One week after the Boston Marathon Bombs

Ok, so I live in Ipswich Massachusetts. I am a good twenty-five miles north of Boston. But at the same time Boston is my favorite city. Sure that may just be some local homerism, but it's true. Every time I find myself there I am filled with the history and the essence of Massachusetts. I feel that anyone that has been to Fenway Park, the TD Garden, or even Foxboro for a Patriots game, you are a Masshole.

Just over a week ago we were subject to a terrorist attack. I use the word 'terrorist' loosely, though recent news that has come to light has painted these boys as radical Islamist, 'terrorist' can be applied to anyone, domestic or foreign that tries to instill fear into a populace. I don't really know which to call them, but all that matters is that they tried to instill fear into Boston.

Did they steal the sense of Innocence and safety from the public? They did, but only briefly. I say briefly only because a few seconds after the first bomb went off, while everyone had that split second of disorientation, the majority of people shook it off and ran into the smoke and dust not knowing what was going to happen.

Shortly after that the second bomb went off. If the bombs went off together, we probably would be looking at a higher body count. But because the second bomb went off about twelve seconds after the first, most people were scrambling at that point. That in itself may have saved some lives.

But one of the greatest things that I saw from this, after all the repeating of the original few videos is this. After that first bomb went off I saw more people run into the storm than away from it. From first responders that are trained to do so to volunteers that just did as much as they possibly could making tourniquets and splints and literally pinching off arteries to save lives, this city proved that when you tare us down to our essence we are all inherently good. We want to help out fellow man in any way we can. Especially Bostonians.I'd be remiss if I didn't share Stephen Colbert's intro to his show the Tuesday night after the bombing.

He really said it best. The greatest part was at the end when he talked about how this act of terror showed the inherent good of all the people of Boston. Not only the first responders and the Marathon volunteers went to help those injured. Good Samaritans went into the blast zone not knowing what was going to happen next, to help anyone they could find.

These brothers that tried to instill a sense of fear in the people of Boston didn't know who they were messing with. The may have picked a venue that was viewed by millions over the world hoping to show that no one was immune to terrorism. But the way that I see it is that the only thing they truly accomplished was proving that in the face of true adversity, Boston, and human kind don't wilt. We look fear in the eyes, and pardon me for being colloquial, but you don't fuck with that dirty water and "you don't fuck with Boston" as David Ortiz so truthfully put it.

Sleep peacefully Boston. We got him!