less on the investigation and trying to return to life before the bombs wept off. today they were consoling each other at memorials near the site of the bombs' blast on boylston street. turning now to cnn's carol costello covering this all day. what's the mood like there today? >> reporter: i think it's safe to say, don, on this beautiful spring day, i think i feel love in the air and coming together and trying to live life as normal. all day long, hundreds, thous d thousands of people leaving messages of love and boston strong. one of the people is shantel. you have a sunflower there. tell me why you came here and wanted to leave the flower behind. >> i wanted to pay respect to all the victims and it's a wonderful city and we're not afraid to come about and come together. as a community. and share. our love. and support for everybody. >> i noticed you picked a sun flower. why did you choose this flower? >> yeah.