Boston Marathon bombing Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Victims == === Deaths === {{multiple image | width = 200px | align = right | image1 = A Moment of Silence for the Boston Marathon Victims (8673719618).jpg | caption1 = A Boston Fire Station (photographed on April 22) displaying signs memorializing those killed in the bombing, as well as Officer Sean Collier | alt1 = | image2 = Neighborhood-house-charter-school 5540555175 o (1).jpg | caption2 = Notes adorn the [[Primary school|elementary]] school [[locker]] that had been used by 8-year-old victim Martin Richard }} Three people were killed as a direct result of the bombings. Krystle Marie Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager from [[Medford, Massachusetts]], was killed by the first bomb.<ref name="AutoLC-15" /><ref name=":2" /> Lü Lingzi ({{lang-zh|吕令子|links=no}}),<ref name="AutoLC-16" /><ref name="AutoLC-17" /> a 23-year-old Chinese national and [[Boston University]] graduate student from [[Shenyang, Liaoning]],<ref name="AutoLC-18" /><ref name="Buckley" /><ref name="AutoLC-19" /><ref name="AutoLC-20" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lu Lingzi Scholarship {{!}} Office of the Provost |url=https://www.bu.edu/provost/awards-publications/award-opportunities/lu-lingzi-scholarship/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=www.bu.edu}}</ref> and 8-year-old [[Martin Richard Foundation|Martin William Richard]] from the [[Dorchester, Boston|Dorchester]] neighborhood of Boston, were both killed by the second bomb.<ref name="Fantz" /><ref name="AutoLC-21" /> Sean Allen Collier, 27 years old, was shot and killed by the bombers as he sat in his patrol car on April 18, at about 10:25{{nbsp}}p.m. He was an [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department|MIT police officer]], and had been with the [[Somerville Auxiliary Police Department]] from 2006 to 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2013/08/slain_police_officer_sean_coll.html| location=Somerville | work=MassLive | title=Slain police officer Sean Collier, killed following Boston Marathon explosions, posthumously appointed to Somerville Police Department | first=Shina | last=Schoenberg | date=August 22, 2013 |access-date= April 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrol Officer Sean Allen Collier |url=https://www.odmp.org/officer/21777-patrol-officer-sean-allen-collier |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)}}</ref> He died from multiple gunshot wounds.<ref name="NYTcollier" /> [[Boston Police Department]] officer Dennis Simmonds died on April 10, 2014, from head injuries he received during the Watertown shootout a year before.<ref name=Simmonds>{{cite news |url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/05/28/line-duty-death-benefits-given-family-boston-police-officer-wounded-tsarnaev-shootout/cr0zpUGx4KaKVkTRmqhH0J/story.html | title = Death benefit given to family of officer wounded in Tsarnaev shootout | first = Jan | last = Ransom | date = May 28, 2015 | access-date = May 28, 2015 | newspaper = The Boston Globe }}</ref> === Injuries === {{multiple image | width = 180px | align = right | image1 = Honoring-the-victims-of-the-boston-marathon-bombing 16971944338 o (Jane Richard1).jpg | caption1 = Jane Richard (photographed in 2014) lost her left leg. She was seven years of age at the time of the bombing. Her older brother, Martin, was one of the fatalities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abel |first1=David |title=‘I’m ready to start my own story’: Jane Richard and her family reflect on grief and moving forward 10 years after tragedy - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/13/metro/ten-years-later-jane-richard-her-family-reflect-their-trials-since-marathon-bombing/ |website=The Boston Globe}}</ref> | alt1 = | image2 = 160505-D-PB383-312 (26786074091).jpg | caption2 = Survivors Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes (photographed in 2016) each lost a leg. The two had been recently-wed at the time of bombing, and were spectating the marathon when the bombing occurred.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jolicoeur |first1=Lynn |last2=Mullins |first2=Lisa |title=Marathon bombing survivors Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes find healing through their work helping others |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/04/14/boston-marathon-bombing-jessica-kensky-patrick-downes-work |website=WBUR |access-date=15 April 2024 |language=en |date=14 April 2023}}</ref> | alt2 = }} About 281 civilians were treated at 27 local hospitals.<ref name="globe-number-injured" /><ref name="AutoLC-1" /> Eleven days later, 29 remained hospitalized, one in critical condition.<ref name="AutoLC-24-26" /> Many victims had lower leg injuries and [[Fragmentation (weaponry)|shrapnel]] wounds,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Imaging of Blast Injuries to the Lower Extremities Sustained in the Boston Marathon Bombing |vauthors=Guermazi A, Hayashi D, Smith SE, Palmer W, Katz JN |journal=Arthritis Care & Research |volume=65 |issue=12 |pages=1293–98 |year=2013 |doi=10.1002/acr.22113 |pmid=24039123|doi-access=free }}</ref> which indicated that the devices were low to the ground.<ref name="CFN13" /> At least 16 civilians lost limbs, at the scene or by surgical [[amputation]], and three lost more than one limb.<ref name="AutoLC-25" /><ref name="AutoLC-26" /><ref name="AutoLC-27" /><ref name="AutoZ2-10" /> Doctors described removing [[Ball (bearing)|"ball-bearing type" metallic beads]] a little larger than [[BB (ammunition)|BBs]] and small carpenter-type nails about {{convert|0.5|to|1|in|cm|sigfig=1|sp=us}} long.<ref name="BosHerald shrapnel" /> Similar objects were found at the scene.<ref name="McLaughlin" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' cited doctors as saying that the bombs mainly injured legs, ankles, and feet because they were low to the ground, instead of fatally injuring abdomens, chests, shoulders, and heads.<ref name="Kolata" /> Some victims had [[perforated eardrum]]s.<ref name="CFN13" /> MBTA police officer Richard H. Donohue Jr. (33) was critically wounded during a firefight with the bombers just after midnight on April 19.<ref name="AutoLC-28" /> He lost almost all of his blood, and his heart stopped for 45 minutes, during which time he was kept alive by [[cardiopulmonary resuscitation]].{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' reported that Donohue may have been accidentally shot by a fellow officer.<ref name="Auto9P-2" /> Marc Fucarile lost his right leg and received severe burns and shrapnel wounds. He was the last victim released from hospital care on July 24, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Last Hospitalized Marathon Victim Heads Home |url=https://news.yahoo.com/last-hospitalized-marathon-victim-heads-home-154013732.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727010200/https://news.yahoo.com/last-hospitalized-marathon-victim-heads-home-154013732.html |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |agency=Associated Press= }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page