[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 23, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E514]
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                      IN HONOR OF RICHARD DONOHUE

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                         HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 23, 2013

  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, in the early morning of Friday, April 19, 
2013, after a week of searching for suspects in the Boston Marathon 
bombings, and just hours after an MIT officer had been assassinated, 
Massachusetts law enforcement spotted and engaged the two brothers who 
were accused of committing the bombings.
  The officers who exchanged fire with the two brothers were met with 
heavy resistance by the suspects. 200 or more rounds of ammunition are 
reported to have been fired on the corner of Dexter and Laurel Streets 
in Watertown, Massachusetts, in my district. The bombers also hurled 
explosives at the officers, turning a city street into a battlefield.
  One officer of the MBTA police force, Richard Donohue, Jr., was 
struck in the leg during the firefight. He likely did not know then, 
but his academy classmate and friend, Sean Collier of the MIT police 
force, was the officer felled by the bombing suspects hours earlier.
  Officer Donohue of Woburn in my congressional district raced to help 
his fellow officers--not a surprise for an officer known as an avid 
runner and a dedicated public servant. His family notes that his great-
great-grandfather even won the Boston Marathon, where Officer Donohue 
started his week working a shift at this iconic race.
  Officer Donohue is currently still in critical condition at Mount 
Auburn Hospital. His family has been at his side, and a Massachusetts 
family of citizens remains forever in his debt for putting his life on 
the line to keep us safe.

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