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| After Night of Terror in Boston Suburb, a Dawn of Doughnuts and Relief | After Night of Terror in Boston Suburb, a Dawn of Doughnuts and Relief |
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| WATERTOWN, Mass. — All of Boston rode a roller coaster of emotions last week, from horror at the bloody bombing during its annual marathon to a grim wait under lockdown to pure elation once the capture of the second bombing suspect was announced. | |
| And then, suddenly, life seemed to snap back to the everyday. | And then, suddenly, life seemed to snap back to the everyday. |
| On Saturday morning, pedestrians and traffic had reclaimed the streets of Watertown, aside from the one block of Franklin Street where the second suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, was found hiding the night before in a driveway in a boat that had been covered for the winter. Neighbors here have been greeting one another with a quick question about how they are and then a sigh of relief. | |
| Mardy Kozelian, 49, a building inspector who lives in Watertown, was out with his two children on Saturday and, like everyone else, was relieved that SWAT teams were no longer swarming homes and military Humvees no longer occupying their streets. | Mardy Kozelian, 49, a building inspector who lives in Watertown, was out with his two children on Saturday and, like everyone else, was relieved that SWAT teams were no longer swarming homes and military Humvees no longer occupying their streets. |
| “Last night, a lot of people wished they had a gun in their house,” Mr. Kozelian said. “It’s crazy that in 12 hours, it’s back to normal.” | “Last night, a lot of people wished they had a gun in their house,” Mr. Kozelian said. “It’s crazy that in 12 hours, it’s back to normal.” |
| Others, he knows, are not so lucky: people who were injured or lost loved ones in the bombings or the ensuing shootings. “The rest of us think about how mad we are, or what we’ll wear or how to pay the bills,” he said. “But those people are changed forever.” | Others, he knows, are not so lucky: people who were injured or lost loved ones in the bombings or the ensuing shootings. “The rest of us think about how mad we are, or what we’ll wear or how to pay the bills,” he said. “But those people are changed forever.” |
| It was a very different scene just hours earlier, in a city that had been through a midnight firefight, an exploding bomb and a second gunfight. | It was a very different scene just hours earlier, in a city that had been through a midnight firefight, an exploding bomb and a second gunfight. |
| Chief Edward Deveau of the Watertown police, during a CNN interview in which he laid out the violent details of the previous day, said, “How the Watertown police are not attending a funeral of our own based on what happened on that street over that period of time is just talent, guts and glory.” | Chief Edward Deveau of the Watertown police, during a CNN interview in which he laid out the violent details of the previous day, said, “How the Watertown police are not attending a funeral of our own based on what happened on that street over that period of time is just talent, guts and glory.” |
| The break in the case came after the police, who had been searching the neighborhood but had not turned up the suspect, told residents that it was safe to return to the streets. That was when David Henneberry saw that the tight wrapping on his boat had been disturbed — and that there was blood. He lifted the white plastic cover and saw Mr. Tsarnaev huddled inside; he ran back into his home and called the police, who swarmed in. | The break in the case came after the police, who had been searching the neighborhood but had not turned up the suspect, told residents that it was safe to return to the streets. That was when David Henneberry saw that the tight wrapping on his boat had been disturbed — and that there was blood. He lifted the white plastic cover and saw Mr. Tsarnaev huddled inside; he ran back into his home and called the police, who swarmed in. |
| Because the lockdown had been lifted, many other residents with cabin fever had ventured out as well. Sean Finn bolted from his house, telling his wife, DeAnna: “We need milk. I need cigarettes.” | |
| While Mr. Finn left, Ms. Finn strolled onto the porch of her caramel, two-story clapboard to talk to a state trooper, and then back inside and out the back door to chat with a neighbor. Almost immediately, police officers started yelling at her: “Back in the house! Back in the house!” | While Mr. Finn left, Ms. Finn strolled onto the porch of her caramel, two-story clapboard to talk to a state trooper, and then back inside and out the back door to chat with a neighbor. Almost immediately, police officers started yelling at her: “Back in the house! Back in the house!” |
| Moments later came ear-piercing gunfire. | Moments later came ear-piercing gunfire. |
| “Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow,” she recalled. “It had to be 30.” | “Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow,” she recalled. “It had to be 30.” |
| She grabbed her 9-year-old son, Sean, by the arm and pulled him into the bathroom. They lay flat on the floor, and Ms. Finn eventually put her body over his. She flushed the toilet a couple of times to drown out the gunfire, and said it had been “very, very scary.” | She grabbed her 9-year-old son, Sean, by the arm and pulled him into the bathroom. They lay flat on the floor, and Ms. Finn eventually put her body over his. She flushed the toilet a couple of times to drown out the gunfire, and said it had been “very, very scary.” |
| After about five minutes, she talked on her cellphone with a cousin, who told her to turn in the TV. So Ms. Finn crawled into the living room — and noticed that her neighbors who lived two houses down from where the suspect was holed up were sitting on her porch. | After about five minutes, she talked on her cellphone with a cousin, who told her to turn in the TV. So Ms. Finn crawled into the living room — and noticed that her neighbors who lived two houses down from where the suspect was holed up were sitting on her porch. |
| The neighbors were Dumitru and Olga Ciuc. They lived just two doors down from the Henneberrys, and a police officer had come to their house to tell them to get out. | The neighbors were Dumitru and Olga Ciuc. They lived just two doors down from the Henneberrys, and a police officer had come to their house to tell them to get out. |
| “Let me take my dog,” Ms. Ciuc said she had told the officer, thinking of her black-and-white boxer, Nina. | “Let me take my dog,” Ms. Ciuc said she had told the officer, thinking of her black-and-white boxer, Nina. |
| “O.K., take your dog,” the officer responded. | “O.K., take your dog,” the officer responded. |
| They made their way to the Finn home, dropping to the ground and crouching behind cars at the sound of gunfire. Ms. Finn invited them in, and together they rode out the screaming commands of the police and the bellow of flash grenades. | They made their way to the Finn home, dropping to the ground and crouching behind cars at the sound of gunfire. Ms. Finn invited them in, and together they rode out the screaming commands of the police and the bellow of flash grenades. |
| When it appeared that things were safe, Ms. Finn peeked out into her porch and asked a police officer if they had gotten their man. | When it appeared that things were safe, Ms. Finn peeked out into her porch and asked a police officer if they had gotten their man. |
| “Almost,” he said. | “Almost,” he said. |
| Moments later, she asked another passing officer, “Are we happy police?” | Moments later, she asked another passing officer, “Are we happy police?” |
| The officer gave her a thumbs up. | The officer gave her a thumbs up. |
| When the Ciucs, who immigrated to the United States from Romania, were allowed to return to the house they have lived in for more than 20 years, they found the ransacked remnants of a SWAT command center. Officers had taken positions in second-floor rooms of their home that overlooked the 20-foot boat. Dressers were shifted about, and blinds and windows were removed. In a room that their granddaughter uses, a flower-patterned comforter had been thrown about, and a Dora the Explorer music book and large stuffed dog were splayed on the bed, under a pile of windows and blinds. | When the Ciucs, who immigrated to the United States from Romania, were allowed to return to the house they have lived in for more than 20 years, they found the ransacked remnants of a SWAT command center. Officers had taken positions in second-floor rooms of their home that overlooked the 20-foot boat. Dressers were shifted about, and blinds and windows were removed. In a room that their granddaughter uses, a flower-patterned comforter had been thrown about, and a Dora the Explorer music book and large stuffed dog were splayed on the bed, under a pile of windows and blinds. |
| Mr. Ciuc picked up a window panel from the bed to reinstall it into what was now a gap in his wall where a stiff wind blew through, whipping up shiny, silver curtains. He smirked. | Mr. Ciuc picked up a window panel from the bed to reinstall it into what was now a gap in his wall where a stiff wind blew through, whipping up shiny, silver curtains. He smirked. |
| “Oh, my God,” he said. “I love the F.B.I.” | “Oh, my God,” he said. “I love the F.B.I.” |
| On Saturday morning, Sunny McDonough, 34, a hairstylist and accountant who lives in Watertown, brought her 3-year-old daughter to Dunkin’ Donuts for a treat after having been cooped up for so long. | On Saturday morning, Sunny McDonough, 34, a hairstylist and accountant who lives in Watertown, brought her 3-year-old daughter to Dunkin’ Donuts for a treat after having been cooped up for so long. |
| Ms. McDonough said she expected the ordeal to bring more people to Watertown. “Now we’re on the map,” she said. “And I think our property values are going to go up by 10 percent. Everyone knows where we are now, and they might be more inclined to visit and go to the diner and the stores. | Ms. McDonough said she expected the ordeal to bring more people to Watertown. “Now we’re on the map,” she said. “And I think our property values are going to go up by 10 percent. Everyone knows where we are now, and they might be more inclined to visit and go to the diner and the stores. |
| “We’re really a safe, suburban community,” she said — and then caught herself and smiled. “Except for the terrorist hiding in the boat.” | “We’re really a safe, suburban community,” she said — and then caught herself and smiled. “Except for the terrorist hiding in the boat.” |
Katharine Q. Seelye reported from Watertown, and John Schwartz from New York. John Eligon and Jess Bidgood contributed reporting from Boston. | Katharine Q. Seelye reported from Watertown, Mass., and John Schwartz from New York. John Eligon and Jess Bidgood contributed reporting from Boston. |