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| MEDFORD, Mass. — Boston began to say goodbye on Sunday to those it lost last week. Its leaders — religious as well as political — fanned out, in front of naves and cameras, to do what they could to reassure grieving parishioners and constituents that the danger had passed. Or that for those who are gone, “life,” as Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley put it, “is not ended, merely changed.” | MEDFORD, Mass. — Boston began to say goodbye on Sunday to those it lost last week. Its leaders — religious as well as political — fanned out, in front of naves and cameras, to do what they could to reassure grieving parishioners and constituents that the danger had passed. Or that for those who are gone, “life,” as Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley put it, “is not ended, merely changed.” |
| Memories were not the only thing etched for some mourners. | Memories were not the only thing etched for some mourners. |
| As Melanie Fitzemeyer, who baby-sat for Krystle Campbell two decades ago, walked to Ms. Campbell’s wake along with hundreds of others at a brick-and-frame funeral home on Main Street here, she took off her jacket and rolled up her sleeve. Incised on her arm was a two-line tattoo she had gotten the night before, at a parlor owned by one of Ms. Campbell’s cousins. | As Melanie Fitzemeyer, who baby-sat for Krystle Campbell two decades ago, walked to Ms. Campbell’s wake along with hundreds of others at a brick-and-frame funeral home on Main Street here, she took off her jacket and rolled up her sleeve. Incised on her arm was a two-line tattoo she had gotten the night before, at a parlor owned by one of Ms. Campbell’s cousins. |
| “Boston Strong,” the top line read in black letters scored into the length of her forearm, the surrounding skin still pink and tender. | “Boston Strong,” the top line read in black letters scored into the length of her forearm, the surrounding skin still pink and tender. |
| “1983 Krystle 2013,” read the bottom. | “1983 Krystle 2013,” read the bottom. |
| Ms. Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager, died after last Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon from wounds sustained near the finish line of a race she tried to see every year. Ms. Fitzemeyer, 39, knew her longer than most, and remembered her as an exuberant child. “She liked to paint and color and make things,” she said. | Ms. Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager, died after last Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon from wounds sustained near the finish line of a race she tried to see every year. Ms. Fitzemeyer, 39, knew her longer than most, and remembered her as an exuberant child. “She liked to paint and color and make things,” she said. |
| Ms. Campbell will be buried on Monday, and the wake here on Sunday was the first time anyone was able to say goodbye so intimately to any of the victims. Dozens came from Harvard — where her mother and brother work, as she once did — while 50 leather-and-denim clad members of motorcycle clubs stood across the street. Some told photographers to move down the street. | Ms. Campbell will be buried on Monday, and the wake here on Sunday was the first time anyone was able to say goodbye so intimately to any of the victims. Dozens came from Harvard — where her mother and brother work, as she once did — while 50 leather-and-denim clad members of motorcycle clubs stood across the street. Some told photographers to move down the street. |
| “We’re just trying to keep the nonsense away,” one biker explained after he and two friends blocked a cameraman. | “We’re just trying to keep the nonsense away,” one biker explained after he and two friends blocked a cameraman. |
| Other bikers waited quietly, they said, in case a rumored picket by the Westboro Baptist Church materialized. “We’re just here to create a respectful barrier for the family,” said Tony Rossetti, a Middlesex County sheriff’s deputy who is the president of the Boston chapter of the Enforcers Motorcycle Club, where he is known as Preacher. | Other bikers waited quietly, they said, in case a rumored picket by the Westboro Baptist Church materialized. “We’re just here to create a respectful barrier for the family,” said Tony Rossetti, a Middlesex County sheriff’s deputy who is the president of the Boston chapter of the Enforcers Motorcycle Club, where he is known as Preacher. |
| Reassurance seemed to be the message from top city and state officials on the Sunday news shows. | Reassurance seemed to be the message from top city and state officials on the Sunday news shows. |
| Mayor Thomas M. Menino said that what he knew suggested that the two brothers suspected of carrying out the attack had operated by themselves. “All of the information that I have, they acted alone,” he said on “This Week” on ABC. | Mayor Thomas M. Menino said that what he knew suggested that the two brothers suspected of carrying out the attack had operated by themselves. “All of the information that I have, they acted alone,” he said on “This Week” on ABC. |
| The danger has passed, Gov. Deval Patrick said on “Face the Nation” on CBS. “The immediate threat, I think all of law enforcement feels, is over, based on the information we have,” he said. “And that is a good thing, and you can feel the relief at home here.” | The danger has passed, Gov. Deval Patrick said on “Face the Nation” on CBS. “The immediate threat, I think all of law enforcement feels, is over, based on the information we have,” he said. “And that is a good thing, and you can feel the relief at home here.” |
| Yet the investigation continued, with officials struggling to learn whether the brothers had help or were operating in league with anyone. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died after a shootout with the police in Watertown, Mass., early Friday morning, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was captured that night in Watertown and now lies grievously wounded in a Boston hospital bed. | Yet the investigation continued, with officials struggling to learn whether the brothers had help or were operating in league with anyone. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died after a shootout with the police in Watertown, Mass., early Friday morning, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was captured that night in Watertown and now lies grievously wounded in a Boston hospital bed. |
| At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Cardinal O’Malley said some of the more than 170 wounded in the bombings had prayed there one week ago. He named the four who lost their lives — three who died at the finish line and a police officer who was killed three nights later in a fatal encounter with the Tsarnaev brothers, officials say — and said they would live in eternity. | At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Cardinal O’Malley said some of the more than 170 wounded in the bombings had prayed there one week ago. He named the four who lost their lives — three who died at the finish line and a police officer who was killed three nights later in a fatal encounter with the Tsarnaev brothers, officials say — and said they would live in eternity. |
| “We must be a people of reconciliation, not revenge,” the cardinal said. “The crimes of the two young men must not be the justification for prejudice against Muslims and against immigrants. The Gospel is the antidote to the ‘eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth’ mentality.” | “We must be a people of reconciliation, not revenge,” the cardinal said. “The crimes of the two young men must not be the justification for prejudice against Muslims and against immigrants. The Gospel is the antidote to the ‘eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth’ mentality.” |
| Cardinal O’Malley, who has criticized the Democratic Party for its support for abortion rights, said that more than one million abortions annually “is one indication of how human life has been devalued.” But he also criticized lawmakers in Congress — by implication, most of them Republicans — by saying that a failure to “enact laws that control access to automatic weapons is emblematic of the pathology of our violent culture.” | Cardinal O’Malley, who has criticized the Democratic Party for its support for abortion rights, said that more than one million abortions annually “is one indication of how human life has been devalued.” But he also criticized lawmakers in Congress — by implication, most of them Republicans — by saying that a failure to “enact laws that control access to automatic weapons is emblematic of the pathology of our violent culture.” |
| “I hope that the events of this past week have taught us how high the stakes are,” the cardinal said at the end of his homily. “We must build a civilization of love, or there will be no civilization at all.” | “I hope that the events of this past week have taught us how high the stakes are,” the cardinal said at the end of his homily. “We must build a civilization of love, or there will be no civilization at all.” |
| His words resonated with Maureen Quaranto, a nurse practitioner. She was working as a volunteer in a medical tent at the marathon when the bombs went off. On Sunday, she drove from her home in Plymouth, Mass., and then lingered after the service, tears in her eyes. | His words resonated with Maureen Quaranto, a nurse practitioner. She was working as a volunteer in a medical tent at the marathon when the bombs went off. On Sunday, she drove from her home in Plymouth, Mass., and then lingered after the service, tears in her eyes. |
| “It just gives you time to reflect,” she said. “Jesus said to forgive him.” | “It just gives you time to reflect,” she said. “Jesus said to forgive him.” |
| Mayor Menino and Governor Patrick called on everyone in the state to come together for a moment of silence at 2:50 p.m. Monday — precisely one week after the bombings. That will be followed by the ringing of bells across Boston and the commonwealth. | Mayor Menino and Governor Patrick called on everyone in the state to come together for a moment of silence at 2:50 p.m. Monday — precisely one week after the bombings. That will be followed by the ringing of bells across Boston and the commonwealth. |
| On Monday night at Boston University, students and faculty and staff members will gather on campus in honor of Lu Lingzi, 23, the Chinese graduate student who was killed in the bombing. | On Monday night at Boston University, students and faculty and staff members will gather on campus in honor of Lu Lingzi, 23, the Chinese graduate student who was killed in the bombing. |
| “We will remember her and everything good that a bright, ambitious, and engaging student represents in our community, and, hopefully, speak about the values that make our community strong, even under such terrible circumstances,” Robert A. Brown, the president of the university, wrote in an e-mail announcing the gathering. | “We will remember her and everything good that a bright, ambitious, and engaging student represents in our community, and, hopefully, speak about the values that make our community strong, even under such terrible circumstances,” Robert A. Brown, the president of the university, wrote in an e-mail announcing the gathering. |
| Another memorial is expected this week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to honor Sean A. Collier, 27, the campus police officer who was killed. | Another memorial is expected this week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to honor Sean A. Collier, 27, the campus police officer who was killed. |
| “I am profoundly grateful for the service and supreme sacrifice of Officer Collier, who was an extraordinary young man, an excellent police officer, and a truly beloved member of our community,” Eric Grimson, the chancellor of M.I.T., wrote in an e-mail on Sunday. | “I am profoundly grateful for the service and supreme sacrifice of Officer Collier, who was an extraordinary young man, an excellent police officer, and a truly beloved member of our community,” Eric Grimson, the chancellor of M.I.T., wrote in an e-mail on Sunday. |
| The fourth victim, Martin Richard, 8, was mourned on Sunday in Dorchester at the church attended by his family. | The fourth victim, Martin Richard, 8, was mourned on Sunday in Dorchester at the church attended by his family. |
| There were signs that the Boston area was returning to normal. | There were signs that the Boston area was returning to normal. |
| Late Sunday afternoon, Mayor Menino briefed reporters about a five-phase plan to reopen the area where the attack occurred. It will involve decontamination, structural building assessments and debris removal. | Late Sunday afternoon, Mayor Menino briefed reporters about a five-phase plan to reopen the area where the attack occurred. It will involve decontamination, structural building assessments and debris removal. |
| Newbury Street, the busy retail thoroughfare that runs parallel to Boylston Street, where the blasts took place, was bustling on Sunday, with visitors clutching shopping bags and relaxing in restaurants. But they were also drawn by the hundreds to gaze over the metal barriers cordoning off the six blocks around the marathon’s finish line. | Newbury Street, the busy retail thoroughfare that runs parallel to Boylston Street, where the blasts took place, was bustling on Sunday, with visitors clutching shopping bags and relaxing in restaurants. But they were also drawn by the hundreds to gaze over the metal barriers cordoning off the six blocks around the marathon’s finish line. |
| “It’s been really eerie,” said Calla Gillies, a 24-year-old real estate agent who lives inside the area, which she can gain access to with proof of residence. “We’re just still as scared because it’s empty. It feels like the marathon was yesterday.” | “It’s been really eerie,” said Calla Gillies, a 24-year-old real estate agent who lives inside the area, which she can gain access to with proof of residence. “We’re just still as scared because it’s empty. It feels like the marathon was yesterday.” |
Jess Bidgood and Katharine Q. Seelye contributed reporting from Boston. | Jess Bidgood and Katharine Q. Seelye contributed reporting from Boston. |
| This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: | This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: |
| Correction: April 24, 2013 | Correction: April 24, 2013 |
Because of editing errors, an article on Monday about Boston residents’ beginning to say goodbye to those killed in the marathon bombings rendered incorrectly, in some copies, the name of one of those killed and misidentified the university she attended. She was Lu Lingzi, not Lingzi Lu, and she went to Boston University, not to Brown. The article also misstated the reason the university closed on Friday. It was shut during the search for the bombing suspects, not to honor Ms. Lu. | Because of editing errors, an article on Monday about Boston residents’ beginning to say goodbye to those killed in the marathon bombings rendered incorrectly, in some copies, the name of one of those killed and misidentified the university she attended. She was Lu Lingzi, not Lingzi Lu, and she went to Boston University, not to Brown. The article also misstated the reason the university closed on Friday. It was shut during the search for the bombing suspects, not to honor Ms. Lu. |
| This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: | This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: |
| Correction: April 26, 2013 | |
An | An article on Tuesday about charges against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, using information from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, misstated the age of Sean Collier, a police officer on the campus, who the authorities said was killed in an encounter with Mr. Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan. Mr. Collier was 27, not 26. The error also appeared in two articles and a picture caption on Saturday, and in an article on Monday. |