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By Bethnay Bella

On the morning of Monday,April 15, 2013, the United States of

America was maliciously attacked.

During the nal stretch of the

2013 annual Boston Marathon,

twin bombs exploded near the

nish line, leaving three persons

dead and over 180 others injured.

Among the deceased, eight-year-

old Martin Richard of Dorchester,

29-year-old Krystle Campbell

of Medford, and Lu Lingzi, Chi-

nese Boston University graduate

student. Many of the individuals

caught in the blast were rushed

to local hospitals, suffering from

severe arm and leg amputations,

while a reported 17 spectators and

runners remained in critical condi-

tion.

The ensuing twenty-four hours

that followed the Boston bombingleft millions of American citizens

in a state of mass confusion. The

FBI rushed on the scene and imme-diately began their investigation,

but much about the initial attack

was left unknown for quite a few

days.

Soon af-

ter the attack

occurred along

Americas

East Coast ,

the FBI agents

uncovered thesource of the

explosions,

two bombs

fashioned from

debris-lled

pressure cook-

ers stuffed in black bags at a mere

100 yards apart. The bombs were

supposedly loaded with nails and

metal BBs, or small pellets foundin amateur BB guns. The culprit

and motive behind the attack,

though, remained un-

answered.

For four days,

America remained

in a state of disarray.

President Obama

visited the grieving

city on Thursday, April

18, while the federalagents continued their

search for Americas

latest terrorist threat.

A cowardly and hei-

nous act, Obama said,

addressing the crowds

of Boston. An act of

terrorism.

Finally, after anxious anticipa-tion, the alleged Boston Marathon

attacker was revealed to the general

public. Captured by FBI agents

on Friday, April 19 in Watertown,

Massachusetts, 19-year-old Dz-

hokhar Tsarnaev was taken from a

tarp-covered boat with two gun-shot wounds in the neck and leg.

As of late April 2013, Tsarnaev

has remained sedated in the Beth

Israel Deaconess Medical Center

and placed under critical condi-

tion. Guards have been heavily

surrounding the suspected terrorist,

and he will be detained until his

hearing on May 30, 2013.

Both Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his

brother, the late 26-year-old Tamer-lan Tsarnaev, are the two suspects

charged with the attack on the Unit-

ed States of America. Of Chechehn

descent, an ethnic group presiding

in the former Russian territory of

Krygyzstan, the Tsarnaev brothers

lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts

for a number of years before the

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attack; the detained Dzhokhar is

even a registered American citi-

zen. Close relations claim that the

brothers felt alienated from Amer-

ica society, a complaint that could

have led to pent-up frustration and

anger against America.

However, as of April 29, 2013,no motive for the Boston bombing

has been revealed. The sedated

Dzhokhar may be the only link to

the explanation behind the attack.

We are hoping, for a host of rea-

sons, that the suspect survives,

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick

said, because we have a million

questions, and those questions

need to be answered.

Gahanna Cross Country team

members, some even Boston Mar-

athon hopefuls one day, do not

feel at all intimidated by

the placement

and occurrence

of the attack

being at a

running

event.

Myfeelings

toward

the

mara-

thon did not

change at all.

[The bombing]

was not an at-

tack on the Bos-

ton Marathon,

but an attack

on America.

It could havehappened at any

large event,

freshman Cross

Country runner

Bryce Redman

said.

Fellow team

member Duke

Durant feels

similar to his co-runner, con-

cerning the prospect of running

at large marathons, as well. I

dont think the attack will deter

me from running any

marathon. [However,]

if I feel there is a real

threat of danger, I

wouldnt put myself

in harms way, soph-

omore Duke Durant

said.The Boston Mara-

thon attack continues

to remain an incred-

ulous mystery to the

American public.

Authority gures hope the trial of

captive Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will

shed some light on the incentives

and explanations behind this vi-

cious attack.