nhtsa says it will. ken feinberg has to do this delicate and really, really sad task, chore of putting a value on a human life, and maybe also on injuries that happened inside of the gm cars. there were the 13 deaths and 54 crashes, but ken feinberg has been given a great deal of authority inside gm to make a determination of who is eligible, the scope of this, what they ll be paid, what they ll be compensated for and just what it s going to look like. we ll find out on monday. here are some of the things he s worked on before, the deepwater horizon spill, $20 billion, the $7 billion for the 9/11 terrorist attack and $61 million for the boston marathon bombing. the marathon bombing payout was donations. he was asked to take the voluntary donations and disburse them among the victim s families, $2.2 million for each marathon victim is what he gave, $208,000 for the virginia tech
flowers and messages, most saying we pray for you, we re hear for you, boston strong. there is less people here today of course because people have to go to work, but let me show you just the scope of this memorial. here you see teddy bears and flowers and messages. you see crosses over there with those who lost their lives in the boston marathon bombings. i ll read just a few messages for you so i can emphasize my point. boston strong, prayers and love from kingston, mass. be strong, we love you. here s another one, to the marathon victim, boston strong with a big heart, caitlin. just so much touching let s walk over here. you can see this poster board here is a magic marker left behind so you can write a message. stay strong, boston, love from tom from norway. these poster boards are changed out by volunteers as they go filled up. there were so many messages on the poster board, you almost couldn t read them.
president vladmir putin is using the boston bombings to criticize the united states saying that it proves we were wrong for refusing to declare chechen militants terrorists and for offering them political and financial assistance in the past. the accused bombers are of course of chechen descent. putin also says that the attacks should bring closer security cooperation between moscow and washington to fight terrorism. no doubt any calls from russia will be taken differently in the future. bill: also we re remembering the victims again today and marathon victim who lost both legs, said to be the one who helped identify one of the suspects in the attack is being called a hero yet again, this time for bringing comfort to fellow bombing victim. jeff bauman, visiting sydney corcoran at boston medical center and giving injured teen a gift for the 18th birthday. sydney suffered a near fatal wound in the attack. recovering along with her mother. her family calls jeff s