Boston Marathon bombing

=== Injuries ===
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 | 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>
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 | 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>
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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>