He's a 36 year veteran of Boston Emergency Medical Services
EMS had 24 ambulances in city. 13 for the finish line area. personnel at medical tent. john deere's and bicycle EMTs.
Hooley was at the main medical tent near the Copley Plaza hotel at the time of the first blast.
when i heard the explosions, i started heading toward Boylston Street. Second one left little doubt what had happened, Hooley testifies
We shifted into mass casualty mode, Hooley tells the jury
first thing they notify all the hospitals. excess of at least 40 people injured. that grew. after that they notified private ambulances in the area
EMTs then started to triage and prioritize patients
there are 3 categories: red, yellow and green and we use tags to prioritize who gets out first, Hooley says
30 people were tagged red meaning there lives were at risk if they didn't get immediate help
25 people were tagged yellow.
35 people were tagged green meaning they were more walking wounded
Hooley says fortunately the travel time was brief. 4-5 minutes. all the hospitals are w/in 2 miles
Hooley testifies there were some patients transported in other ways like walk-ins or one by Boston Police van.
Supt-in-Chief William Gross of Boston Police is next
He was the night commander of BPD on Marathon Day 2013. That day he was zone 6 commander which included Audubon Circle and Kenmore Sq
Gross talking about police planning for the Marathon
Roll call was held at 7 am that Marathon Monday for command staff
Gross says 843 members of BPD worked out of total staff of more than 2,000
"All eyes are on Boston. We want to be the best we can be," Gross testifies about BPD goal for that day. they were particularly concerned about public drinking. Want a family atmosphere. Police were also on the lookout for suspicious people and packages.
Boylston Street was swept at 7:30 am for suspicious devices
Gross testifies about how 30,000 fans from Red Sox game add to crowds.
Gross thought everything went well Marathon Day in the morning. it was a perfect day
Gross testifies he heard Sgt Det Keeler on the radio. "Stop the race. Get me everything you have. "
Gross called the 911 center to ask what was going on. He was told 2 explosions had taken place. Gross sent his officers from Audubon circle to Boylston
He had a public order or POP platoon that was sent there as well.
Gross learned the explosions were bombed and was told to stop the race at the Brookline/Boston line
Gross said the focus turned to those injured at the finish line. When they ran out of ambulances, they sent police prisoner vans. Police helped more than 240 citizens over 20 plus minutes
21-22 minutes the scenes were cleared, Gross said
Gross: we had no idea who planted the bombs, who detonated them. one person or an entire cell?
Gross said explosive ordinance sweeps were ordered in the entire area. "we have a phrase called slash and tag" if they found a bag that was suspicious they would mark in green. white was safe bag
Gross says communications was tough. often garbled and bottlenecked. couldn't get through on cell phones or radios.
Gross it was tough to get through. communication was at a bottleneck
Gross said the FBI Boston office, state police, MEMA, National Guard quickly came to Boston to help out. .Boston police took command of crime scene.
Later that night 7:30 the FBI took jurisdiction
We had no idea where the threats were coming from, Gross testified. Transportation in the region was halted. everything was at a standstill until we could get more info on where the attack was coming from. Everything shut down in Boston
Gross: We asked for the public's help. if you saw anything, took pictures. Gross specifically mentions victims by names. talks about 17 amputees.
Gross said the BPD received many pictures and video from the public. Businesses provided 4,000 hours of video evidence.
Prosecutor is done. Defense has no questions
Caitlin Harper is next. she works for Whole foods. at the time of the bombings she worked in Cambridge as assoc store manager
In openings, prosecutor told the jury Dzhokhar bought milk there after the bombings. Harper testifies that store has many surveillance cameras
