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Dynopalooza, a virtual concert featuring several up-and-coming BU musicians, will raise money for the Boston-based nonprofit Hyde Square Task Force, which supports underserved youth. The concert takes place Saturday, May 8, starting at 5 pm.

>> you know one thing we havent really talked about is what its going to be like for these kids to go back to school. so many of their classmates are gone. so whats the school going to look like when they finally do go back to class? its going to be nearly impossible for them to recuperate. >> definitely. what a story. tens of thousands of runners set for todays 118th boston marathon. the victims of last years attack were honored last night at fenway park before the red sox game. the tribute i...

Inside whats known as the bunker, the underground high-tech control room where kurt schwartz, director of the states emergency management agency, showed us around. more than 100 newly installed cameras along the 26.2-mile route will be monitored, twice as many as last year. >> we have expanded across the board. >> reporter: last year, surveillance cameras helped to pinpoint the alleged bombers but only days after the attack. the challenge this year is to stop any possible attack before it happen...

Intimidated by the police presence. >> reporter: for people who were directly impacted by the bombing, it will be a day freighted with emotion. heather abbott, who lost the lower part of her left leg when the second bomb went off, will run the last half mile alongside a woman, a complete stranger at the time, who found her on the ground and helped save her life. >> do you have a sense of what thats going to feel like for you? >> i can only imagine that its going to feel very invigorating and sor...

Years marathon, will be on duty all day this year. what will you be looking for? >> well, i think, you know, well be looking for somebody who just doesnt feel right. the characteristics. a lot of the officers underwent training looking at the characteristics of someone who might be carrying explosives. >> reporter: evans officers have already put their training to the test. when a mentally unstable person was spotted during a memorial tribute this past week with a backpack that turned out to hav...