Netflix has dropped a true crime documentary recalling the bombing of the Boston Marathon in 2013. American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing explores the events surrounding the attack when two American terrorists bombed the Boston marathon’s finish line.
On April 15, 2013 – the national holiday Patriots’ Day – two Chechen Kyrgyzstani-American brothers planted two homemade bombs near the finish line of the race, both of which detonated seconds apart at 2.49 pm. To mark the tenth anniversary of the tragedy, the three-part docuseries has been built around the tense days that followed the attack, assembling a minute-by-minute recounting of the manhunt from thousands of hours of CCTV, police radio, and cell phone footage.
The series also includes testimony from the police officers, FBI agents, and ordinary citizens whose heroics led to the killers’ capture. Offering historical context, expert insight, and emotional details from those who knew the bombers personally, American Manhunt tells the full story of how the people of Boston came together in their darkest hour to reclaim their city – and the men and women whose lives will never be the same.
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The attack claimed the lives of several victims and injured hundreds more as shrapnel from the two bombs – including nails, plastic, pellets and wood – caused devastating injuries to those in the blast radius. But exactly how many people died and were injured in the Boston Marathon bombing?
How many people died and were injured in the Boston Marathon bombing?
Three people were killed in the Boston Marathon bombing. The first bomb killed 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, a restaurant manager from Medford, Massachusetts.
Her father William Campbell told Yahoo News that his daughter had been waiting at the finish line for a friend – who was running the race – when the bombs went off. Krystle suffered wounds all over her body, including third-degree burns to her back and many wounds from shrapnel.
Dr. Jennifer Hammers, the medical examiner who performed her autopsy, said Krystle bled to death. In a tragic case of mistaken identity, her family were told by doctors that she had survived, only to find the woman lay in the hospital bed was in fact one of her friends.
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The second bomb killed 23-year-old Lu Lingzi, from Shenyang, one of the largest cities in northeastern China. The Boston University graduate student was near the finish line with two fellow students, one of whom was taken to hospital with severe injuries but survived.
Lu suffered severe cuts and lacerations from the shrapnel which caused massive blood loss. Medical examiner Dr. Katherine Lindstrom said she died “within seconds to minutes” after the blast, Mass Live reported.
Eight-year-old Martin Richard was also killed when the second bomb detonated. The child – from the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston – was stood near the finish line with his family.
Chief Medical Examiner Dr Henry Nields, who performed Martin’s autopsy, told jurors he had suffered injuries to nearly every part of his body. He died “primarily” from blood loss caused by “blast injuries to his torso and extremities.”
His mother Denise underwent surgery for a brain injury while his 6-year-old sister lost her leg, Boston news station WHDH reported. Martin’s father Bill survived with shrapnel damage to his legs, The Boston Globe reported.
26-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police officer Sean Allen Collier was killed three days after the attack after the perpetrators’ identities had been made public. He was ambushed and shot six times as he sat in his patrol car at around 10.48pm on April 18, and died shortly after.
He was posthumously appointed to the Somerville Police Department. Somerville Auxiliary Police Chief Jerry Carvalho told Mass Live the appointment fulfilled the slain officer’s lifelong dream.
“He’s looking down, saying ‘yes!’ with both thumbs in the air,” he said.
Boston Police Department officer Dennis Simmonds was injured by a hand grenade during a shootout with the attackers in the early hours of April 19. He died from head injuries a year later on April 10, 2014.
The official tally from the Boston Public Health Commission puts the number of people injured in the bombings at 264. The initial estimate of 282 was decreased after state health officials discovered they had “double-counted” some patients who were transferred between hospitals, The Boston Globe reported.
The ages of the injured ranged from two to 71. Victims were treated for injuries at 27 hospitals around Boston, with injuries ranging from hearing loss to amputations.
A total of 14 people lost legs – at the scene or by surgical amputation – including two patients who lost both legs, USA Today reported.
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