Blog Post #12- Boston Marathon: An Impact That Might Last A Lifetime

The past week has been a week of sorrow, tragedy and terror for the city of Boston and surrounding areas such as Cambridge that are west of the big city. It all started off as an annual event that is world renown and attended by many called the Boston Marathon. A day where some of the best runners around the world come together to race around the Boston area. This event was enjoyable for everyone from the runners, to the families of the runners, the spectators and people that just come to see this big event. Or at least it was, until this year when a very tragic event happened that was unexpected, an act of terrorism and unknown to everyone. It took many days for the FBI to realize that this was an act of terrorism and probably homemade. Two bombs were set off on the day killing three people including an innocent 8 year old boy and injuring hundreds. The rest of the boys family is in serious condition with the mother losing both of here legs. This event has affected the family permanently and opened their eyes to how being at a big event doesn't necessarily mean that it is safe. From this day on, this family will not only be the ones affected by this tragic accident, the entire western civilization will sleep with "one eye open" for the next while. Security not just in the New England region but in all of North America will become much stricter just like it has been for a decade after 9/11, everyone will be treated equally as if they all have something on them like they are not supposed to. Recently, security has become a bit more relaxed after over 10 years of 9/11, does that mean the same thing will happen now because of the Boston bombings? More defiantly yes. As well, Americans themselves differed greatly in their reactions to the attack. By and large, it’s safe to say that the majority of Americans were mortified and deeply wounded by the events unfolding in Boston. But then government is trying to try to use the bombing as an opportunity to put other such events around the world into perspective. They are arguing that bombings such as this are commonplace in some areas of the world, and that Americans are wrong for not being up in arms over each of those bombings, which are oftentimes more harmful than the ones in Boston. The western civilization is said to be on the verge of collapse. Could this be true? Only time will tell.