Boston Strong: A Nation United

              On Monday April 15th a traumatic event happened on Boylston Street in Boston. Not only was it the day of the Boston Marathon but now a memory that will remain in the minds of all that were there, everyone in Massachusetts, and all Americans. The bombing at the Boston Marathon occurred four hours nine minutes and forty three seconds after the marathon started (2:50 p.m). Three were killed and two hundred and eighty two people were injured. The suspects of the bombing were two brothers; Tamerlan Tsarnaev (26) and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (19).The motive for the bombing was said it was because of their "religion".

               Everyone was horrified by the events. Basically every single news station was reporting on the massacre and talking about what happened. The thought of someone bombing our beloved city was just mind blowing to most Bostonians. No one would ever think that someone would try to harm the city for no reason, especially when it involved so many innocent people that did nothing to deserve it. The three that were killed included Krystle Campbell, a 29 year old restaurant manager from Medford Mass,  Lu Lingzi, a 23 year old Boston University graduate, and Martin Richard, an 8 year old boy from Dorchestor. Who would ever want to kill innocent people and scare an entire nation?

              In my opinion the effort the police put in to catch the two brothers was incredible. They didn't stop until they found them. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed and his younger brother Dzhokhar was found in Watertown, Mass and immediately arrested. The police were brave, fearless and showed how much they cared for our city, Boston. No matter what part of the country you were in the news would be covering the updates of what was happening in Massachusetts. My thoughts throughout the whole time was that I wanted everything to be okay. I just wanted everyone to be okay and the terrorists to get caught and for our city to be safe and peaceful again.

              The scariest thing for me was being in a different state. I was in Florida at the time for school vacation. Immediately when we heard of the incident we were shocked. All week we would watch the news to catch up on what was happening. Not being home was scary, you didn't know if someone you know was there, if they got hurt or anything like that. Going back to the airport to go home was the scariest thing. Security was so overwhelming, they were making sure to check everything carefully and there were a lot more security guards there than when we first left. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get home. It was scary to hear that so many people I knew were there. I feel that even though this is a truly tragic event, it brought our nation closer. Everyone would make posts on social media about how they pray for the victims and their families. I never realized how something so big could impact a whole nation.


                 


               

NHS High School Hockey Team

                In an interview with Connor Russell, a Norton High School Junior who has played hockey for around 12 years, gave some insight on his views about the Norton High School hockey team next year. "It's a good and exciting thing to experience, although I wish it was available to participate in longer since I will only be able to play on it for one year, it's cool to know that it's the start of a new sport for the school that will hopefully stay around like football and baseball." Russell said. Like he said it will be interesting to see how it all works out. Many people worked hard to get a team and now it's possible. "I feel it will be an exciting and fun new sport to add to the school" he said. In any sport you can't be sure what will happen, "I think that the team will do well, but you can't really know for sure." Russell said. When asked about his predictions for the next season and the new team he responded by saying "I can't be totally sure yet, maybe during the season after a couple games or practices, but hockey can be really hard to predict especially the first year the school has a team. I can only hope that it will be successful." This will be a great new experience for the players and for the school to get to watch a new sport, despite the cold rink. "At first, I think the support of the team will be very small, mostly just parents and siblings of the players, but it's new so that's fine." Russell said after being asked about the support of the school. "Personally I'm really excited, playing for the high school will be a good way to bring students together in a sport that they've played their whole lives." Connor Russell said. Hopefully the team will be successful and the team will be able to continue on for a long time.