Obama in Boston: "They chose the wrong city"
The President of the United States, along with First Lady Michelle, participated in an ecumenical ceremony at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, organized to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings that left three dead and 176 injured. "Yes, we will find them, and yes, you will face justice," said Barack Obama, a Harvard alumnus, during the ceremony, addressing those responsible for the explosions.
247 - US President Barack Obama said in Boston on Thursday that what happened on Monday during the city's marathon "is personal." Two explosions left 3 dead and at least 176 injured. Obama also said he will seek punishment for those responsible, who, according to him, "chose the wrong city."
Obama, along with First Lady Michelle, participated in an ecumenical ceremony at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, organized to honor the victims of the tragedy. "Yes, we will find them, and yes, you will face justice," the American president said firmly.
"We may be momentarily destabilized, but we will rise again. We will move forward," he said. "If they thought they could intimidate us, terrorize us, then it's quite clear now that they chose the wrong city to do it," he warned. The president also said that the injured "will run again," and promised that he would be in the city next year for the next edition of the marathon.
Obama, a Harvard alumnus, highlighted that Boston is known for having "opened its heart to the world," welcoming successive waves of immigrants and students from different corners of the globe to its universities. "Each of us was affected by the attack on this beloved city," insisted the president, who defined Boston as one of the "most iconic" places in the United States.