At the annual Boston Marathon, 282 people were injured and four were killed, including an MIT police officer, when two pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the crowded finish line.
Date of event: April 15, 2013
Related Resources:
- CHDS Alumni Respond: “Boston Strong” Faced Challenges of Marathon Bombings
- Preventing Another Boston Marathon Bombing: Reviewing the Lessons Learned from the 2013 Terror Attack
- After Action Report for the Response to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings
Selected NPS Theses:
- It Is Not Just a Press Conference: The Consequences of Crisis Communication While the World Watches
- Employing the Intelligence Cycle Process Model Within the Homeland Security Enterprise
- Emerging Threat of Domestic Terrorism: A Systematic Review of Evolving Needs, Threats, and Opportunities
- Finding the Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Ways to Distinguish and Deter Lone-Wolf Terrorists
Photo: BOSTON, USA – APRIL 21: Locals and tourists left a lot of mementos and messages of courage at the several improvised memorials of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing along Boylston St. on April 21, 2013. — Shutterstock