Watertown Residents React To Tsarnaev Death Penalty Verdict
WATERTOWN (CBS) - Terry Phipps has never repaired the bullet mark on her car since the night two years ago her Watertown Street came under siege in the hunt for the Tsarnaev brothers. "It's a piece of history that reminds us of something that happened, but we came through," said Phipps.
The Laurel Street neighborhood was part of the aftermath of the marathon bombing carnage as the brothers were hunted down by authorities. For Loretta Kehayias, with bullet holes still dotting her house, there's satisfaction in the penalty. "I'm glad about the outcome, even though I don't believe in the death penalty, only because he hurt so many people," she said.
Kehayias will never forget seeing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev outside her living room window that night and it haunts her to this day. "Not even twenty feet away. I will never forget that, I think about it all the time. I still don't go outside at night by myself or drive around in the car."
It was in a Watertown backyard Tsarnaev made his last stand with police, hiding in a boat. For Watertown Police Chief Ed Deveau, the penalty is finally a turning point. "Back at the Watertown police station, we won't think about them anymore, we will think about the survivors," he said.
So to these neighbors whose damage is repairable, but the pain of the survivors and victims' families goes on. "I'm sad because I feel like the families will keep reliving it every time the appeals process goes through another motion," said Terry Phipps.