Sentencing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is slated to return to a federal courtroom Wednesday morning to be officially sentenced to death for the April 15, 2013 terrorist attacks that shook the city.

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"I've wanted to be strong for my daughters while falling apart myself," she says.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:01:59 PM
Has trouble concentrating.
Had trouble getting out of bed.
"My house, daily routine, marriage…wellbeing" turned upside down.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:01:59 PM
Downing also talking about strain in her marriage to a man (who is not her daughters' father) as she is often away tending to them.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:02:30 PM
"I don't have the energy I once have. Constantly worry about Erika, Nicole and Michael (son in law)."
Erika can't resume teaching.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:02:43 PM
Nicole can never go back to be triathlete and personal trainer.
Both daughters can't work.
Their bodies scarred.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:03:13 PM
Downing said neither daughter has been able to return to work, and she fears for their future livelihoods. One daughter lost one leg.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:03:27 PM
Erika's remaining leg is so severely injured she'll use a brace the rest of her life.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:03:39 PM
The jury forewoman, seated near where she was in trial, wipes tears from her eyes.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:03:40 PM
Jahar is just sitting there, as usual, showing nothing.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:04:23 PM
Erika Brannock: had two amputations. One on Boylston Street, then two weeks later at Beth Israel.
Went from below to above knee.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:06:13 PM
Rebekah Gregory was hugging Erika Brannock, in tears, as listened to mom's story.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:06:47 PM
"I have had to struggle with much more."
"I should be a double amputee like Jeff, Celeste and Jessica."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:07:12 PM
One of Downing's daughter - Erica Brannon - now testifying about her above-knee amputation from injuries.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:07:47 PM
"I am not able to teach the age level I treasure so much. I cannot run after my students, or as I refer to them, my babies"
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:07:59 PM
Brannock said she cannot continue as preschool teacher bec. cannot run after them. Had more than 20 surgeries.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:08:11 PM
She has endured 21 surgeries.
Risk for bone disease is high.
Brace on right leg for life.
"I tire easily."
Hard to walk a few feet
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:08:45 PM
"When I have my own children," will not be able to run and play with them.
Longterm financial burden rest of life.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:09:19 PM
Brannon: My mental state is significantly different than it was before the bombing. Has panic attacks. Worried about finances ahead.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:09:28 PM
She couldn't finish her masters.
"I will get on with my life and…what they did will not break my spirit."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:09:49 PM
Jeanne-Marie Parker, was at Forum with her daughters.
Suffer from hearing loss, PTSD
"My wounds are invisible to the eye."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:10:53 PM
"As I watched your aunt, she couldn't talk."
You cried for your aunt.
"You caused her emotional trauma."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:11:32 PM
Jeanne-Marie Parker now speaking. She was w/her 2 daughters at marathon. Her wounds "invisible"& likens to Tsarnaev's aunt who loudly wept

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:12:01 PM
"That was just one person."
"My only hope is that you hold that grief the rest of your life."

#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:12:06 PM
"I haven't seen any indication" of remorse.
I challenge you to write an impact statement.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:12:26 PM
Parker: According to nun, you were remorseful, but I don't see it. I challenge you to express that.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:12:44 PM
Scott Weinberg, physician from Alabama. Runner, suffers from hearing, brain injury.
"I crossed that finish line 3 seconds before."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:13:34 PM
Parker mentions #tsarnaev aunt: "I saw you wipe your tears away because you were the cause of her pain." Asks him to magnify it for everyone

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:13:54 PM
Scott Weisberg, marathon runner and doctor from Virginia,& now suffers from hearing loss &PTSD. Crossed finish line seconds after 1st bomb

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:14:11 PM
"I never thought I would be wearing hearing aids at 43 years old."
Didn't think he'd have to convince others of his wounds.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:14:20 PM
She also challenges him to speak out with a statement of regret. #tsarnaev

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:14:38 PM
Weisberg said never expected wearing hearing aide in his 40s, and convince fellow medical colleagues that his psyche injuries real

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:15:00 PM
Can't use stethoscope on patients.
Was main breadwinner.
Practice struggling to survive.
Getting a divorce.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:15:48 PM
He still can't use stethoscope to hear patients' heart beat. His family med practice has diminished, and he is getting divorce.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:15:58 PM
My spouse cannot grasp the trauma this has inflicted on me and my family.
I life in Alabama, isolated from victims and city.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:16:17 PM
Weinberg, a family physician, can no longer hear body sounds on a stethoscope. #tsarnaev

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:16:46 PM
This doctor exposing how hard going through this marathon trauma. "It's hard going through this process - often alone."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:17:28 PM
Struggles to convince insurance company that he has invisible wounds.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:18:55 PM
Has struggles convincing insurance companies that he has disabilities. "I want people to understand that my injuries are very signific"

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:19:17 PM
"Our voices must be heard, and our injuries are not disappearing. We must not be forgotten by the city of Boston.."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:19:56 PM
Weisberg: "Our voices must be heard and our injuries are not disappearing." and thanks judge for chance to speak

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:20:42 PM
Megan Zipin, got form, asked to explain what happened to her:
"It's nearly impossible to answer that question."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:21:16 PM
"I hope you've read 260 messages…just know your question is too simple and the fight is too complex."
Has permanent hearing loss.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:22:16 PM
Next speaker is Megan Zipin, who was running at Marathon. She speaks of hearing loss and PTSD.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:23:11 PM
Two of her friends waiting for her at finish line were blown up.
"PTSD is a beast I continue to tackle."
Panic attacks.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:23:25 PM
She begins to cry when thinking of friends who came to watch her at the marathon and were injured her in the blast.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:23:40 PM