How the Boston terrorists repaid our generosity

Dear Editor,

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem stated facts about Paul Revere's famous ride.

He said "twas the 18th of April in '75. Hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year of the midnight ride of Paul Revere."

The third Monday of April, Boston, Mass., celebrates Patriot's Day, honoring that event. A marathon is run down historic Boylston Street. It is named after Susanna Boylston's family. She was John Adams, our second president's mother.

I have visited Boston, Lexington, Concord and Cambridge. My ancestors, the Hancocks and Adams families, actively fought for American independence.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think two terrorists, from Chechnya on the border of southern Russia, would set off bombs in Boston. Their blood thirsty attack was horrible.

Television coverage and newspapers keep disturbing images of this event fresh in our minds. The killing of three people near the Marathon's finish line of the race, and a young policeman from MIT cannot be forgotten. In addition, 180-200 others who were injured or maimed will carry the scars forever.

Authorities are busy sorting out the facts. Our generosity toward Dzhokar and Tamerlain Tsanaer and their family was extensive. They werre given special sanctuary in our country. We did this knowing that their home in chechnya is a stronghold of Jihadists (radical Muslims).

Our generosity toward these two young men was extensive. They were given free educational opportunities. Welfare benefits were part of an effort to help them. Neither one was employed. (Dzhokar became a U.S. citizen in 2012.)

Tamarlan was reported by Russia as a person to be watched carefully. He spent six months in Russia being indoctrinated by Jihadists. In turn, he indoctrinated his brother, Dzhokan. This was their reaction to our kindness.

Helen Ruth Arnold,

Trenton, Nebraska