There is a lot of blood in this video. People are screaming. Looks like hell on earth
There are pools of bright red blood everywhere. Difficult video to watch --- and even worse to hear.
a first responder bellows, she's mobile get her out of here. i'm worried about secondaries.
there's so much screaming and chaos. blood everywhere. these are very close up shots. I can see a man with his clothes blown off at the legs.
there's a shot of his a seriously injured leg. it's charred with burns. the foot is nearly blown off at the ankle. this is truly horrifying video
Colton, his wife screams, stay with Gina (his seriously injured sister in law)
We just saw a very tight shot of a shredded limb --- foot? Leg? Kilgore says he remembers thinking, "There is no way she's going to keep that foot."
"It was so severely damaged," Kilgore says. "Bones were sticking out of it."
You can see a first responder putting a tourniquet on Gina. Lots of people lying on the ground in shock. others providing comfort
She's bleeding really bad, someone says
A juror sitting closest to me, an older woman, looks visibly upset
Above the sirens, you can hear first responders trying to reassure shocked victims, telling them they've been in an explosion.
Kilgore's jeans were blown apart from the knee down.
He tried to rip them to use as a tourniquet
to see these images so close up has definitely disturbed many in the courtroom
Kilgore's sister in law was taken to MGH
Kilgore can see himself in an aerial photo of the carnage outside Marathon Sports.
"I was definitely knocked off my feet," Kilgore recalls. "Probably a couple of feet from where I was standing, the bomb went off."
defense has no questions for kilgore. he is done
She walks in with a prosthetic on her lower left leg
She is from Texas is was there to watch her future mother in law Mona run. she and colton kilgore are in laws
Noah is her son who was 5 at the time
Karen and Krystle loved going to sporting events together. 2013 was their first Boston Marathon together
Karen's future husband was running the marathon.
They got a good spot to watch Karen's then boyfriend run
Karen and Krystle took a picture that morning together at the Public Garden. They were playing tourists
That picture is now on the screen. The two women look so happy. Huge smiles as they stand on the iconic bridge over the Public Garden lagoon
The picture was taken around 2 pm
The two women then made their way to an area across from the Public Library near Marathon Sports
Karen was looking at her phone and suddenly it was chaos, confusion, smoke.
People were screaming get down. And then there was another explosion and more chaos. more yelling. I tried to sit up and looked at my foot and leg and realized something terrible had happened to us, Karen testifies
i could see the front of my leg and my foot was over sideways. i tried to move closer to Krystle.
I got closer to her head and we tried to talk to each other. i didn't look at how severe her injuries were. she very slowly said her legs hurt. "we held hands and very shortly after that her hand went limp in mine. she never spoke after that. "
It seemed really bad, Karen testifies as she looked toward her friend Krystle. I never saw Krystle after that
Exhibit 17 is a photo that shows a horrific scene as the two women's heads are indeed next to each other. Blood is everywhere. smoke.
Krystle's body is twisted in a very unnatural way. A first responder is attending to the two friends. One would die, the other would lose a leg.
Karen's voice cracks as she testifies she couldn't remember her sons' numbers to call at the hospital. the next thing she remembered was waking up and her sons and fiance were there
The hospital was trying to save her leg. people were hopeful it could be saved. two days later they realized the leg would have to be amputated. she was in excruciating pain. They took my leg that day, Karen testifies. Below the knee
Karen had Krystle's phone. The Campbell family was told their daughter was in the hospital. Karen's family couldn't find her.
Krystle's parents were sent in to the hospital and realized it wasn't their daughter. Krystle's boyfriend knew it was Karen.
Prosecutors are done. no defense questions. we are done after a tough, tough day in courtroom 9
