suffer for many, many years. i think that is the only just and reasonable way for this case to be resolved. you mentioned your own personal experience with other people who were victims and families of victims from the boston marathon attack have a range of views. some of them we can report celebrated the death penalty application today. here is a brand-new tweet from a survivor adrian haslet davis. she left her left leg below the knee. she said, my heart is with the entire community, i am thrilled with the verdict, #bostonstrong. opinions coming in from boston and all over the country. stay with us. i m also going to bring in boston globe reporter mike bello. mike, what is your sense of the reaction so far in boston? well i think you know, there s a sense of relief. iç6c this verdict. this event was calamitous for the city. i think a number of people felt
display from survivors like patrick down. he and his wife, jessica, each lost a leg. we would never wish the devastation and pain we have experienced on any of you. adrian haslet-davis also lost a leg. no milestone is too small to celebrate even walking into a nonhandicapped bathroom stall for the first time doing a happy dance. [ applause ] yes, there were laughs as well as defiance. we are boston. we are america. we respond. after the tribute, a moment of silence in the driving rain at the finish line of the marathon at 2:49 p.m., the exact moment those bombs went off one year ago. the first explosion took the life of kristly campbell. 12 seconds later, the bomb that killed lindsay lu and 8-year-old martin richards. the second blast also took the
in the past several days, we ve seen their composure and their courage. we re up all nightline with abc s dan harris. reporter: one of my favorite moments involved adrian haslet-davis who lost a leg a year ago but strolled confidently on stage and made a joke. no milestone is too small to celebrate. even walking into a nonhandicapped bathroom stall for the first time doing a happy dance. yes, here in boston, it s okay to laugh in times of adversity. that s what heather abbot, also a survivor, does when she talks about her four prosthetics. including a waterproof one and one for high heels. i do have some options when it comes to legs. it is amazing to me you have a sense of humor about this. i think you have to. i think it helps other people feel more comfortable with it. and helps me to laugh about it sometimes.
louder than before for the 118th marathon and bet on it. president obama was right. here we are one year later, we re all boston strong and see you on monday. [ applause ] talking about their experiences being caught in the middle of the horrific bombing one year ago today. we heard from the son, david about his experiences and we heard from the father about the strength of boston. we re now about to hear from adrian haslet davis, a ballroom dancer who lost her lower leg. good afternoon. one year ago my husband, major adam davis, had just returned from afghanistan where he was fighting the war on terror uninjured. we talk a long walk into sunny boston and in a matter of seconds, our world was changed
hearts still yearn to acquire. i hope it eases your grief a little bit. as i said, it takes incredible courage for you to be here. i wants you to know you re an inspiration without knowing it to people all across this country who suffered tragedies and going through tragedy. they ll see you, they hear you. they know of you. and the fact that you re here, i promise you, gives them hope that maybe, maybe they can overcome what they are facing right now. it s the one thing i think you vastly underestimate about what you re doing for so many people in dealing with your own grief with such courage. you inspire them and we owe you for just being back. and to patrick and adrian, luis, david and all of the survivors here and elsewhere, you re