The Sounds Of A Manhunt

06:47

April 26, 2013

WBUR Newsroom

A sharpshooter trains his sight on a building as neighborhood residents stand on the street while police search for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings in Watertown, Friday, April 19. (Charles Krupa/AP) — A sharpshooter trained his sight on a building while police searched for the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings in Watertown, Friday, April 19. (Charles Krupa/AP)

The manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects that started with the fatal shooting of a MIT police officer and led to a shootout on the streets of Watertown that left one police officer seriously wounded, and much of Greater Boston paralyzed, will not soon be forgotten.

We listen back to the sounds that marked that day.

Timeline: The Hunt For The Boston Marathon Suspects

This report was produced by Fred Bever, Bruce Gellerman, Curt Nickisch and George Hicks, with contributions from Jonathan Peck, Kevin Sullivan and Fred Thys.

This program aired on April 26, 2013.

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