ANY SINGLE BIT OF THIS.
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
I FEEL JUSTICE FOR MY FAMILY.
SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE JURY
TOOK IT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO BE
ABLE TO SET THE APPROPRIATE
SENTENCE.
I HAVE TO WATCH MY TWO SONS PUT
A LEG ON EVERY DAY.
IT FEELS LIKE A WEIGHT HAS BEEN
LIFTED OFF MY SHOULDERS.
SO I THINK THERE IS SOME FORM
OF --
(INAUDIBLE QUESTION).
THAT I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
(INAUDIBLE QUESTION).
I'LL BE THERE EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY.
(INAUDIBLE QUESTION).
YEAH, I AM A LITTLE
SURPRISED, BUT AGAIN I WAS
HOPING THAT THE EVIDENCES WITH
THERE AND THEY DID THE RIGHT
THING AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL.
I CAN SAY THAT I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY WINNERS, BUT IT WAS
JUSTICE.
ARREDONDO, SOME PEOPLE KNOW
ME AS CARLO ARREDONDO'S WIFE.
I HAVE MANY CONFLICTED EMOTIONS.
TODAY'S DECISION DOES MEAN THAT
WE WILL CONTINUE RECEIVING
E-MAILS TO THE ONGOING PROCESS.
ANY CHANGES IN TERMS OF APPEALS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
AS FOR ME PERSONALLY IT'S
SOMETHING THAT I WAS HOPING TO
AVOID.
HAVING PERSONALLY ENDURED
SEVERAL THINGS IN MY OWN LIFE
THAT HAVE DRAGGED ON, THIS SEEMS
LIKE ANOTHER BURDEN THAT WILL
DRAG ON.
I CAN ALSO SAY, HAVING SPOKEN TO
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE,
THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR
CLOSURE TODAY.
AND I JUST HOPE AND RESPECT THAT
OUR GROUP OF SURVIVORS WILL KEEP
IN TOUCH AND CONTINUE BEING AS
RESPECTFUL AS WE HAVE BEEN TO
EACH OTHER.
WE ARE TRULY IN SUPPORT OF EACH
OTHER, DESPITE DIFFERENCES IN
OUR LIVES AND DIFFERENT
OPINIONS.
THAT IS SOMETHING I DO HOLD FOR
THE VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME TODAY.
IS THE CHANCE OF APPEAL, IS
THAT YOUR ONLY REGRET ABOUT IT,
OR IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH
THE VERDICT?
I'M JUST GOING TO THINK ABOUT
THE ONGOING APPEALS.
(INAUDIBLE QUESTION).
I FOLLOWED WHAT THE DEFENSE
WAS DOING, AND I THINK THEY DID
THEIR JOB AS WELL AS THEY COULD.
CAN YOU SPELL YOUR NAME?
MICHAEL WARD.
I REMEMBER WHEN THOSE BOMBS WENT
OFF AND I REMEMBER THE VILE,
DISGUSTING THING THAT THIS
PERSON DID, AND HIS BROTHER.
AND THEY DESTROYED COUNTLESS
INNOCENT LIVES, DESTROYED BODIES
AND PARTS.
VERY VIVID MEMORIES FOR MANY
PEOPLE AND MANY FAMILIES.
THIS IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE.
THIS IS A MATTER OF JUSTICE.
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS DONE
A TREMENDOUS JOB UNDER VERY
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
THEY'VE HAD TO LOOK AT THESE
VIDEOS, LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE,
INTERVIEW THE VICTIMS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
NO ONE HERE IS CELEBRATING.
AND IF YOU ASK 10 PEOPLE YOU'LL
GET 10 DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
BUT THE INVESTIGATORS, THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THE FIRST
RESPONDERS THAT DAY CAME
TOGETHER, AND IT SPEAKS VOMS FOR
THE STRENGTH OF THIS NATION.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY
FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
WE'VE ALL HAD A PIECE OF --
ITLY JUSTICE HAS PREVAILED
TODAY.
HIS PREMEDITATED ACTIONS TO
STAND BEHIND CHILDREN, WAIT FOUR
AND A HALF MINUTES WITH A FULLY
LOADED BOMB, AND THEN TO CALL
HIS BROTHER AND TELL HIM WHEN TO
EXPLODE HIS BOMB MOMENTS EARLIER
, HERE'S JUSTICE NOW.
HE WANTED TO GO TO HELL AND HE'S
GOING TO GET THERE EARLY.
CAN YOU TELL US WITH A YOUR
CONNECTION IS WITH THE INCIDENT?
WERE YOU INJURED?
I WAS AN OFF DUTY
FIREFIGHTERS AND I WENT AND
TREATED A LOT OF THE VICTIM
THERE'S, AS DID MANY OTHER
PEOPLE.
CAN YOU SAY IT ONE MORE TIME,
WHERE DID YOU WANT --
HE'S GOING TO GO TO HELL,
THAT'S WHERE HE WANTED TO GO.
BUT HE'S GOING TO GET THERE
QUICKER.
AND WHAT WAS YOUR ROLE THAT
DAY?
OFF DUTY FIREFIGHTER?
YES.
MY NAME IS LAURIE SCHER.
I MOSTLY WANT TO THANK THE STATE
FOR GIVING US THE TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG EXHAUSTING
COUPLE OF MONTHS, I'VE MET SO
MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND I AM
GRATEFUL TO HAVE MET SO MANY
WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
AND IT DOES SHOW THAT THROUGH
TRAGEDY, PEOPLE CAN COME
TOGETHER AND BE WARM AND
SUPPORTIVE, AND I QUITE FRANKLY
I AM GOING TO MISS BEING WITH MY
FRIENDS HERE.
IT'S A TERRIBLE WAY TO COME
TOGETHER, BUT AS I SAID I AM
GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO
SHARE THESE HARROWING COUPLE OF
MONTHS WITH THESE PEOPLE.
DID THE DEFENSE SUCCESS IN
HUMANIZING THIS MAN?
I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT
I'M SURE AT ONE TIME IN HIS LIFE
HE WAS VERY LOVELY CARING YOUNG
MAN.
WHAT HE TURNED INTO, OBVIOUSLY,
WAS, WE KNOW WHAT HE TURNED
INTO, HE TURNED INTO A MONSTER.
WHY DID THAT HAPPEN, WE'LL NEVER
KNOW.
MY FEELINGS ON HIM ARE NOTHING
BUT WHAT CAN I SAY.
DOES IT BRING RELIEF TO YOU
KNOWING THAT HE'LL GET THE DEATH
PENALTY?
NO, IT DOESN'T.
WHY NOT?
I HAVE MY PERSONAL FEELS
ABOUT THAT.