe this to be a man who has come here to kill people. We need to get him in custody.</s>BROWN: By 8:00 a.m. Friday all of Boston and surrounding areas shut down. As an unprecedented manhunt ensues for suspect two, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, brother of suspect one.</s>PATRICK: We have suspended all service on the MBTA. Our public transit service, than will continue until we think it's safe to open all or some of that. We're asking people to shelter in place, in other words, to stay indoors, with their doors locked</s>BROWN: At 8:20 p.m. the stay inside order was lifted without a suspect in custody.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In terms of how he got away, he did it on foot. He fled on foot.</s>BROWN: Minutes later, a Watertown resident walks outside and sees blood on his boat, lifts the tarp and sees a man covered in blood. Authorities rush to the scene. A standoff with flash bombs, gunfire, a tense 25 minutes seen in this infrared video from the Massachusetts state police. It finally ended after FBI negotiators convinced Tsarnaev to crawl out of boat and surrender, according to law enforcement sources. He was swiftly taken into custody.</s>DESLAURIERS: Today the city of Boston, the city of Cambridge and the city of Watertown and many other communities can breathe a sigh of relief.</s>BROWN: Tsarnaev severely weakened from blood loss was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Overnight in the streets of Boston, celebrations, law enforcement hailed as heroes. Day six, as Tsarnaev lay sedated and unable to speak from a neck injury, federal prosecutors prepare charges against him. Pamela Brown, CNN, Boston, Massachusetts.</s>LEMON: Up next, inside the manhunt for the bombing suspect. Boston's police, the commissioner walks us step by step through the final hours.