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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"PTSD is a beast I continue to tackle," Meghan Zipin says, describing unseen wounds.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:24:59 PM
She had a job earning more than $100 ,000 , but couldn't return to it after the blasts. "I know I will suffer from PTSD forever."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:25:11 PM
She accepted a job for 100K as a 2013 grad, but had to leave job after bomb.
"I know I will live a life steeped in gratitude."

#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:25:49 PM
Adds bomb "will not define me." RT @MiltonValencia "PTSD is a beast I continue to tackle," Meghan Zipin says, describing unseen wounds.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:25:59 PM
"I'll be a better mother and my husband will be a better father because we will show our children all that's good in the world."
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:26:15 PM
Imagine a dandelion that turns to puffy flower. Blow on it and the seeds go everywhere.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:27:05 PM
She said her marriage has been strained due to the trauma. Still, she wants people to know she is also grateful for all given to her

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:27:15 PM
"I came to the first two days of the trial…the defendant, he sat there blank. I realized, I'm alive, and he's already dead."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:27:37 PM
Zipin: "I've alive and the defendant is already dead."

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:28:00 PM
"I'll eat pizza, I'll go to yoga. He'll go back to his cell."

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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:28:21 PM
Joanne Hantel, marathoner.
Was 10 feet from first bomb.
Broken fingers, ruptured eardrum, TBI.
Has difficulty remembering,
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:29:06 PM
Johanna Hantel, a runner, is now speaking. #Tsarnaev has so far shown no visible emotion, similar blank look from hearing prev victim testmy

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:29:31 PM
Easily confused. Feel tired all the time. Mood changes. Crazy sleep patterns. Constant headache.
Easily startled.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:29:49 PM
Zipin came at beginning of trial, saw no remorse, but thought: "I'm the one who is alive, and the defendant is already dead."

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:30:00 PM
"Because of this horrific act, I can no longer qualify" for marathon.
Naively thought my injuries would heal.
"A nightmare."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:30:43 PM
Hantel speaks of her many injuries, including hear loss and trauma. "This trauma and sentencing has not been healing for me"

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:31:31 PM
I blame myself, that this was somehow my fault.
This has not been healing for me.
I do not believe in closure.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:31:38 PM
"I have come to peace with Mr. Tsarnaev."
"If I have to crawl, I will continue to run Boston each year, even if I don't qualify."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:32:06 PM
"There will be four angels along Boylston street, waiting for me to finish."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:32:26 PM
"God bless the city of Boston and the United States of America…I'm so very proud to be an American."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:32:58 PM
Hantel: If I have to crawl, I'm going to the Marathon. Four angels waiting for me. Good will triumph. God bless city of Boston & USA

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:33:19 PM
Hantel statement now over, and court is now in a brief recess

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:33:40 PM
Judge taking quick break. #tsarnaev handcuffed at defense table, a new protocol.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:34:14 PM
One way today's survivors' testimony differs from trial's is more on "invisible" injuries, includg emotional scars & impact on relationships

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:49:14 PM
#tsarnaev brought back into courtroom, in handcuffs.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:49:17 PM
#Tsarnaev back in court & huddled w/def attorneys, Clarke, Conrad and Bruck. Tho' legal experts predict no, still question if he will speak

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:50:53 PM
#Tsarnaev has option to address the court today, without fear (as in trial) that his statements could be cross-examined by gov't.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:53:54 PM
Judge has returned to courtroom, and next speaker is Jennifer Maybury, Jeff Bauman's aunt. She recalled Bauman's pix, his holding raw leg

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:55:32 PM
Aunt of Jeff Bauman, Jennifer Joyce Mayberry, "trauma on our whole family."
Took off 3 mos. of work to help Jeff and his mom.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:56:42 PM
Maybury took off three months of work to help Bauman and his mother to help with all his treatment & needs. Maybury suffers from anxiety

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:57:17 PM
Took pills for anxiety. First time ever.
"It provokes such pain. I worry every day about Jeffrey."
He's still in pain.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:57:23 PM
Jeff Bauman aunt Jennifer Joyce Maybury speaking of ripple affect on whole family.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 3:57:43 PM
"This is a tragedy that you caused my nephew Jeffrey."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:57:48 PM
Maybury talks about the trauma to her nephew's life: "Will he ever be the same? Will our family?"

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:57:50 PM
Jennifer Kauffman, "My first time attending the Boston marathon."
Was at finish line with friend waiting for friend's son.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 3:59:10 PM
Was standing near Krystle Campbell and Karen McWatters.
"It was absolutely horrifying."
She got abdominal injury.
Neck and back.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:00:10 PM
Next speaker is Marathon spectator, Kauffman & "horrifying" scene she observed. She suffered abdominal & leg injuries, hearing loss, PTSD.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:01:02 PM
#tsarnaev surrounded by three lawyers looking at victim mic. He is looking away.

by Milton Valencia via twitter 6/24/2015 4:01:22 PM
Nerve damage to left ear, spent 15 mos. going to doctors and practitioners. Has PTSD, fitness has declined.
Has pain every day.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:01:33 PM
Was successful, fit businesswoman.
Since, has struggled to feel safe and secure. Doesn't trust people the same.
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:02:23 PM
Kauffman now talking re: impact on her job and "afraid to sleep" and suffers nightmares. Court proceedings triggered more nightmares.

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:02:45 PM
"I was literally afraid to sleep."
Still has nightmares.
Very upset and discouraging.
Flashbacks.
#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:02:51 PM
"On the outside, I look normal."
Relationships with friends and family have suffered.
"I no longer socialize like I used to."
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by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:04:25 PM
Kauffman: I may appear fine, but not fine inside. Relationships altered. Lost friends. I didn't lose limb so people don't understand my loss

by Patricia Wen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:04:39 PM
For 8 years, owned coaching and consulting business.
After bombing, let go of clients and lived off savings for 15 mos.

#Tsarnaev

by Kevin Cullen via twitter 6/24/2015 4:05:03 PM