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thank you very much. >> thanks. >> heather abbott. her spirit is so strong. fund has been set up to help pay for heather's recovery and the prosthetic devices she's going to need for the rest of her life. to make a contribution, go to gofundme.com back slash heather abbott. find that link plus links to other victims' funds on ac360.com. >>> coming up tonight, new information about an unsolved triple murder case back from 2011. one of the victims was a close friend of tamerlan tsarnaev. now investigators are looking closely at the case for any possible connection. >>> welcome back. we're live in boston tonight. investigators in massachusetts are taking a new look at an unsolved murder case from back in september of 2011 in light of what they're hearing about the dead bombing suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev. three people were killed back then in september of 2011, including tamerlan's friend and sparring partner. the district attorney said at the time that it was not a random crime, that the victims and killers appear to have known each other. there were never any ar

. >> heather abbott was one of the lucky ones who was visited by first lady michelle obama who gave heatherpresidential challenge coin. >> she talked about the fact that she typically only gives this certain coin out to military personnel who are injured, and she actually gave one to me. so that was really nice. >> heather abbott is one of 264 injured in the bombings. 31 victims remained hospitalized. one is in critical condition. at least 14 have had limbs amputated. and, of course, three were killed at the scene of the bombing. last week massachusetts governor deval patrick and menino announced a fund to help the victims. the fund has received over $23 million in donations. that fund will be administered by kenneth feinberg, who has become something of a specialist in this tragic field. he oversaw the dispersement of funds for the victims of the he september 11th terrorist attacks. he served in the same capacity for the victims of the virginia tech massacre, the bp oil spill, and the aurora, colorado movie theater massacre. joining me now, kenneth feinberg. thank you very much for joining

. >> reporter: it wasn't so much what heather abbott lost on marathon monday that captivated those whoft foot and part of her leg amp hitted. >> it's something i wouldn't wish upon myself or anyone else, it's really not as bad as i thought it could have been. i really think i'm going to be able to live my life in a normal way eventually went i get a prosthesis. >> reporter: from her hospital bed, the 38-year-old recounted the moment the first bomb explode exploded. she just left the red sox game and was entering the boston marathon finish line with her friends. >> i remember turning around and looking and seeing smoke and people screaming. it immediately reminded me of 9/11. i was on the ground. everyone was running for the back of the bar, to the exit. i felt like my foot was on fire. i knew i couldn't stand up. and i didn't know what to do. i was screaming somebody please help me. >> this is who saved her, former linebacker matt chatham. >> she was losing an incredible amount of blood. i could still see her face. >> with her consent, doctors removed her leg from just below the knee.

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heather abbott shared her story yesterday. nsey davis brings us abbott's remarkable outlook. >> reporter: it wasn't so much what heather abbott lost on marathon monday that captivated those who heard her story it was her smile, her optimism, three days after having her left foot and part of her leg amputated. >> although it is something that i certainly wouldn't wish upon myself or anyone else, you know it is really not as the bad as i thought it would, could have been. >> reporter: from her hospital bed, the 3-year-old from rhode island recounted the moment the first bomb exploded. just left the red sox game entering a bar near the finish line with her friends. >> i remember turning around, looking seeing smoke and people screaming. and i -- it immediately reminded me of 9/11. i was on the ground. everyone was running to the back of the bar to the exit. and i felt like my foot was on fire, i knew i couldn't stand up. and i didn't know what to do. i was just screaming, somebody please help me. >> reporter: this is the man who h

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. >> reporter: 38-year-old heather abbott was caught in the explosion. >> i felt like my foot was on fire. >> reporter: doctors amputated one leg below the knee. abbott says she isn't thinking about the suspects who hurt her. for now she says she's focused on heeling. >>> martinez boy injured in the boston bombing returned to the attacks. he visited the location of the second bomb on boylston street. he'd been waiting for his mother. he is staying nearby for further treatment. >> still a little hard to do things i used to. >> aaron carried with him this cap and this pin here was given to him by a boston police officer who took it right off his uniform. >>> in the wake of the boston attacks it's more important than ever to address safety for passengers and employees. board of directors meeting, bart police chief presented more than a dozen safety proposals. they included signing more officers to problem stations. giving officers better training to deal with the mentally ill. >> we're not immune to things like mentally ill people, violent criminals, that sort of thing. we're looking an

one of the survivors of the bombing, heather abbott of rhode island, who lost part of her left leg said the support from the hospital and even total strangers has been uplifting. >> i'm sure at some point i'll be interested in the details and have an opinion about the individuals that did this. but i just haven't let my mind go there at all. >> nbc's pete williams reporting. >>> just in time for the weekend, sequester-fueled flight delays could be over. the house expecting to approve legislation ending those furloughs for air traffic controllers after the senate approved the measure last night. nbc's tracie potts has details from washington for us. tracie, good friday to you. people want to ask this, how soon would the solution take effect? >> reporter: possibly as early as this weekend so maybe you don't have to sit around for one, two and three hours like people did earlier this week. the senate unanimously approved this last night. every democrat and republican voting to shift $253 million from one part of the faa budget to another, money that had been planned for airport improvement

heather abbott, a 38-year-old woman from rhode island recounted her experience and her choice to have lower leg amputated. doctors had tried to save her foot for nearly a week. abbott had come to boston on the day of the bombings to watch a red sox game. she was standing in line to get into a bar near where the second bomb went off >> it blew a bunch of us into the bar. i suppose it hit me because i was the last one. i was on the ground. everybody running to back of the bar. i felt like my foot was on fire. i knew i couldn't stand up. i didn't know what to do. i was just screaming somebody please help me. and i was thinking who is going to help me? i mean everybody else is running for their lives. and to my surprise and from what i'm learning, i'm kind of just learning how i was sort of rescued out of there, there were two women and two men involved in helping me get out of bar and into an ambulance. you can't sit there and say what if. what if i arrived five minutes later or five minutes earlier, or what if i decided not to go to the game this year. i think i did that for a little wh

one of the survivors of the marathon bombing, heather abbott is speaking for the very first time. listen in. >> next question. yes? >> could you talk a little about that process of seeing -- i read [ inaudible ] could you talk about that decision making process for you? >> the question is, could you talk a little about the decision making process to amputate? >> well, the doctor gave me the rundown as did several other doctors on the choice i had. and basically, it was whether to keep my leg, my foot, actually is where the injury occurred or to amputate sort of below the knee. and it was a difficult decision. when i weighed the pros and cons, i think this was the best option for me. dr. bloomen explained to me that if i kept my foot, it was very badly mangled. it would probably most likely never fully heal or be functional. it would likely be shorter. one of my legs would likely be shorter than the other and i wouldn't be able to live the lifestyle that i did prior to the injury. so although the prosthetic will be something that i'll have to get used to, i think i have a better ch

others they knew well, quite well, like julie's friend heather abbott. >> she's actually in the hospital right now. she was getting surgery today. they were trying to reattach her foot. >> all of it is so traumatic, but to have somebody you know, have a friend of yours almost have -- >> you feel guilty. >> you feel guilty? >> uh-huh. >> why would you feel guilty? >> i'm thinking that she's there to see me. >> reporter: forum became a makeshift triage center, aiding and comforting the wounded was the only concern. >> you talk about like what people did to help and you say like were we bandaging up the injuries and stuff like that. and my most enduring image is our bartender, he was sitting on the floor. and he had an injured woman's help on his lap. and he was just stroking her hair, comforting her. and that to me was all she needed. in a horrible time, it was a beautiful thing to see. just something so simple. >> what makes you say i'm staying here, i'm going to help these people? >> i think it's just human nature. it's the nature of the people that work at forum. it's the nature of a lo

one of the survivors of the bombing, heather abbott of rhode island who lost part of her left leg said the support from the hospital and strangers has been uplifting. >> i'm sure at some point i will be interested in the details and have an opinion about, you know, the individuals that did this. but i just haven't let my mind go there at all. >> reporter: ten days after the bombing, 32 survivors remain in boston-area hospitals, one of them in critical condition. brian? >> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thank you. >>> another big story we are following tonight. the u.s. intelligence community now believes chemical weapons have been used in syria. president obama has previously said that would be crossing a red line for the assad regime. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski is traveling with defense secretary hagel in the middle east where he learned more about this today. >> reporter: after two years of syria's bloody civil war, the obama administration inched ever so slightly today toward u.s. military intervention. secretary hagel speaking for the white house

. >> reporter: the force of the second explosion blue heather abbott into a boylston street bar. >> my foot felt like it was on fire. and i wouldn't look at it, though. >> reporter: you wouldn't look at it because you didn't want to know how badly you were injured. >> right. >> reporter: but it was dr. eric blueman's job to tell her, an orthopedic surgeon at bringham and women's hospital. how badly damaged was heather's foot? >> it was extensively damaged, boyne bone, joint, cartilage, ligament, there was loss of each of those. >> reporter: abbott was given a choice, live with he is vore pain and limited use of her foot or amputation. how difficult is it for you to tell someone that they're going to lose a limb. >> i think that happens fairly rarely that we tell them that there is no way that we can save this limb. much more frequently it's a decision-making process that we go through. >> reporter: and your priority, obviously, is to save their life. but i would guess second is to give them the best possible life. >> sometimes saving the limb is the best choice. and other times it's no

and one of the survivors of the bombing, heather abbott of rhode island, who lost part of her left leg, says the support from he hospital and even total strangers has been uplifting. >> i'm sure at some point i will be interested in the details and have an opinion about the individuals that did this, but i'm -- i just haven't let my mind go there. >> nbc's pete williams reporting. as the investigation continues, more victims are being released from the hospital. this morning 32 people remain in six boston area hospitals. that's down from a high of nearly 200 in the immediate aftermath of the attack. at least one of those patients is described as critical and three more are in serious condition. >>> just in time for the weekend, sequester-fueled flight delays could be over. the house is expected to approve legislation ending furloughs for air traffic controllers after the senate approved the measure last night. nbc's tracie potts has all the details live from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's re-emphasize. the senate unanimously approved it. every single

. >> our best to heather abbott. from the white house to capitol hill. a consensus seems to be building that the syrian government has crossed a red line. intelligence reports suggest the assad regime used chemical weapons in the silver war ravaging parts of syria. not long ago, the u.s. vowed intervention should syria wage chemical attacks. so what do you think? how should america respond? you can weigh in on the facebook page or tweet us at "nightline" or at jujuchangabc world news now is coming up with breaking news. as always, we're on line at abcnews.com. 6 >> breaking news in san jose where a huge fire is burning one of the oldest buildings in the city. >> good evening. >> i'm carolyn. happening on south first in sanoys:q near 280. let's get right to lisa for the very latest. lisa? >> the fire started just before 9:30 tonight. firefighters got here in just 4 minutes. take a look behind me. when they arrived though they saw lots of flames and smoke coming out of every window of the building. firefighters also had another major challenge to deal w.po

boston bombing victim heather abbott is speaking out about the day that changed her life forever.her and her friends have a tradition, they go to the boston red sox game on patriots day each year, happens late morning, then they go on to a bar where one of their friends works. >> when we got there, we were standing in line outside waiting to get in. the bouncer was checking peoples' i.d.s and i was the last of the three of us in line. and as we were standing there, a loud noise went off and i remember turning around and looking and seeing smoke and seeing people screaming, and i immediately -- it immediately reminded me of 9/11, something i'd seen on tv. and it just all happened so quickly that when i turned around, the second blast had already happened and it blew a bunch of us into the bar. and i suppose it hit me because i was the last one. i was on the ground, everybody was running to the back of the bar, to the exit, and i felt like my foot was on fire. i knew i couldn't stand up, and i didn't know what to do. i was just screaming, somebody please help me, and i was thinking,

this evening 38-year-old heather abbott, who was blown right off the sidewalk, tonight she's an amputeelisten to her remarkable outlook. >> i felt like my foot was on fire. i knew i couldn't stand up. and i was thinking, who is going to help me? everyone is running for their lives. if someone had told me that i was going to have half a leg basically, before this happened, i think i would have never believed it. >> reporter: but today, while still in that hospital, she revealed true bravery for the road ahead. >> you can't sit there and say, what if? what if i arrived five minutes later or five minutes earlier? if i didn't have the support system in my family and friends that i do, i think i would be devastated. i don't think i would have a positive outlook, but it's so hard for me to focus on anything negative, because they're always around. >> reporter: and there was more humor, when trying to remember that visit from mrs. obama. >> i was under the influence of a lot of medications. [ laughter ] so i wish i remembered it better. she talked about the fact that she typically only gives t

. >> that is heather abbott. much more from her and her decision to have her leg amputated as special coverage from boylston street in the heart of copley square continues after this quick break. >>> welcome back to continuing coverage of the marathon bombings and really boston moving forward. i'm brooke baldwin here in boston. >> and i'm tapper. this is the makeshift memorial that appeared in copley square in the heart of the back bay neighborhood in boston. people dropping off flowers, boston red sox baseball hats, photographs, messages, running shoes. it is a very moving tribute to walk through. >> yeah, boylston street, we have been here two weeks and really eerie as this was all shut down, police calling this the most complex crime scene they have ever seen. here we go, wednesday morning in the middle of the night, police believed barricades and we have boyleston street back up and running, seeing traffic, buses headed down the street with boston strong signs and the explosion site just a block away. >> a bl

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others they knew well, quite well, like julie's friend heather abbott. >> she's actually in the hospitalwas getting surgery today. they were trying to reattach her foot. >> all of it is so traumatic but to have somebody you know, have a friend of yours must have -- >> you feel guilty. >> you feel guilty? >> uh-huh. >> why would you feel guilty? >> i'm thinking she is there to see me. >> reporter: forum became a makeshift triage center, aiding and comforting the wounded. >> bandage up the injuries and my most enduring image is our bartender. he was sitting on the floor and he had an injured woman's head in his lap and he was stroking her hair and comforting her and that to me is all she needed. in a horrible time, it was a beautiful thing to see. something so simple. >> what makes you say i'm staying here. i'm going to help these people. >> i think it is human nature. the nature of the people that work at the forum. it's the nature of a lot of people from boston. it is you see someone hurting and you want to help. >> reporter: an instinct so strong that even when they were ordered to leav

another victim, heather abbott found hope in a bedside visit from someone she did not know. >> if someoned me that i was going to have half a leg at the age of 38 before this happened, i think i would have never believed it. i think i would have been devastated and i really haven't had a moment yet of being devastated because i've gotten so much support from the hospital. i mean, the hospital's brought in individuals who are in the same situation as i am, they live normal lives, they were able to tell me about that, which has been great. >> we've heard so many inspiring stories this week. including the story victoria who suffered life-altering injuries. she left the hospital this week. she's already on the road to recovery and ready to get back to normal life. >>. >> i want to go and have a home-cooked meal. i want to see my pets. i want to sleep in my own bed. >> earlier this week, victoria had an emotional reunion with the stain injuries who risked their lives to save hers. >> thanks for seeing us. >> thank you. >> they saved my life. you saved my life. otherwise, i would have bled out

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like julie's friend, heather abbott. >> she's actually in the hospital right now. she was getting surgery today. they were trying to reattach her foot. >> all of it is so traumatic. to have someone you know and a friend of yours almost have her foot -- >> you feel guilty. >> you feel guilt? >> uh-huh. >> why would you feel guilty? >> thinking that she's there to see me. >> forum became a makeshift triage center aiding and comforting the wounded was the only concern. >> you talk about what people did to help and you say we bandage up injuries and stuff like that. my most enduring images is my bartender sitting on the floor and he had a injured woman's head on his lap and he was just stroking her hair comforting her. that was to me all she needed in a horrible time it was a beautiful thing to see. something so simple. >> what makes you say i'm staying here, i'm going to help these people? >> i think it's just human nature. it's the nature of the people that work at forum. it's the nature of a lot of people from boston. you see someone hurting and you want to help. >>

then heather abbott had to make a decision she thought she never would, keep her left foot mangled by the explosion or have it removed. >> if someone had told me that i was going to have half a leg, basically, at the age of 38 before this happened, i think i would have never believed it, i think i would have been devastated. i think i'm going to be able to live my life in a normal way eventually when i get that permanent prosthesis. >> reporter: and finally, one more sign of boston's strength. marathon sports, site of the first bombing, tore down the paper and opened its doors. runners welcome once again. [ applause ] now, coming up in a bit, we are going to tell you a riveting story that the "boston globe" has in an exclusive with a guy named denny, a chinese international who was carjacked by the two tsarnaev brothers, and then they spent 90 minutes cruising around boston, basically, as these two were seeking a way out of the city. it's a riveting story. john, we'll have it for you in a bit. >> you know, it really is, miguel. so many pieces of this puzzle still coming together. migu

others they knew well, quite well, like julie's friend heather abbott. >> she's actually in the hospitalight now. she was getting surgery today. they were trying to reattach her foot. >> all of it is so traumatic but to have somebody you know, have a friend of yours must have -- >> you feel guilty. >> you feel guilty? >> uh-huh. >> why would you feel guilty? >> i'm thinking she is there to see me. >> reporter: forum became a makeshift triage center, aiding and comforting the wounded. was the only concern. >> you talk about like what people did to help and you say like what were you bandaging up the injures and stuff like that? and my most enduring image is our bartender. he was sitting on the floor and he had an injured woman's head in his lap and he was stroking her hair and comforting her and that, to me, was all she needed. in a horrible time, it was a beautiful thing to see. something so simple. >> what makes you say i'm staying here. i'm going to help these people. >> i think it is human nature. the nature of the people that work at the forum. it's the nature of a lot of people from

her name is heather abbott. she had part of her leg amputated. >> someone told me that i was going to have half a leg basically, at the age of 38 before this happen, i think i would have never believed it. i think i would have been devastated. and i really haven't had a moment yet of being devastated. i've gotten so much support from the hollow over. >> heather's release brings down to 30 the number of patients still hospitalized at this hour. one of them remains in critical condition. the surviving suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev is in fair condition. today we heard from his parents including his mother who refuses to believe her sons are guilty. she placed the blame for what has happen to them squarely on the united states. >> i thought americans would protect us, our kids. it is going to be safe for any reason. but it happened. opposite. americans took my kids away from me. i am sure that my kids were not involved. >> breaking this afternoon, high level law enforcement sources now confirm to nbc news that the marat

also, my interview with one of the victims of the blast, heather abbott.ble young woman had to make a decision many of us can't even comprehend whether or not to keep her foot which was badly mangled by the second explosion. she is one of the many courageous, inspiring people that i have spoken with here in boston over the last two weeks or so. that conversation ahead tonight on "360." >> we'll see you in a few moments. >>> still "outfront" one of the top officials in iran says the u.s. and israel are bluffing. welcnew york state, where cutting taxes for families and businesses is our business. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and we're creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com why are 8 million people why are 8 million people sleeping better tonight? they went to a s

on a day when one of the survivors of the bombing 38-year-old heather abbott announced she would elect to amputate her left foot rather than face a lifetime of pain, authorities have conducted more interviewed with dzhokhar tsarnaev, seen here in times square with friends in what is believed to be 2011. investigators indicate tsarnaev is now saying that he and his brother were, indeed, discussing a trip to new york city with unused explosives after the marathon bombing. this contradicts previous reports that they were considering coming to new york only to party. according to new york mayor michael bloomberg and police chief ray kelly who were briefed by investigators, the two brothers had at their disposal up to six devices including a pressure cooker and pipe bombs. however, senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news that the idea of an attack was undeveloped and aspirational at most. as to why the contradiction in stories, bloomberg had this to say. >> the information we received was that he was a lot more lucid and gave much more detailed information in the second questioning p

one of the people who knows the bombings were not made up. 38-year-old heather abbott. injured by one of the bombs - doctors amputated one leg she says she's focused on healing. and just a short time can >> although this is not so the wish upon myself. ago.these photos were sent to our newsroom. they show aaron hern of martinez - one of the younger victims of the bombings - visiting the site of the second bombing in boston. the 11-year-old was injured in this area -- and came to the spot with his parents today. aaron is expected to make a full recovery. a major gang raid goes down wednesday night in west oakland's acorn housing complex 16-search warrants were served throughtout the east baythis is wecopwatch.org video recorded at the scene of what investigators say was a joint operation that and 120-o-p-d officers , as a result of those warrants 5 arrest made. one jalal and four does. four firebombs were recovered and abundant amount of the car next including cocaine and marijuana heroin and abort. this committee has endorsed a lot of violence in the past. and we want t

heather abbott said she's been surrounded by so many upbeat people that she doesn't even have time tostart to see these stories come out, it just really brings the whole thing into -- >> brian: 250 affected. still 33 in the hospital at this hour. and all of them dealing with maybe lifetime changes. geraldo rivera is here. that's one thing we can count on. what were you thinking yesterday as ray kelly and mayor bloomberg said they had -- the bombers were coming to times square? >> i wasn't surprised. new york is the target of choice, as we know. i think police commissioner ray kelly is absolutely right about that. every terrorist dreams of launching an attack on times square or the trade center. this is the center of american commerce. this is the center of american pop culture. so many people gather. so i wasn't surprised at all. it seems, though, that the perpetrators in this case, the alleged perpetrators almost had a spontaneous -- almost by default. what are we going to do now? they were so, you know, diabolical in their scheme to build their deadly devices and so sloppy and disor