Blog #1

In the Los Angeles Times, Michael A. Memoli has written an article about Vice President Joe Biden, saying a few words about the suspects and the victims. He begins by stating that the terrorists have seen over and over again that the American people are not afraid and are heroic, especially the ones in Boston. At the memorial service on Wednesday for the police officer who was killed because of the attack Sean Collier, Biden spoke on behalf of the heroic police officer, and said that the two terrorists Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev  were cowards. He makes it clear to all listening that the American people are not intimidated and that we will not bend for anyone. The memorial service had thousands of people, police officers, there were speeches, silence at times when needed, bagpipes and music from Boston native James Taylor, and a flyover by police helicopters. Rob Rogers, Sean Colliers' brother said that he loved law enforcement, and would have loved to have seen the arrests of the criminals. "He was born to be a police officer, and he lived out his dreams," Rogers said(LA Times). John DiFava, said that he felt betrayed by the society they try so hard to protect. However he was honored to have such an amazing officer working with him, one whose goal was to prevent issues from becoming problems. MIT's president  L. Rafael Reif, said that many students wrote notes for Colliers memorial service, some about him, and one in particular caught his eye, and it said that out of uniform it was as if Sean Collier was a student, because he blended in so well with the geeky style of the students. "He truly was one of us," Reif said(LA Times).