Boston reacts after second bombing suspect captured
Runners in the men’s elite race at the start of the 2013 London Marathon in Blackheath, southeast London observe 30 seconds of silence in tribute to the victims of the deadly bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon. The April 21, 2013 race in London came less than a week after bombs at the Boston Marathon claimed three lives and injured more than 170.
Boston breathed a collective sigh of relief after the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect was captured late last night.
Police officers and residents of the Watertown suburb cheered and clapped when the suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was taken into custody after an exchange of gunfire with police.
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Peopled poured onto the streets, waving American flags and calling relatives to report the news.
In a press conference at the White House, President Barack Obama said Tsarnaev and his brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, who died in a shootout earlier yesterday, "failed" to break America's resolve.
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