newtown, connecticut, as victims families honor the people lost that day. the sisters of one of the teachers killed in that shooting had requested that moment of silence. it lasted for 26 seconds to honor the 20 students and six faculty members killed when the lone gunman opened fire before killing himself. official and family members issued a call to action on gun control at today s ceremony. a transit police officer who survived a shoot-out with the accused boston marathon bombers is finally heading home from the hospital. he nearly bled to death after that showdown in april. he said he doesn t even really remember the gun fight. but he said he s making progress in the recovery. i m here on a crutches. i can take a few stems on my own. i can walk with a cane. i m better in some regards. the officer said he is looking forward to spending more
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certainly true of the heroes of the watertown police department who stopped the boston marathon bombing suspects in their tracks, and our conversation today, i called them heroes several times, each time each one of them shrugged it off. after 33 years of doing this, here is this moment. do you in that moment ever think i have a duty to my family to survive this, i have to limit my personal risk because we re going to have enough reinforcements come here to eventually get these guys. you can t think like that. my wife and children is not going to want to hear that, my daughter is not going to want to hear that, but you cannot think like that. i mean, this is our job. police officers get paid for what they may have to do, not what they do every day, and that was our job that night. we had to do it. i mean, if not us, who s going
thanks. coming up, the coordinator of an army sexual assault prevention program is tonight accused of abusive sexual conduct. joy reid will join me on that. and the governor of minnesota will join me. later tonight, my exclusive interview with five watertown police officers that stopped the boston marathon bombers terror spree, the officer that shot tamerlan tsarnaev will tell his story for the first time along with other officers that fought for their lives that night against a hail of bullets and bombs. the heroes who stopped the tsarnaev brothers in their tracks right here in watertown will join me tonight in a last word exclusive to tell america their story for the first time. glass on floors. daily chores. for the little mishaps you feel use neosporin to help you heal.
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