CNN news 2013-04-21 加文本

cnn news 2013-04-21

Boston is a tough and resilient town and so its people. I am supremelyconfident but Bostonian will pull together take care of each other and moveforward. As one proud city as they do, the American people will be with themevery single step of the way.

The city whose heart may be broken but whose spirit is not. We willwelcome you to the special edition of cnn student news. Today's entire show wasabout Monday's terrorist attacking Boston. The victims, the reactions and the investigation.When we produce yesterday program, the Bombings just happened, we didn't have alot of details. We have more now and that's where we start things off today. T

The two bombs went off near the finish line at the Boston Marathonexploded 12 seconds apart. Three people were killed. More than 170 others were wounded.Early reports about other possible explosives turned out to be wrong. Onerunner Jennifer Trucy was in the Marathon and recording on her phone when thefirst bomb went off. That was the moment when the day changed. John Bermanfills in the timeline leading up to the blast immediately afterward.

A picture prefect third Monday in April, Patriots day and the day of 117thBoston Marathon. And 9:32am the elite women racers take off from Hopkins onthe 26.2 miles course on the way to Boston's Back Bay. Almost two and halfhours later, the first a lead runner started crossing the finish line. Waveafter wave of runners thousands of them followed. Then about 2:50 in the afternoon.It happens. A explosion near the finish line, 12 seconds later, anotherexplosion about a block up a crowded Bostonian Street.

They were banged up bad, severe lacerations, amputees, and a lot ofshrapnel. You know, they were pretty big explosions. They were banged, a lot ofblood everywhere.

Emergency teams and law enforcement scramble.

Get all units in this city to this scene now please.

This was an heinous and cowardly act and given what we now know about whattook place. The FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism. Anytime bombs areused to target innocent civilians. It is act of terror. What we don't yet knowhowever is who carried out this attack or why, what was planned and executed bya terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of malevolent individual.But we will find out. We will find who ever harmed our citizens and we willbring them to justice. The American people refused to be terrorized, becausewhat the world saw in the aftermath, the explosions were stories of heroism andkindness and generosity and love. If you want to know who we are - and whatAmerica is, how we respond to evil, that’s it. Selflessly,compassionately, unafraid.