Patriot Day
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Just watched it, the story of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. I highly recommend. I learned so much more about the response and the people involved. Most surprising was the shootout with the Tsarnayevs in Watertown. Shootout does not begin to describe it - there were hundreds of rounds fired and several explosive devices they had with them and threw at police and their vehicles. Pandemonium.
I was at the site in Boston on Patriot Day in 2014. I took a long walk after work through Boston Commons, then down Boylston and Newberry, refecting on how normal and peaceful it all seemed.
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Thanks for the recommendation!
I walked around the Commons as well, but never thought about the bombing. I did try to imagine all that took place over the centuries, it was cool to just imagine walking where great predecessors once walked.
Was "Patriot Day" on Netflix?
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I spent many Patriots Days at Fenway Park watching the sox, then going over to Kenmore Square to drink beer and watch the marathon.
The world was young and everyone had a six-pack hanging from their belt. You take out a beer and then put your belt through the plastic ring. You don't see that so much any more.
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Thanks for the recommendation!
I walked around the Commons as well, but never thought about the bombing. I did try to imagine all that took place over the centuries, it was cool to just imagine walking where great predecessors once walked.
Was "Patriot Day" on Netflix?
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It was a very strange day - I work about 20 mi outside the city, and remember the roads being almost deserted even out there. Typically, marathon day is a PITA for traffic.
Some people here still have signs up 'Boston Strong', and pictures of the 8-year old boy who died. It feels so much worse when the victims are children.
