TV news has been solid with Boston Marathon bombers. Something broke loose last night, Suspects #1 and # 2 decided to knock over a Cambridge 7-11. This put the cops onto them. A car chase ended in Watertown and a shootout with police. The older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died of gunshot wounds and/or bomb explosions. The younger brother, Johar Tsarnaev, escaped somehow and is still at large. The cops are turning Boston upside down looking for him. They have turned off the MBTA, Amtrak, and put roadblocks up everywhere. Everything is closed. Nobody is going to work.
The TV has been interviewing neighbors and classmates. The younger brother graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin school (top ranked Cambridge public high school) Classmates have expressed shock and surprise to learn of his involvement. They all recall Johar Tsarnaev as well liked, lot of friends, honor student, athlete of the year, in short, a successful high school career.
Neighbors describe the Tsarnaev family as Muslim, from Chechnya in Russia, but they have been living in the US for 6, maybe 10 years, a long time to carry an old world grudge against anyone or anything.
I lived in Cambridge for a long time, and I know most of the places making it into this story. WMUR Channel 9's TV crew is set up in front of Webster Auto Body on Webster Ave Cambridge. I bought a used car radio from them many years ago. They dropped a hostage off at a gas station on Memorial drive. I commuted on Mem Drive for years, there are two gas stations, a Shell by the BU bridge and another one under a new high rise down close to Western Ave. I have bought gas at both of them over the years. Wounded were taken to Mt Auburn hospital which I know fairly well. Strange to hear these familiar places coming out in the dramatic news coverage.
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