[Ray76]

All Boston mass transit was suspended Friday, and the Watertown area was in lockdown until further notice as police hunted for the marathon bombing suspect.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/19/17822687-boston-transit-shut-down-nearly-1-million-sheltering-in-place-amid-terror-hunt?lite

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A sign on I-93 alerts motorists that Boston is under a “shelter in place” order Friday.

http://www.npr.org/2013/04/22/178446136/boston-lockdown-extraordinary-but-prudent-experts-say

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Boston lockdown: Authorities order residents to shelter in place during massive manhunt

http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/19/17824596-boston-lockdown-authorities-order-residents-to-shelter-in-place-during-massive-manhunt?lite

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Law enforcement mobilized, sending legions of heavily-armed police officers to search a 20-block area of the community. At the same time, Governor Deval Patrick took an unprecedented security step, asking people in Boston, Watertown, and several other nearby communities — totaling a million people — to “shelter in place” — stay at home behind locked doors and open up only to police officers with proper identification.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/18/mit-police-officer-hit-gunfire-cambridge-police-dispatcher-says/4UeCClOVeLr8PHLvDa99zK/story.html

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It was more severe than a curfew

[Mears]

“All Boston mass transit was suspended Friday, and the Watertown area was in lockdown until further notice as police hunted for the marathon bombing suspect.”

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I live in the area,three of my kids live there. Not everyone stayed inside.

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