And then I saw this big cloud or smoke and my first instinct was to just run across the street and you start helping out. Yes. Mhm. All right. The first bomb had gone off and we knew just by the sheer sound of it and the smoke that it wasn't something that was just a you know, fun explosion of confetti or anything like that. Any response, any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. Uh huh. Yeah. No, please. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm. April 15th 2013 began as normal in boston with runners, fans and families pouring into the city for the marathon. Patriot's Day is more than the race. It's a holiday for the entire state at the finish line on Boylston street, hundreds cheered as runners crossed. Then just before three o'clock an explosion, The another rocked the street, filling the air with smoke and screams. Something just blew up. The bombs killed three people Martin Richard Christy Campbell and Lingzi Lu. More than 200 others were injured in the hours and days that followed every law enforcement officer in the city search for the bombers, identified from photos and security footage as brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, late thursday night at M. I. T. Police officer, Sean collier is shot and killed. Hours later, the brothers steal a car in Austin boston and the surrounding suburbs are on lockdown that night. Police officers tracked down the brothers in Watertown to hear the gunshots and to hear them yelling in the sirens and you could hear walkie isn't just everything. It was very surreal. It was very, very surreal and the chaos Dzhokhar runs over his brother as police tried to arrest him. Tamerlan dies later at the hospital. The younger brother that got away, he ran out of bullets in the gun fight with a cop, pulled the bomb out throughout the cop and exploded in mid air all day friday officers continue to search as the governor orders residents to stay inside if you're alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness. Finally, in Watertown, David, Henneberry goes into his yard and sees Dzhokhar Tsarnaev crouched underneath his boat. Officers move in and arrest him. Those families that lost loved ones. We're suffered injuries to live with the rest of their lives and from neighborhoods that lived in fear for the entire day, we are eternally grateful for the outcome here tonight. The state charge Tsarnaev with dozens of crimes including terrorism charges. The trial began in January of 2015 in Boston. He faced the death penalty if convicted Tamerlan Tsarnaev justice will be in the next world, But for his brother accountability will begin right here in the district of Massachusetts. It took nearly three months to seat jurors for the trial in the spring after 15 days and 11 hours of deliberation, the jury found Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 charges. The judge sentenced him to death. That jury process would end up becoming key to Tsarnaev's appeal. A death penalty case like this rarely ends with the verdict. Tsarnaev's lawyers filed an appeal in 2018 saying the trial was not fair and the Boston jury was bias. Before the first Circuit Court of Appeals, his lawyers argued the trial never should have taken place in the same city as the attack and the jury pool was tainted. The three judge panel ultimately agreed vacating Tsarnaev's death sentence, although they made clear he would stay in prison for the rest of his life to survivors and their families. The decision was wrenching all of the victims and survivors want their testimony to be hurt. The families are also stressed out about this because they're the ones who were there, especially for those who lost limbs and were severely impacted. This is where the Justice Department stepped in and a petition to the Supreme Court, the doj urged the justices to reconsider the First Circuit's decision to reverse the death penalty And that brief, the Doj wrote, given the profound stakes, the first circuit should not have the last word the justices agreed to hear oral arguments during the 2021 session. Now the question before the court is not, should Tsarnaev be put to death. That decision was already made by the jury that convicted him in 2015. What the justices will decide is whether the first circuit was right to throw out the death sentence based on the jury, depending on that decision, Tsarnaev could face another sentencing or if the Supreme Court allows the original judge's ruling to stand, he will be put to death right.