More than 2,500 cops from as far away as New Hampshire and New York responded to the pursuit and search for the Boston Marathon bombers, and it wasn’t always clear who was in charge.
The bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon caused hundreds of traumatic injuries. But among the most common is an invisible one: tinnitus, a persistent ringing in the ears that for some people still hasn't stopped.
Mackenzie Loy was stopped before the finish line after the Boston Marathon bombings, so she ran and finished last year. Now she's running the first Paris Marathon to take place after the Charlie Hebdo attacks — but that hasn't shaken her resolve.
The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev opened with the accused bomber's lawyers admitting that he carried out the crime. Emotions ran high as tapes and memories of the bombing were aired in court.
Ever knit a blanket? Ever hung that from a bridge? If it seems outlandish, it probably is. But The Joining Project is doing it, with a serious purpose.
The Tsarnaevs trained at the mixed martial arts gym under reporter Andrea Crossan's home. And, it turns out, that some of the best fighters in MMA come from the Caucasus region that also produced the Tsarnaevs.
It's been a tumultuous year for Boston. But with elite runners returning to the city this week for the 2014 Boston Marathon, their mere presence, watching them train along the Charles River, is helping turn talk of the marathon back toward the race.
A year ago today, the Boston Marathon bombings rocked Massachusetts and demanded a lot of the state's leaders. Governor Deval Patrick tells The Takeaway host John Hockenberry how the tragedy affected the state and his own approach to leadership.
David King ran the Boston Marathon last year. After he finished, he learned about the bombing. So he started his second marathon — of trauma surgeries at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital. Now he hopes to look ahead and not back.
Last year, two bombs made an average city street suddenly exceptional. A year later, what is exceptional is that the city street has returned to normal. And for much of the world, that must seem like great fortune.
Iraq knows all too well the pain of terrorist acts. So when Iraqi diplomat Lukman Faily heard about the Marathon bombing last year, he knew he wanted to run in this year's marathon.