Review: Long Mile Home by Scott Helman and Jenna Russell

[khamneithang]

Long Mile Home: Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice by Scott Helman and Jenna Russell, who are reporters for The Boston Globe, is an absorbing, balanced and well-written account which brings back images of the fear and chaos that ruled the city in the immediate aftermath of the attack. However, the Long Mile Home is not just about a city under attack, it is also about hope, courage, determination and justice.

Piecing together valuable information from different sources and from first-person accounts, Scott Helman and Jenna Russell painted the story of a city that refused to cower in fear. When explosives ripped apart the crowds at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, a certain sense of satisfaction must have rubbed into the hearts of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. But it was short-lived. Though the two bombs at the finish line killed three people and wounded more than 260, launching a manhunt that gripped the United States and the world, the dogged fortitude and resilience of the people prevailed.

Many will remember the Boston Marathon for the 26 seconds of silence to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Yet, in a tragic twist to the tale, the race itself came under attack. Long Mile Home: Boston Under Attack, the City's Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice by Scott Helman and Jenna Russell is a compelling story that tells how a community arose as one, stood as one and lived together as one as a result of one sinister plot.