i grew up in the community next to dorchester. i knew if there's something they do well, it's come together as a family. we saw it immediately that it was a dorchester boy. we saw it tonight at a vigil. we are seeing the community go from a question of how can i help to how can i heel. >> where do you think the community goes from here? the president will come up and speak at the cathedral. that will be a national event. it will have a national feel to it as well as a local feel. >> i think where it's going now is i'm starting to see the first bits of anger. this is a city that, you know, most of the time i wish it wasn't the case, but we are good at being angry and holding a grudge. you know, boston is famous for being gruff and i think that's where we are going now. there are no answers. there are a lot of questions. not only did they attack the city, attack this country, but they attacked something so special for all of humanity but for the city in particular. the finish line at the boston marathon is a celebration of human ach

it's dorchester, this is who we are. we have a bit of everything here. this is, as you know light years better. it's a place people want to come from from all points of the compass, any other stores around here, it's destination. that family helped make it that way. >> bill is the only member of the family who wasn't injured. there's another son -- >> actually they were all there as spectators, lawrence. they go to the marathon because they are avid runners. this year, bill didn't compete, he was there watching with the kids and denise. i don't know how bill escaped injury. there were other people there from the neighborhood in the same vicinity with lesser wounds. it was such a random thing of who got hurt. martin's injuries were too severe. >> the little girl in the family, what do we know about jane's injuries? >> we know she's lost her leg. beyond that, i'm not sure. >> take it easy. >> i'm not sure. she's lost her leg. >> and what about denise, the mother. >> she has head injury. she's -- her condition has been upgraded. we are optimistic she's goin

that is -- is he representative of a lot of the people you've talked to today in dorchester? >> reporter: yeah, without a doubt. and i think it's helpful. you know, they've seen the people coming and leaving flowers and candles. the people i talked to today were amazed, by some estimates, 1,000 people came to the memorial last night in dorchester and it does help. it helps them to know that people care and that other people are feeling tlear pain. bun little boy in a stroller just turned 3 years old looked at me and said they ran out of candles and his mother said, you know, he's trying to understand what all these people are here for and talking about. and so it does help them that they see so many people just coming. the man you just saw, he drove, then he got on the subway and then he walked with his wife more than an hour to get to that church to pay his respects. >> wow. i want to bring in "boston globe" columnist kevin. thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you, al. >> the stories of heroism by the first responders are nothing short of astonishing. but you write that

two on the marathon route and one at the jfk library in dorchester. that is a neighborhood in boston. okay, multiple casualties is what he said. he said there are a number of parcels that were dropped right as soon as the explosions went off. of course people were panicked. every sing well one of the parcels must be investigated by the bomb squad. he confirmed there had been no warnings in advance, no warnings in advance of this and that the area has been completely activated as part of a response, totally evacuated. we're hearing from many guests who appeerp on this show from the boston area. scott black of delphi

and we really here in dorchester respect privacy. someone tells you they want the privacy in dorchester, you give them privacy. >> we know what they mean. >> we know what they mean. so we give it to them. >> so this is martin's classroom up here. >> yep. this is martin's classroom. third grade. his locker is here. that's his locker. and his time line, there is a picture of him on the beach. this is the classroom. and there's martin's -- here he is. math scores. up to his tens. i don't know if he'll catch jack. but he's pretty up there. martin is doing pretty well. >> yeah. >> pulling a strong second right now. there he is. great classroom. great teachers. you know, good student. quiet kid. you know. quiet kid, strong boston ack is accent. loves sports, loves the bruins. loves the celtics. loves the red sox. really loves dustin pedroia. that's his favorite athlete. >> what is your plan for monday? especially in this classroom? when everyone knows martin is not going to return? >> well, we're going to acknowledge, martin is missing. ma

we grieve for the little boy who we knew from dorchester. bad day for boston, but i think if we pull together, we'll get through it. >> boston's mayor, thomas mannino, speaking of his city's resilience and speaking with me now is massachusetts congressman richard neal. thank you for being with us on a horrific day for your community. tell us what do you know, what briefings are you getting about what happened? we've been told by our own pete williams that we're talking about two bombs, pressure cookers, loaded with some sort of material in backpacks. >> well actually the news accounts over the last 24 hours have gotten much better as you know. i think that the fbi and the boston police department and the state police have done a good job of sorting some of the early data and getting the information out to the public. i thought the governor's position was very helpful. >> what are you hearing from the white house? what help are you getting from them? >> well, you note that the president in his press conference or at least his remarks, indicat

it is 8-year-old martin richers from dorchester, massachusetts. the paper is reporting that his mother and his sister were also severely injured in the attack. his father's name is bill and he's apparently really a representative of the community in dorchester. the paper also reporting that the community gathered together at a local restaurant there last night to grieve the loss of that 8-year-old boy and pull together for the mother and sister at this hour. i want to read our viewers a quote from another communitydorg about the richards family. they are beloved by this community. it is surreal. it is tragic. john? >> there is so much feeling for that family and dorchester is such a tight knit community. all right, poppy harlow, thank you. >>> the fbi is the lead law enforcement agency right now in this bombing investigation. that is in coordination with state and local police. susan candiotti on the very first steps of the investigation. good morning, susan. what are you hearing? >> hi, john. they certainly haven't stopped since all this started.

. >> another individual in dorchester, massachusetts. people are holding banners asking for peace. >> they see the candles and the american flag and it was peaceful but it was also a reminder of how united we are as a neighborhood. >> all around the country not just runners but americans standing united with boston. runners going for a jog to honor the victims. >> we will also learn much more about the three victims. we have a closer look at each person there who lost lives and how their family and friends are remembering them. good morning, molly. >> good morning patti ann and heather. a difficult day for the city of boston. the loss of the three lives all of them had a connection here a 8-year-old boy his name martin richard. he was at the finish line with his mom, dad and his little sister when the bomb blasted. his life was taken his mother and sister remain very bravely injured and the dorchester neighborhood where he lived is completely stunned. they are remembering this little boy feeling a tremendous amount for this family in the

take a look at 8-year-old martin richard of the dorchester neighborhood of boston. that little boy's picture and his face will be emblazoned in all of our minds. a very sweet boy. his mother and sister were two of the people critically wounded in the attack. and there was 29-year-old crystal campbell. a restaurant manager. you heard her mother earlier really unable to even speak. she was so broken by grief in losing her daughter. caring, loving, daddy's little girl. you look at her and realize that person was alive going into a normal day expecting nothing but celebration. and then this happened. and now there's a third victim, boston university graduate student, the one from china, we don't know her

and it's just a horrendous tragedy. >> reporter: this entire community here in dorchester is in shock. now, martin's friends have to cope with the fact that their classmate is not coming home. >> reporter: andres and alejandro went to school with martin. they say they'll miss his sense of humor. >> he used to try to make a sad moment into a funny moment. and then he used to work to make everybody happy again. >> yeah. >> but this, he can't because he's passed away. >> reporter: bill richard asks everyone to continue to pray for my family, as we remember martin. we also ask for your patience and privacy, as we work to simultaneously grieve and recover. in dorchester, massachusetts, adriana diaz, wjz eyewitness news. >> funeral plans for martin are now pending. >> well, tonight, there are more and more videos of the explosions emerging. and our complete coverage continues with mary bubala, live in the newsroom. mary? >> denoose, many-- denise, many specters, along with runners themselves, were carrying cell phones and caught the blast. [ explosion ] >> this amateur video was filmed by r

cnn chief national correspondent and boston native john king joins me from nearby dorchester. what is the latest on the investigation? >> reporter: 25 hours later, still many, many more questions than answers as we talk to several officials. >> can't hear, john. so we're having technical issues with john king. we'll get back to him in a moment as soon as we can get that line fixed. i want to now bring in cnn national security analyst fran townsend. she has some new developments on the possible construction of this bomb. fran, what have you learned? >> jake, federal law enforcement officials confirmed to cnn, now, that this was -- these were, in fact, pressure cooker explosive devices. it was explained to me that these pressure cooker devices necessarily include a circuit board, a timer, but they would not confirm that they had found pieces of those component pieces of the bombs, the circuit board or the timer. this is sort of unfortunate in a way. you remember we've been talking about the actual construction would help them understand who was likely behind the explosion -- the

he's a young boy from dorchester, massachusetts. his name is martin richards. "the boston globe" is reporting that late last night community members gathered at a local restaurant there in dorchester to remember him. his mother and his sister were severely injured. that is what the paper is reporting. they're saying the father's name is bill, that he is a community leader there, that the entire community has come to rally around them to support them. i want to read you a quote, john, from the paper. this comes from one of the other leaders in the community talking about the boy and that family, the richard family saying, quote, they are beloved by this family. it is surreal. it is tragic. and it is tragic beyond words. john? >> you know, it certainly is, poppy harlow. dorchester is a close knit community. poppy harlow at brigham & women's hospital. we'll talk to you in a bit. >>> as we mentioned, the fbi is in charge of this investigation right now, and the agency has its marching orders. president obama promising the nation we will get to the bottom of this. s

a candlelight vigil in the tight knit neighborhood of dorchester for one of their own. a beautiful gap-toothed 8-year-old boy named martin richard, killed at the finish line of the marathon just after getting some ice cream. there is so much love here. >> support and love to help us through. >> reporter: they are dorchester strong and they came out for martin and for his family. who are suffering so much. here, a family facebook photo, his mother denise, recovering now from severe head injuries. his 6-year-old sister jane who lost a leg. his brother henry and his father bill. what does this do for you to be here? >> if it happened to my family, i know they'd be here for me. >> respect. terrible, awful. especially with the mother and the toddler. awful. >> reporter: neighbors dropped off flowers at the martin home. the clock in the center of town was stopped at the moment he was killed. at a park where he used to play, children scrawled "pray for martin." >> when they announced it, i was like, is it this martin? then when i saw the last name i was like yeah. i thought it

on the house in dorchester, boston, friends and neighbors left flowers. we talked to a neighbor who saw bill return home monday night without his son and wife. i said bill, he walked slowly into the house. his friend came over. i said is everything okay? he said, no. martin was the little boy that was killed. i was speechless. i didn't -- i think he probably said something about denise and the little girl -- >> his wife and daughter? >> right. i was in such a state of shock. i didn't hear what he said. i started to cry, i said if there's anything i can do. please let him know i'm here. >> reporter: this is also how martin will be remembered. a boston bruins fan. attending a hockey game at the bruins home ring, the td garden. he will also be remembered like this, a faithful boy who regularly attended church with his family and friendly and smart, too as his school said in a statement. martin was a bright, energetic young boy who had big dreams and high hopes for his future. we are heartbroken by this loss. martin's relatives took to twitter to write about

eight years old, a bright, energetic young boy from dorchester. gary tucker has more on the little boy whose life end wade too soon. >> this is how martin richard will be remembered. the beaming eight-year-old boy holding a sign in a picture taken last year when he participated in a walk to promote peace in inner city boston. the sign declaring, no more hurting people, and the word peace. this is also how he'll be remembered. as a brother and son. martin was attending the marathon with his entire family on monday, the finish line in boston's back bay. his father bill and brother henry on the lower left were not hurt, but his sister denise and his mother jane were seriously injured. his sister, who was a dancer, lost a leg and may lose part of another leg. his father releasing a statement says, my dear son martin has died from the injury sustained in the attack in boston. my wife and daughter are both recovering from serious injuries. we thank our family and friends, those we know and those we have never met, for their thoughts and prayers. i ask t

eight years old, a bright, energetic young boy from dorchester. gary tucker has more on the little boy whose life end wade too soon. >> this is how martin richard will be remembered. the beaming eight-year-old boy holding a sign in a picture taken last year when he participated in a walk to promote peace in inner city boston. the sign declaring, no more hurting people, and the word peace. this is also how he'll be remembered. as a brother and son. martin was attending the marathon with his entire family on monday, the finish line in boston's back bay. his father bill and brother henry on the lower left were not hurt, but his sister denise and his mother jane were seriously injured. his sister, who was a dancer, lost a leg and may lose part of another leg. his father releasing a statement says, my dear son martin has died from the injury sustained in the attack in boston. my wife and daughter are both recovering from serious injuries. we thank our family and friends, those we know and those we have never met, for their thoughts and prayers. i ask t

i want to go next to gary tuchman at a vigil wrapping up in the dorchester neighborhood. gary, tell us about what you've seen. >> the candle light vigil has come to an end, but people don't want to leave just yet. a sense of community and togetherness that's taken place here. and this was an amazing gathering because there were probably about 1,100 or 1,200 people here, this was all word of mouth. people came with their candles and honored the three people who have died so far in this catastrophe. and also, pledged togetherness to the people who have suffered so much. whose loved ones are in the hospital and people who are suffering. we are only about a five-minute drive away from the home of martin richard, the 8-year-old victim, the youngest victim of the terrible bombing yesterday. and that's why it was set up here. but they were here to remember and honor everyone on this very difficult day. people right now just don't want to leave even though it's been over for the last 15 minutes. anderson? >> yeah. and we're going to have more about martin richard, 8 years old, on

newscast. >> here at garvey park, a place where dorchester kids came to play games. a lot of them were here tonight. but there was no fun. >> it is all very sad. i knew he was a good friend and very nice. >> he was at our first communion with us. >> yeah, at our first communion. >> reporter: kind of ruins the vacation doesn't it? >> yeah. >> reporter: a proud show of support for martin richard the 8-year-old killed in the explosion and his wounded family. >> it's horrible. here, you get so choked up, just to see and hear what happen. you sit there and watch this on television. >> they lost their little boy and suffered injuries to their mom and to their daughter physically and to the entire family spiritually and emotionally. >> i cannot imagine that poor father right now what he is going through. >> reporter: earlier today bill richard asked for prayers. tonight he got answers. hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of answers. and the people here promise they won't stop. >> the priest who spoke here tonight said the family priest from saint ann's couldn't be here tonig

. >> reporter: a candlelight vigil in the tight-knit neighborhood of dorchester for one of their own, a beautiful gap-toothed 8-year-old boy named martin richard, killed at the finish line of the marathon just after getting some ice cream. there is so much love here. >> we're here for support and love. that's what we do. >> reporter: they are dorchester strong, and they came out for martin and for his family who are suffering so much. here a family facebook photo, his mother denise recovering now from severe head injuries, his 6-year-old sister jane who lost a leg, his brother henry and his father bill. what does this do for you to be here? >> if it happened to my family, i know they'd be here for me. >> respect. it's terrible, it's awful, especially for the mother and the daughter. it's awful. >> reporter: neighbors dropped off flowers at the martin home. the clock in the center of town was stopped at the moment he was killed, and at a park where he used to play, children scrawled "pray for martin." >> when they announced it, i was like is it this martin, and then when i saw the last

among the dead, eight-year-old martin richard of dorchester, massachusetts. and late today another of those killed was identified. 29-year-old krystle campbell of medford. we've also learned more about the two bombs planted near the finish line. they were filled with nails and ball bearings designed to maim as many people as possible at an event that drew runners and spectators from all over the world. >> this was a heinous and cowardly act, and given what we now know about what took place, the f.b.i. is investigating it as an act of terrorism. >> pelley: terrorism on patriots' day. a massachusetts holiday that celebrates the opening shots of the american revolution known to many in boston each year as marathon day. and we have just received word that the third person killed was a graduate student at boston university, the president of the university posted an announcement a short time ago, but he did not identify the student. there were reports yesterday that one or more unexploded bombs were disarmed. but it turns out there were only two bombs. both of them

is like. >> absolutely. >> you know, charlie, dorchester dorchester, an incredible community of people and these 9-year-old twin boys who played soccer with martin they went to school with martin martin's mom works in the library. this town is really in a lot of pain. >> it reminds me of newtown. the deepest pain is to lose your child. >> to lose a child. i know that community has pulled together. there was a vigil there last night so we wish them the best. >> we also know the name of a second person killed in the attack. krystle campbell was 29 years old. she was cheering on a friend who was in the marathon. i do baylor looks at her life. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. people who new krystle campbell described her as loud and gorgeous and bright red hair and freckles and unafraid to tell people what she thought. this morning her loved ones are not only having to cope with her death but also a mix jum that has compounded their pain. for a few hours on monday krystle campbell's family actually thought she was alive undergoing surgery at massachusetts general hospital.

there is a candlelight vigil being held in his neighborhood of dorchester and tons of people out for that. from washington, we have nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. thank you so much for being with us. it to get to the investigation and what we know, the latest on that, but first, i want to begin with these ricin reports. a letter sent to roger wicker did test positive. how serious should we take this? what are the odds of a false positive? i'd like to get a little context before we start ringing the alarm bell. >> let's understand what the results come from. all mail to the u.s. capitol is sent to an off sight facility where it's tested for all kinds of things. the envelope was found, pulled out of the mail supply and a field test was done. it was also positive, but these tests i must say, are oftentimes wrong. we've had field tests on mail at the capitol that have tested positive for ricin. i remember one at a mail sorting machine that testing positive and it was paper dust from the mail machine. they take the material, they send it to a lab where it's cultured and th

gary tuchman now is live in dorchester with their story. gary? >> reporter: hi, anderson. this house behind me, this gray house, is where the richard family lives. very happy family, very popular, the neighbors speak very highly of them. yesterday, bill richard, the husband of the house, left early in the morning to go to hopkinton to run the race and the other four members of the family, his wife, his two sons, and his daughter went to the prudential center, john hancock building area of boylston street, where the finish line has been for dozens and dozens of years for the boston marathon to wait for the dad to cross. that's when disaster struck for this family. little martin richard, 8 years old, killed when he went to greet his father, after his father finished the boston marathon, should have been a wonderful, unforgettable moment for the family, instead it is unforgettable in a different way. the family released a picture of their little boy. and this picture shows him like lots of other little kids here in new england, a big boston bruins fan, the bruins won the stan

martin richard from dorchester. george? >> let's bring in dr. dave king on the phone. he ran the marathon himself finishing out before the blast. also a trauma surgeon at mass general personally doing surgery on the victims rushed to the er all night long. thanks for joining us. tell us more about the scene at mass general last night. >> thanks for having me, george. i can tell you that the scene at the hospital was a degree of controlled chaos. between all of the subspecialties involved, the emergency department, our trauma team, the operating room and the intensive care unit, our entire team rallied very quickly. we were able to get all the critical patients into the operating room within minutes. largely saving everyone. these operations, though, are generally staged meaning we do them in small pieces instead of one big operation at once so today we're back in the operating room with many of these casualties and will likely be back in the operating room with them over the next several days. >> and many of these victims dealing with injuries to their lower limb, some

. >> joined now by bill foray, managing editor of the dorchester reporter, and kevin globe. this city has never seen a day like this in its history. >> never seen a week like this, lawrence. quite a week. i think you and i talked about this. this is exactly how i thought it would end. >> you sat here each night with 100% confidence there will be arrest, they're going to get them. we didn't spend time talking about it, we just knew that. >> absolutely. but the other thing, i think that the cheering and the release of nervous energy is natural. but as i sit here, i have to think about sean collier, a kid i remember was a civilian at summerville police department, and his dream was he wanted to be a summerville cop. he got on -- i remember he told me he got in the academy, he was all excited, then got on m.i.t. police. he recently learned he was going to be onto several police departments. i hope posthumously that comes out of it, he's allowed to get the other badge. he was a great kid. he was a terrific kid. >> bill, you were texting last night as this news was developing. you

neighbors describe the family as being very active in the community, boston's dorchester neighborhood. >> they're an all american family. three kids, mother, father, used to play outside of the r.all of the time. the kids outside, having a good time. this is just a tragedy. >> someone etched the word peace in chalk on the sidewalk. bill richards thanking family and friends and strangers and asked people to pray for his family. >> right after the blast jammed phone lines prevented people at that site from reaching relatives. >> one man badly injured did get a hold of his mom. she told the story today on good morning america. >> my son called me at 3:00 on my cell phone saying i'm hurt bad and he couldn't save his brother or girlfriend. and he was rushed to the hospital. and we couldn't find my other son for a long time, after. >> paul norton both survived but each lost a leg below the knee. paul's girlfriend suffered burns and all three standing next to martin richards, the 8-year-old boy killed in the attack. >> "sports illustrated" featuring the other side of the attack the quick res

it is definitely not over in dorchester and places like that and cambridge and watertown tonight. we have families who have to bury dead and it is certainly not over in my book. i just learned tonight about a woman, talk about immigrant experience, haitian woman, haitian immigrant who lost her leg on monday. we just learned about it tonight. >> we are learning every day about somebody we know we didn't know was in the hospital. i found out a kid of one of our friends in my hometown got hit with a ball bearing. he's in the hospital, the poor kid. >> 31-year-old and husband on the phone before the arrest saying i hope they get this guy alive. >> so many things happened today that were news worthy to the point of deserving an entire program themselves. including i just want to go back to this lockdown that we lived through today. i started to think, have we ever had anything like it, blizzard of '78, i got trapped here with of father. we were stuck in town. we couldn't get home. lot of people couldn't get home, sleeping in offices. things like that. there was no movement for a couple

the dorchester neighborhood of boston. the home of the 8-year-old young boy, to richard, who was killed while he was at the finish line waiting and watching for his father finishing the race. the second victim, crystal campbell has been identified by authorities. authorities now say that the third victim killed in those boston marathon bombings is a graduate student at boston university. no name has been reased pending notification of next of kin. ere are a lot of unknowns, of course, about this bombing, this terrorist act less than 24 hours after those two bombs exploded, three current and former congressman embarrassed tmselves in a display of petty partisan politics. we want to introduce them to you here tonight. one of them is house minority whip. during his weekly pen and pad brieng, he argued that the boston marathon terrorist act is proof that the sequestered cuts should be ended. obviously unaware that the pentagon has furughed exactly zero civilian workers. absolutely zero. and defense officials may drop the furlo

i used to cover boston, the dorchester area. it's a close community. >> it is. >> a close-knit community. i can only imagine outside of that home what the neighbors are also feeling as well. such a tragic situation. >> what the right thing to do is to comfort somebody in that situation, it just defies belief. >> talking about the chaos and the carnage but also recognizing people who came to aid of victims, the heros. talking about the first sponsers. here's how one of the runners put it. >> the first responders were great. you see on the video now all of the guys jumping over fences trying to help out. people activated immediately. whether they were volunteers or boston police. >> dozens of people are fighting for their lives right now. among the 176 people treated for injuries, 17 are now in critical condition. >> that number just grew and grew. 41 are in serious condition. dr. san jay gupta joins from boston. one of the most horrible aspects of the story the number of people who lost limbs in this explosion. two brothers, in f

this is in dorchester. it was planned just a few hours in advance. most of them heard about this through word of mouth. i'm going to bring in adam, who knows about all of the ways that boston comes together, you're editor of the universal hub, right? it's how people in boston help stay informed right? >> right, boston is a very active community on twitter, and somebody set up boston help within a couple hours of the explosion to try to coordinate help for the runners that could not get back to hotels, no place to change, no place to use a phone. thousands of people found the resources on a spreadsheet on google. that's an example of how the community can really help. >> as i stand here, it's eerie for me to hold this top to the pressure cooker, it's kind of jarring and scary to realize that someone would have the capacity to just go into a store to purchase something like this and cause this much destruction and heart ache in your city. >> right, you have been able to do this for a long time. timothy mcveigh used common fertilizer. this is not the en

our prayers are with the richard family of dorchester. to denise and young daughter jane as they fight to recover. and our hearts are broken for 8-year-old martin with his big smile and bright eyes. his last hours were as perfect as an 8-year-old boy could hope for with his family eating ice cream at a sporting event. and we're left with two enduring images of this little boy forever smiling for his beloved bruins and forever expressing a wish he made on a blue poster board. no more hurting people. peace. no more hurting people. peace. our prayers are with the injured. so many wounded, some gravely. from their beds some are surely watching us gather here today. and if you are know this, as you begin this long journey of recovery, your city is with you. your commonwealth is with you. your country is with you. we will all be with you as you learn to stand and walk and, yes, run again. that i have no doubt you will run again. [ applause ] you will run again. because that's what the people of boston are made of. your resolve is the greatest r

about 1,000 people gathered in dorchester, massachusetts, to remember 8-year-old martin richard. he was the youngest victim. >> i have a 8-year-old son myself who was out there that day right before it happened, and i sympathize for the parents that are going through such a situation. >> reporter: 29-year-old krystle cambell was also killed. her mother is still in shock. >> you couldn't ask for a better daughter. i can't believe this happened. >> reporter: the third person killed was a boston university grad student. president obama arrives here tomorrow morning. these type of pressure cookers bombs are popular with terrorists in pakistan, afghanistan and india and used in the attempted bombing in times square in 2010. susan mcginnis, back to you. >> we know it's going to take a long time to go through all the video and those thousands of photos that people sent in. the fbi says of course someone knows who did this. are they any closer to finding a suspect? >> reporter: as far as suspects, there was a saudi man who was being looked as a -- as -- as recently as yesterday and there

at their home in dorchester, candles burn, and the word "peace" scrawled on the sidewalk outside the house. martin's relatives grieving online. cousin tweeting "i love you martin, you'll be in my mind forever and ever." his aunt, martin, you're the sweetest, funniest boy, i'm going to miss you so much but now you're an angel. martin's mother is out of surgery. his little sister, in the first grade, is still in the hospital. we can only assume his dad, bill, is okay physically. but we know he's much loved and active in the community. the dorchester reporter says richard's family is, quote, deeply involved in all facets of life in door chester from from little league, to the church st. ann's parish in neponset. >> that little boy's face, his smile, that picture of him in his communion suit, tough see what was lost. a situation that certainly would have been worse. that's perspective tough to take when we've had loss. we know, sanjay, people still in there. we know it is not over yet. words like serious, critical. what do they mean? what is up in the air? >> reporter: well, you know, in

and it's just a horrendous tragedy. >> reporter: this entire community here in dorchester is in shock. and now martin's friends have to cope with the fact that their classmate is not coming home. >> reporter: andres went to school with martin. they say they'll miss his sense of humor. >> he used to try to make a sad moment into a funny moment. and he used to work to make everybody happy again. but this, he can't. because he's passed away. >> reporter: bill richards scg asks everyone to continue to pray for my family as we remember martin. we also ask for your patience and privacy awheeze work to simultaneously grieve and to recover. >> the richard family had just gone to get ice cream before returning to the area near the finish line. >>> well, out of the tragedy and the chaos come the stories of the heroes who ran to help. and kai is in the newsroom, with one special story. kai? >> that's right. witnesses say as soon as the blast happened, the bystanders ran toward the explosion, to help those who were hurt. among the form good samaritans, joanne drowsy. this photo has been buzzing a

adriana diaz reports for wjz, from dorchester, massachusetts. >> reporter: flowers and a candle rest on the richards' family front porch in massachusetts. martin richards was just 8 years old, when a bomb on a boston street ended his short life. he was standing near the finish line when the boston marathon explosions went off. the boy's mother and little sister were badly hurt. in a statement, martin's father, bill richards says, my dear son martin has died from the injuries sustained in the attack on boston. my wife and daughter are both recovering from serious injuries. we thank our family and friends, those we know and those we have never met, for their thoughts and prayers. >> they're your all-american family. >> jane sherman say neighbor. >> they used to play outside all the time, the kids had a good time. and it's just a horrendous tragedy. >> reporter: this entire community here in dorchester is in shock. and now, martin's friends have to cope with the fact that their classmate is not coming home. >> reporter: andres and alejandro went to school with martin. they say they'll m

. >> from dorchester. >> from dorchester. i had a chance to visit with them just three of us quietly if the hospital today. and for them, and all the victims, my heart just goes out. >> good luck, governor. thanks so much for sharing a few moments with us. we'll stay obviously in close touch. >> thank you. >> boston, massachusetts, will be resilient. >> we absolutely will. we'll stand tall. we're going to have a great marathon next year. and we're going to heal between now and then. >> and you're encouraged by the latest developments in the investigation? >> i am. >> that eventually sooner rather than later, we will find a killer or killers? >> eventually. i hope it's sooner rather than later. like i said, i'm going to -- when i was traveling with my grandparents as a kid, and, you know, i'd say, are we there yet? are we there yet? my grandmother would say, we'll be there when we get there. you know, in the context of this investigation, we'll be there when we get there. >> we used to say that as soon as we were pulling out o

our prayers are with the richard family of door chester -- dorchester. to denise and their young daughter jane as they fight to recover, and our hearts are broken for 8-year-old martin with his big smile and bright eyes. his last hours were as perfect as an 8-year-old boy could hope for. with his family eating ice cream at a sporting event. and we're left with two enduring images of this little boy, forever smiling for his beloved bruins and forever expressing a wish he made on a blue posterboard. no more hurting people. peace. no more hurting people. peace. our prayers are with the injured, so many wounded -- some gravely -- from their beds some are surely watching us gather here today, and if you are, know this: as you begin this long journey of recovery, your city is with you, your commonwealth is with you, your country is with you. we will all be with you as you learn to stand and walk and, yes, run again. of that i have no doubt. you will run again. [applause] you will run again. [applause] because that's what the people of boston are made of. your

. >> in dorchester? >> yeah. and it is -- as you know, the mood out there is quite grim and down. what can you tell us about denise, the mother's injuries? and her daughter has lost a leg, we know that. >> that's right. her daughter was in surgery today. i visited with both mom and dad. mom was out of surgery from yesterday and doing well. obviously tired, both -- >> was she able to speak? >> yes. >> she has a head injury, doesn't she? >> i don't want to get into the details of her injury. we did talk and she was -- you know, she's feeling all those layers of emotion, both a sense of loss and the importance of rallying for henry and jane and for bill and for herself. >> do they have a sense of how the country, not just boston, feels about their loss in particular? >> that's a really interesting question. >> there's a feeling that goes to the youngest victims in these cases. >> i think they have a very, very clear sense of how martin in particular but the family generally has become a symbol for what has happened and kind of a touch point for all of our grief and i think they love