Through the truly remarkable work of a number of cooperating law enforcement agencies and public-minded citizens, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were quickly identified and neutralized, one through death and the other through capture. The first thing we need to do is remember and honor all of the victims, particularly MIT Police Officer Sean Collier and Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Officer Richard Donohue. These two fine men are heroic examples of the willingness of police officers to place their own lives on the line every day to protect ours.
And now that the manhunt is over and the next phase of the investigation begins, it is appropriate for us to review the two statements we were prepared to make about the perpetrator or perpetrators before we knew anything about him or them.