It has been a tumultuous and terrible week with every emotion being played out in public, real-time across every social media source. This is an attempt at visually preserving and memorializing this week's events.
Everything was going as planned for one of the most prestigious marathons in the world
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The elite athletes had completed their race
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The rest of the pack (still incredible athletes to qualify for Boston) continued their trudge through the 26.2 miles
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And then at around 4 hours in, this
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and then this
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Chaos and devastation
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Heroes emerged
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First responders with uniforms
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... and without
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The suspects were first unknown but identified in a few days
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Then the manhunt began
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Following a shoot out on MIT Campus
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Which left one police officer dead
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As well as one of the suspects
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Quickly Boston was put into lockdown mode
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A city on the verge of martial law
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As the manhunt began
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As the suspects were identified, family members came forward
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Neighborhoods were evacuated
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... and searched for bombs
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As bewildered residents looked on
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Even the journalists were told to provide "ground coverage"
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Then as night was about to fall and the suspect remained uncovered, shots were heard
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And the showdown siege began
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The second suspect was discovered - in a boat
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SWAT teams swooped in
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And Suspect 2 was captured
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Law enforcement celebrated
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As did the people
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'Friends' were rounded up
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And all was well: a perfect ending.
... or just the beginning?
BOSTON: AUTHORITIES CONFIRM MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN MARATHON ATTACK AND HUNTING MULTIPLE ISLAMIC PEOPLE. #911BUFF [49]
— 911 Operator (@911BUFF) April 21, 2013 [50]