10 years after the Boston Marathon bombings, a community bears the psychological scars
Ten years later, survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing attack recall the agony and the comeback as they work to help others through the trauma. There was no better place to watch the Boston Marathon than at the finish line on Boylston Street in Back Bay, according to Manya Chylinski, a resident of the neighborhood who has lived in Boston since the early 1990s. “There were a couple years where I watched it from somewhere other than the finish line, and that was wonderful. But the finish line is just different. There’s just a different energy there. No surprise, that’s where people are ending this incredible accomplishment,” Chylinksi told ABC News. On April 15, 2013, Chylinski was watching runners finish the 26.2-mile course when two terrorists planted pressure cooker bombs that exploded within seconds of each other, turning the celebratory scene into one of sheer panic and destruction. Three people were killed — 8-year-old Martin Richard, 23-year-old Lingzi Lu and 29-year-old Krystl...