Kids tossed Red Sox caps into the air and their parents burst into cheers last night in the streets of the Boston suburb of Watertown as rifle-toting cops carried out the wounded suspect of the marathon bombings and transported him to a hospital.
Miles away, hundreds upon hundreds of Bostonians — many carrying American flags — spilled onto Commonwealth Avenue singing Fenway Park favorite “Sweet Caroline” and chanting “BPD! BPD!” for Boston Police Department.
Three words seemed to erupt from the lips of every Bostonian last night following the climactic end to the harrowing manhunt: “We got him!”
“CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over,” tweeted Boston cops. “The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody.”
And just like that — after four days of intense fear that shut down an entire metropolitan area yesterday — Beantown finally breathed a sigh of relief.
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The brother of victim Krystle Campbell, one of the three killed in bombing, praised the bust.
“It’s not going to bring her back. I’m happy that nobody else is going to get hurt by these guys, but it’s not going to bring her back,” William Campbell told The Boston Globe.
“This city is going to get back to the way it was,” said EMT Robert Curran, 37. “I couldn’t imagine another night with the guy on the loose.”
Dozens of people flooded the location of Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings on Boylston Street.
There, the mood was more of somber remembrance.
Some stood pensively near a memorial set up for the three victims who died in the attacks and the dozens who were injured. A few brought flowers and crosses.
“I’m just so glad it’s over,” Curran said. “But I still feel bad for the city. I have mixed emotions.”
Matt Taylor, 39, was at the marathon with his wife and two children. Luckily, they made it out unscathed.
“This has affected everyone I know — hopefully they can go back to normal,” said Taylor, a nurse. “My family, we were happy when we found out.”
Student Alex Fagundes, 18, went to Boylston Street to show his support for his hometown.
But there was another message he also wanted to send.
“We’re resilient and we’re strong and nothing scares us,” he said.
Another student, Elliot Friar wanted to “take it all in.”
“Our city has been going through chaos,” said Friar, 18. “It felt like that for so long — and now that chapter is over and we can start again.
“I’ve lived in Boston my whole life. It’s true: We are strong.”
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