New Boat for Dude Who Busted Out Boston Bomber

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NewsBreaker ?@NewsBreaker 20 Apr

Movement builds to get new boat for man who found #Boston bombing suspect. http://abcn.ws/11S5cGl - @ABC pic.twitter.com/sJmpBUasjp



Boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hid from authorities


The Watertown, Mass., resident became a hero when he discovered suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in his backyard boat.

Today, people around the country want to make help mend that broken heart.

Deborah Newberry, 62, of Orlando, Fla., has already put a $25 check in the mail to Henneberry's home.

"Something told him to go and check things," Newberry told ABCNews.com. "I just want him to know that people care about him because I know he's probably the guy that would say, 'Well, that's okay.' But I just would like him to know that we're all thinking about him and appreciate his spirit."

When asked if she sent Henneberry any note with the check Newberry said no, she simply wrote, "towards a new boat" on the check.

"He don't know me from Joe Turkey," she said with a laugh. "I want him to go back to his regular little things that he do and don't have to worry about having a boat."


read more/watch short clip: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wave-support-boat-man-found-bomber-suspect/story?id=19006080#.UXSBH0rltaf

related:

Boston Bomb Suspect Captured Alive in Backyard Boat
http://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-bomb-suspect-captured-alive-backyard-boat/story?id=18994511

[msongs]

1. he can submit a claim to the relevant LEAs for damages nt

[bigtree]

2. so don't contribute

it's just that simple. No need to go out of the way to be dickish.

Maybe Boston could use that fund for some of the shooting victims, instead.

[one_voice]

4. +1000

[dionysus]

15. i bet you're awesome to hang out with at parties.

[JNelson6563]

3. People can be very thoughtful and kind.

And it is heart-warming.

Julie

[Earth_First]

5. How is this indivdual a hero?

Because the kid was found by the homeowner in his boat?

[bigtree]

8. yeah, who do they think he is?

. . . saving the day, and all, like he did? People can be so damn grateful, sometimes.

[Earth_First]

10. Saving the day?

Ill meet you halfway on this one. He was able to put an end to this situation by offering the authorities a tip which led to the apprehension of the suspect.

Hero?

No.

[bigtree]

13. I'll bet he doesn't think he is

. . . but I'd also bet that a great deal of the residents of Boston and the surrounding area - as well as the victims their families - are grateful enough for his alertness and action which led to the end of that awful human drama to call him a hero. I'd bet on that.

Earth First says, no. Got it.

[Cha]

14. It really chaps my hide the way people are so

grateful to this man and to the Boston Police. You'd think they actual did something to capture the elusive bomber.. Oh WAIT..

The Crisis In Boston Is Over; Let the Carping, Criticisms, and Conspiracies Begin

http://www.politicususa.com/crisis-over-carping.html

[sheshe2]

26. FU to the carping!

If they had not imposed the voluntary restrictions, lives could have been lost! Then the carping would be about law enforcements lack of sense or caring about the lives of the citizens of Ma. damned if you do damned if you don't. Dear God give it a fucking rest!

Boston Police, we stand for you here!

Boston Strong, and let no one forget that.

Thank you Cha!

[Cha]

29. Exactly she. Better they should be

carping about the Request of Gov Patrick and the citizens abiding than Carping about more people getting killed. The Boston Police were Awesome and according to some that makes me a "worshipper". Because I'm grateful for them doing their job so damn well.

I saw whining Friday night about Why they hadn't caught him yet?!.. as in "Hurry up already". Too many get this sense they could do a better job from their phones or laptops.

[Cha]

33. Just saw this on the net, she.. and thought of you..

[sheshe2]

34. Middleboro, Massachusetts! They love you, Boston Police Department!

As do we all.

Thank you!

[freshwest]

38. Well, of course, it's DU and no one can enjoy anything for two minutes.

[FarPoint]

9. Yes...

Please step outside the box....place yourself in his shoes for the event. Feel the fear, acknowledge the danger.

[SoCalDem]

12. "the kid"? really?

I think about this "kid"

[CountAllVotes]

19. +1,000

Poor little boy.

Give the man money to get a new boat. He has something called "guts", something we don't see a whole lot of these days it seems to me. To me, this man that found this killer is indeed a hero!

[Earth_First]

24. I only used kid as I am on a mobile device...

As far as kid v.s. child I see a child in your photograph.

Child in in my opinion is much more endearing than kid...

[treestar]

20. He was certainly very unlucky

A terrorist at large, already involved in a shoot out with police, ends up in his back yard. Of all the houses there, he was the one. He calmly called 911, did not get killed himself. I'll give him "hero" given how easily it is thrown about these days.

[freshwest]

39. Considering what could have happened - he saved lives. Thus, hero, not a media one. A real person.

I'm grateful he helped end this without more lives being lost. Others may have loftier ideas. Maybe you have to be dead to be a hero.

[treestar]

40. Oh no, need not be dead

There are many who aren't. Though it can involve that danger. And the boat owner surely was in danger.

[freshwest]

41. Yes he was, he could have been shot for lifting a tarp when he'd seen blood. But he was thinking ...

more about his neighbors than himself. That's love and that's what makes a hero, IMHO.

[treestar]

42. He was brave

The suspect could have responded with gunfire.

[former9thward]

6. That boat is worth a fortune.

Put it on E-Bay or a professional auction house and it would get hundreds of thousands if not millions.

[Paulie]

17. For what? To hang on a wall? Bit large for that.

Or as a relic?

Once the trial is over just burn it to ashes.

[treestar]

21. Collectors may want it

Someone has they car Bonnie and Clyde were shot in. Bizarre, but this boat is now historic.

[MrSlayer]

7. He'll end up with a Romney sized yacht.

People send much more money than he would get from suing. Hell, people sent Zimmerman a half a million dollars and that's with negative coverage. People sent the lady bus driver that was harassed by the kids nearly half a million.

This dude is going to rake and all for simply having a place for this kid to hide.

The shot up boat is going to be worth a ton as well.

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. The boat is named "Slipaway II"

Didn't work for Subject 2, did it?

[PD Turk]

28. nope

[Recovered Repug]

16. If he has Allstate,

he might be able to get a "Mayhem" commercial out of it.

[winter is coming]

30. Too edgy for Allstate, but funny! Maybe SNL will do a "mayhem" skit. n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

18. Isn't he eligible for a $50,000 reward?

[HooptieWagon]

22. Fiberglass is easily repaired.

The boat is by no means "ruined". No more than a few thousand in damage, which will be covered by insurance or Watertown PD. If peep want to buy the guy a boat, fine...but it isn't necessary. Injured victims in hospital have far greater need of donations.

[Ruby the Liberal]

25. This.

[bigtree]

31. I'll wager that he'll likely either decline the money or donate it

. . .but if I was donating I'd tell him that we intended to do something nice for him . . . just wanted to show some appreciation. That's really what's at the heart of these offerings; a way to say thanks.

I'm not convinced that takes anything at all away from what the victims and their families might need or receive in help or donations.

[HooptieWagon]

32. I understand the reason for donations is a show of appreciation.

But some previous comments claimed the boat was ruined, which simply isn't the case. Repairing holes in fiberglass is only slightly more work than fixing drywall. There really isn't any damage that can't be readily fixed, and it should be covered by insurance.

[kwassa]

35. I've done it myself

after running the family Sunfish on the rocks. It wasn't easy for me, but then drywall isn't, either.

[HooptieWagon]

36. I bought a Sunfish with multiple holes in it...

for $10 at an auction. I repaired the holes and won the North American Championship with it the following year.
And working through a small access hole and around the foam blocks inside a Sunfish is more difficult than working inside a 20' powerboat...

My ex-boss bought a 42' catamaran that had been wrecked on a beach in the Bahamas by 2 hurricanes. About 10% of one hull was completely gone, and almost 33% of the other hull was gone. He rebuilt it right there on the beach, brought it back to Florida and finished the repairs. His investment is about 20% of the boat's value.

[kwassa]

37. You have skills I don't have.

My cousin and I sunk a different Sunfish, so to speak. We thought ourselves hotshot sailors, went out in big waves in an approaching storm, flipped the boat in wild but shallow water. The boat wasn't responding properly to the rudder. We bent the mast and boom. When we finally drifted ashore, and tried to pull the boat up on the beach, we discovered that the hull was full of water. The seal failed between the deck and the hull piece.

You probably would have fixed that boat.

[Ruby the Liberal]

23. Meh. File a claim with LEO for shooting up a boat.

One born every minute though...

[sheshe2]

27. As always, Thank you bigtree! nt