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cali

(114,904 posts)
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 03:29 AM Apr 2013

Carjack victim says Tsarnaev brothers talked about girls, iphones and cars

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In an exclusive interview with the Globe on Thursday, Danny -- the victim of the Tsarnaev brothers’ much-discussed but previously little-understood carjacking -- filled in some of the last missing pieces in the timeline between the murder of MIT police officer Sean Collier, just before 10:30 p.m. on April 18, and the Watertown shootout that ended just before 1 a.m. Danny asked that he be identified only by his American nickname.

The story of that night unfolds like a Tarantino movie, bursts of harrowing action laced with dark humor and dialogue absurd for its ordinariness, reminders of just how young the men in the car were. Girls, credit limits for students, the marvels of the Mercedes ML 350 and the iPhone 5, whether anyone still listens to CDs -- all were discussed by the two 26-year-olds and the 19-year-old driving around on a Thursday night.

Danny described 90 harrowing minutes, first with the younger brother following in a second car, then with both brothers in the Mercedes, where they openly discussed driving to New York, though Danny could not make out if they were planning another attack. Throughout the ordeal, he did as they asked while silently analyzing every threatened command, every overheard snatch of dialogue for clues about where and when they might kill him.

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http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/04/25/carjack-victim-recounts-his-harrowing-night/BhQWGzarWee8MZ6KtMHJNN/story.html

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longship

(40,416 posts)
1. We're gonna get babes, dude! You'll see.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 03:41 AM
Apr 2013

Bzzzzzzzz!

Sorry, no babes where you guys are going.
No iPhones either. Forget cars, except the ones takin' you to the (1) morgue and (2) prison.

JI7

(89,173 posts)
3. do people still want to believe they gave a shit about the war in iraq , afghanistan
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 03:53 AM
Apr 2013

just a couple of thugs .

Immabk

(8 posts)
9. absolutely. they are not cause driven suicide bombers
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 05:03 AM
Apr 2013

They behave more like thrill seeking mafioso. Spree killers hijacking a religion on their way to glory. Their brand of terrorism was brewed up in family dysfunction and played out looking for notoriety.

What the hell went down in their lives.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)
6. I wonder which talking head will convince Danny to tell his story on tv.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 04:17 AM
Apr 2013

Great story! I'm thankful he was able to get away.

magellan

(13,257 posts)
10. “OK, you’re Chinese ... I’m a Muslim.”
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 05:48 AM
Apr 2013

That bit of their conversation leaped out at me, Tamerlan making a point to identify himself by his faith. People who are so wrapped up in their religion that they have to announce it are scary.

A question potentially answered in "Danny"'s account is that it was Tamerlan who killed the MIT police officer. He appears to have been the only one with a gun in each event.

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
11. Interesting that Tamerlan said of the bombing, "I did that." Not "We did that."
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 06:51 AM
Apr 2013

Seems a little dismissive of his younger brother.

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
13. Good point
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 08:12 AM
Apr 2013

taking all the credit = telling. He was the mastermind.

Younger bro was along for the ride. But a sociopath all the same. He went to classes and a party after the bombing. No conscience, no misgivings.

And they really thought they'd get to plant bombs in NYC after being identified. Delusional.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
15. Danny did something stupid and dangerous, and he paid a price
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 08:17 AM
Apr 2013

Pulling the car over to text is a bad idea. He should have texted while driving, like all real Americans do.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
19. the first thing i do when someone skids to a halt behind me, rushes up to my car..
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 01:13 PM
Apr 2013

and raps on the window is to roll it down to see what the want.

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