Of all the heart-stopping sequences in the profoundly moving, journalistically solid, three-part Netflix documentary “American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing,” arguably the most indelible of all comes in the second episode, when surveillance camera footage tells the story of Northeastern graduate student Danny Meng, augmented by an interview with Meng in present day.
First, we see grainy video of Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev carjacking Danny’s black Mercedes Benz SUV with Danny in it and taking off, with the possible intention of driving to New York City to commit another act of terrorism. Next, we see the vehicle pulling up to a gas station in Cambridge, with Dzhokhar going inside the mini mart while Tamerlan remained inside the car with Danny.
