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Including more than 200 others who are standing around the finish line one week ago today. boston is a city still reeling after the deadly bombings. a terrorist manhunt, car chases, shootouts, and a city wide lockdown. now we're minutes away from that moment of silence. we now know the white house, the president, will be pausing to remember the four innocent people who were killed in a week of violence. >> we're also following a group of runners who are determined to finish the race. they started last monday. now to chris lawrence who has got more information on one of the suspects, the eldest...

Investigation into the boston marathon terrorist attacks. >> live during this hour, a lot happening here in the city of boston. in just about 15 minutes from now, this city will stand still along with the white house at the precise moment when the two bombs went off, about a block from where we're standing here in copley square. remember, this was the middle of boston, the end of boston's most famous race, the iconic marathon. it happened this very hour exactly one week ago. so today, of course, they will be honoring the four victims and the dozens wounded in last monday's attacks. >> we now k...

The last .7 of the mile, one week ago today, of course, when the bombing shut down the course. >> so today, at the time that the first blast hit, one week ago, she will finish her marathon run and she's asked others to join her. cassie taylor, today, right now, joins us. why do you feel the need to do this? explain to us. you more than finished the marathon. even though there was .7 left, you sprinted two or three more miles looking for family and friends. >> a lot of people are in a similar situation as i am. and, of course, the first and foremost is honoring the victims and thank people that...

Celebrating this marathon as they do every year on this holiday. the injuries that we've seen the most of are on the lower extremities. so the knees down especially or the hips down because of the type of bomb this was and how it was detonated. a trauma surgeon described that also one of the heads of surgeonry here at brigham and women's hospital. let me bring what you they said about the injuries. >> the worst of these injuries have been injuries to the legs. there have been a lot of damage. there is a lot of blast effect from these type of explosions. a lot of injuries to the muscle, the ski...

To said that's exactly what these blasts remind them of and the injuries remind them of. so what kind of treatment are we talking about? he liz ben cohen joins us to talk about that. good morning, elizabeth. >> good morning, john. last night cnn spoke to two nurses who were at the tent at the finish line. when they heard it was an explosion, they ran out and what they saw was, as you said, a scene reminiscent of a battlefield, blood everywhere, glass everywhere. let's hear from one of those nurses. >> i treated both a duouble amputee and a young child and a cardiac arrest. i think the best sce...