4.Danling Zhou — Direct
404 linesDANLING ZHOU, duly sworn
COURT CLERK: Have a seat. State your name, spell your last name for the record, keep your voice up and speak into the mic so everyone can hear you, okay?
DANLING ZHOU: My name is Danling Zhou. My last name spelled Z-H-O-U; my first name D-A-N-L-I-N-G.
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. CHAKRAVARTY:
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Good morning.
DANLING ZHOU: Good morning.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Ms. Danling, I'm over here. And just for the record, you spelled your last name -- is it Z-H-O-U?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Ms. Zhou, how old are you?
DANLING ZHOU: Twenty-four.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And where are you from?
DANLING ZHOU: China.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Where in China?
DANLING ZHOU: Sichuan, Chengdu.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Sichuan Province in China, and Chengdu, the city?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And did you grow up there?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, I grow up there.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Did you go to college there?
DANLING ZHOU: No, I go to college in Wuhan, Hubei.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. And that's also in China?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, that's also in China.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And can you spell the American version of what you just said?
DANLING ZHOU: The province is H-U-B-E-I, and the city is Wuhan, W-U-H-A-N.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And is Mandarin your native language?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And do you understand English?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So if you have difficulty understanding me or if I'm speaking too softly, if you'd please let me know.
DANLING ZHOU: Okay.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And the microphone in front of you, if you want to bring that a little bit closer, then everybody in the court will be able to hear you.
DANLING ZHOU: Okay.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Thank you. Is your family still in China?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And do you have any brothers or sisters?
DANLING ZHOU: No, I'm the only child.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. And do you have extended family in China as well?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: When did you come to the United States?
DANLING ZHOU: Two years ago, '13 -- actually, three years ago, 2012.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And why did you come to the United States?
DANLING ZHOU: Study, BU, Boston University.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: You said you went to college in China. Did you graduate with a degree?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes; economics and mathematics, bachelor degree.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And so when you decided to come to the U.S. to study, why did you choose the U.S. of other places?
DANLING ZHOU: I'm here to study for actuary. Then there's like big program, Society of Actuaries, that's South -- North American -- South American based, so I choose U.S. to study.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. And so the study of actuary, many people don't know what that is. If you wouldn't mind explaining it to us.
DANLING ZHOU: "Actuary" is a little hard to explain. So it's basically for -- most of them is for insurance company. So we calculate the risks for different scenarios and how we should hold our monies, how we should decide our assets to go in order to pay out the liabilities we have.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And it assesses kind of future risks?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. But it uses a lot of math. Is that fair to say?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And you mentioned that the Society of Actuaries is based in America?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, mostly U.S.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And so did you apply to grad school programs here?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, in Boston University, Actuarial Science Department.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And is that where you began to attend in 2012?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Why did you choose Boston?
DANLING ZHOU: Because when I got the offer from Boston University, the first thing I heard about Boston, I just feel like it's a nice city, the view is beautiful, and it's very close to the ocean. That's all I want, so I take the offer.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And had you been to the U.S. before?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. When I was in high school there was like a school organization -- a school organized the event. So we go to California for a couple of days -- couple of weeks.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And so how long of a program was the BU graduate program that you were in?
DANLING ZHOU: It's two years' program.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And is that a master's program?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And when you came to the United States, did you have -- get a visa to come to the U.S.?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, a student visa.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. And that allows you to come to the U.S. in order to study?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And are you what's called an "international student"?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And that means you were still a national of China; you just had permission to come to the U.S. and study?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Was there a community of students like you here at BU?
DANLING ZHOU: There is a lot of Chinese and international students in BU.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And what do you attribute the reason why there's so many international students at BU?
DANLING ZHOU: BU is very big school. And I guess like lots of international students come, so we have multi-culture things and people thinking different ways. So we talk to different people. And I guess it's a culture -- multi-culture thing. I don't know.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: A multicultural environment?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: In addition to your coursework for your master's degree, did you also do research?
DANLING ZHOU: I don't do research, but I find a job to -- schoolwork to help one of the professor in administrative department to do the research work. So I'm working as a research assistant.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. So you're a research assistant, but you're not actually doing the experiments and that kind of thing?
DANLING ZHOU: Not experiment. It's more like -- it's more for finance. So I use software to help the professor to build a model of the regression stuff.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And as part of that job, was there an office space where you and others would do your work as assistants?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, there's a couple of other students. We share the office; when we are working we can use that space and a computer to do our work.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: At some point in your BU experience did you come to know someone named Lu Lingzi?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, she's one of my very good friend.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And the Chinese convention of saying the name and the surname, is that the reverse of the American way; so the last name goes first and the first name goes second?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So in America we would call her "Lingzi Lu"?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: How did you know Lingzi?
DANLING ZHOU: When we first come here we took a math class together, so we start to know each other and become very good friend. And we did our projects together for that class, so we become very close.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Do you remember that class, what class that was?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah, that's a linear regression class.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Linear regression. So it's another --
DANLING ZHOU: Math class.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: -- math class?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Was Lingzi, like you, a Chinese student?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And was she, like you, a Chinese national who came here on a visa?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And what was she studying?
DANLING ZHOU: She studying statistics.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And what kinds of things did you do with Lingzi?
DANLING ZHOU: A lot of things girls will do. So we shopping together, talking together, and we are also cooking, just enjoying.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Lingzi's family, were they also in China?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. Most of their family -- most of her family's in China, and her aunt's in the U.S.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Your voice trailed off a little. Did you say her aunt lives in the U.S.?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. And is that her aunt Helen?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Did she have any pets?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, a dog. A small, cute dog.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: How do you know that?
DANLING ZHOU: She talks a lot about the dog and show me pictures and videos, so I know that.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Would she communicate with her parents and friends back in China?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. Sometimes she will call them, Skype them, and WeChat. That's kind of software we use to texting, like, Whatsapp.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So WeChat is a software application like, what did you say, Whatsapp is another --
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah, kind of like Whatsapp.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. That's a way to communicate with people in China?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Did you take any trips together with Lingzi?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, we went to Orlando together in March. Middle of March, I think, during the spring break.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. Spring break of 2013?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So that was about a month or less before the marathon?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Where did you go in Orlando?
DANLING ZHOU: Disneyland and Universal Studio.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Aside from Lingzi, did you have another group of friends that you -- would socialize with you?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, some other friends.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: I'm going to draw you now to the day of the bombing.
DANLING ZHOU: Okay.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Can you describe what you did when you got up that morning?
DANLING ZHOU: So school has that day off, so we have a day just to exploring in Boston. And marathon is a big thing here. It's very important. So I think I should go to see how people celebrate marathon. And then I ask Lingzi -- because we are very close to each other, we almost do everything together. So I ask her to go with me. And then she says she will have exam coming soon so she want to study. So I said okay. So I talk to two of my other friend, who we decide to go, and the day before we are going or at the morning of that day -- I can't remember. And then she says she still want to go with us. So I'm very happy she can go with me. So we went together. We take the train to -- around that place, and then we get off one stop earlier, I guess, and then we walk to the Prudential Center because I think we can go shopping and do some other things for fun while watching the marathon. And I also have appointment in Apple store for fixing my phone, so I guess we just decide to go to Prudential and then Apple store is around, so we can find a place to cross the street so we can go to the Apple store. And after we get there and go to the Prudential, we find it's really hard to go to Apple. We can't cross the street. It's very far. And we have to walk a long distance to cross the street. So we walk and then we cross the street and walk back. It's too -- it's going to take awhile, so I cancel the appointment at Apple and make a new one.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. Let me just stop you there for a second. So at first Lingzi said she couldn't attend with you the marathon?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: But then she changed her mind?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And then you began to go down -- you took the train down to the marathon area?
DANLING ZHOU: Uh-huh.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And that's from Boston University?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And who else was with you?
DANLING ZHOU: My other friend, another Chinese friend can go with, Tiffany.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And so there's Tiffany, Lingzi and you went down towards the marathon -- towards the Boylston Street area. Is that right?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And you were intending to go to the Prudential Center to do shopping?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. I can't remember if -- I don't think we really bought anything; we just more like watching the marathon. There is way too many people and we are short, so it's hard to see. So we go shopping, and then just going to someplace more empty.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Yeah, just to free up. And then you mentioned you had scheduled an appointment at the Apple store?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: But then you cancelled the appointment?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. I can't remember if we just missed it or cancelled, I guess.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: But you had to reschedule the appointment, in any event?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So then what happened after you were -- you tried to -- you rescheduled the appointment?
DANLING ZHOU: We rescheduled appointment because we feel, like, too tired. We don't want to -- in a rush. So we go on the Boylston -- Newbury Street instead of Boylston Street because it's too crowded to walk. And then we go to a restaurant on Newbury Street just to eat some food and then stay there for a while, and then after that we keep walking on the Newbury Street. We try to walk back to the Boylston Street, but it's still very crowded, so we decide to keep walking on the Newbury Street. And I think one block -- two blocks before the Apple store we decide to take a turn because it's very close, so we take turn on the Boylston Street and then walk a little bit. And when we reach the restaurant, and then the first bomb just exploded --
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Let me stop you here just to orient the jury as to where you are. You'd gone down Newbury Street. You had eaten lunch. Is that right?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And then you went back onto Boylston Street?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And then just as you -- somewhere near the finish line, you had passed that area, and then the first bomb blew up?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes; sort of close to the finish line.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. And where approximately on Boylston Street were you when that happened?
DANLING ZHOU: When the first bomb happened?
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Yes.
DANLING ZHOU: Right in front of that restaurant, the --
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Is it the Forum restaurant?
DANLING ZHOU: The Forum restaurant.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. And you weren't familiar with the Forum restaurant at the time, correct?
DANLING ZHOU: Not really. We still go around that area a lot, but we never eat in that restaurant before.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. And so who was there in front of the Forum restaurant when the first bomb blew up?
DANLING ZHOU: There is a couple on my right side, a woman -- very tall woman, her boyfriend, I guess, or her husband, and then there's two guys in front of us. Like still a lot of people in front of us. And then when we reach there, my friend is like -- Tiffany is not there because when we take the first turn to the Boylston Street, she decide to take a picture. There is a stone or something, she can stand up there, so she can take a picture. And then Lingzi and I went to the Apple store. So that's why we're not together at that point.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. So the three of you split up a little bit. Tiffany stopped to take a photo, and you and Lingzi kept going up westbound on Boylston Street towards the Apple store?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. When the first bomb exploded, how did you know that something happened?
DANLING ZHOU: I didn't really know that's a bomb. So when the first bomb -- the first thing happened, everybody around there is like shocked. So everyone is panicked. Everybody is asking, "What's happening? What's that?" I never think it's a bomb; I just thought something happened, like noise, something like that. And then people were in a panic, I guess, because they saw the smoke. There's some smoke we can see from the finish line. And I guess I'm not nervous about anything at that point. I just think it's just something, we don't know, but it cannot be a bomb or anything like that. So I was trying to calm my friend -- calm Lingzi too. She was worried too. And also the couple I mentioned before, because they are panicked, so I'm just looking at them to see what is happening. And then Lingzi's holding my arm at that point. I just trying to -- about to tell her, "Let's keep moving. It's okay. Let's go." And then I haven't got a chance to say that, the second bomb.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. Let me show you a couple of photos before we move on.
DANLING ZHOU: Okay.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Can you call up -- these have not yet been introduced. 21-1, -2 and - -3 just for the witness.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Ms. Zhou, is this one of the photos I showed you recently?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And do you recognize it as a photo of the time when you and Lingzi were walking by the Forum Restaurant on April 15, 2013?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, I can see her.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. You can see Lingzi in this one?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. Can we have 21-2.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And do you see yourself in 21-2?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: 21-3.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And do you see yourself in 21-3 and Lingzi's hand?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And are these fair and accurate photos of you and Lingzi just before the second bomb blasted?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. I can see the couple next to me too.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: I'd move in Exhibits 21-1, -2 and - -3.
MS. CLARKE: No objection.
THE COURT: Okay.
(Government Exhibit Nos. 21-1, 21-2 and 21-3 received into evidence.)
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: I would move to publish Exhibit 21-1, please.
BY MR. CHAKRAVARTY:
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Ms. Zhou, is this the photo that you said depicts Lingzi Lu?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Using your finger, can you just draw a circle on the screen in front of you? If you push a little bit hard with the pad of your finger as you draw on the touch screen.
DANLING ZHOU: (Witness complies.)
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So you've just circled the woman in the blue jacket on the left-hand side of the screen. Is that right?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. I think it's a shirt.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: That's a shirt? I'm sorry. Not a jacket. And does it appear she's holding her hand up to her mouth?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And describe what had just happened at this point. Take a moment.
(Pause.)
DANLING ZHOU: I think the first bomb just happened at that point, so everyone is looking. And she's in a panic.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Can we have 21-2, please?
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Do you see yourself in this photo?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Please, there's a tissue and there's also some water there if you want some.
(Pause.)
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Can you circle yourself on this photo?
DANLING ZHOU: (Witness complies.)
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Thank you. And where is Lingzi in this photo?
DANLING ZHOU: Right next to me, I think.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And you've circled yourself, the woman in the, more or less, upper center of the photo?
DANLING ZHOU: I think she's on my left side.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So behind the blonde woman?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And can we go to 21-3, please.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Now, again, can you circle yourself in 21-3.
DANLING ZHOU: (Witness complies.)
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And do you see a part of Lingzi in this photo?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, her head.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And is she holding your shoulder?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah; like she's grabbing my arms.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So were you particularly concerned about what had happened down at the finish line area?
DANLING ZHOU: At that point, no, because I can't see anything besides the smoke. I can only see there is the smoke up there. And everyone is panicked. I don't know why. I never feel something like that would happen. I feel safe, so...
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And Lingzi, you said she was a little bit panicked?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, she scared, like everyone around. Like I guess -- like everyone is kind of worried about what's happened -- what's happening.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Did she say anything?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah, she was asking me, like, "What's happened?" and "What should we do?" something like that, like everyone else.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And did you respond?
DANLING ZHOU: I said, "It should be okay. Calm down," or things like that. I don't know what answer to give because I don't know what's happening too. And I just feel like it shouldn't be a big problem; it should be just noise or something like that, just like construction work or something like that.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Moments after this photo was taken -- I think this is a still image from a video. Moments after this image, what happened?
DANLING ZHOU: I remember like before I start -- at first I was looking at the couple next to me so -- and then just like after a few seconds, maybe, and then I turn back, trying to tell -- I'm about to tell her to -- let's go, and then I think the second bomb just exploded at that point, because I don't have a memory of those few seconds.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. What is the next thing you remember?
DANLING ZHOU: I remember I wake up laying on the fence, and it's like smoke everywhere. And I can't hear anything at that point. I saw blood, like, all over the ground. And I remember there is a man stand right in front -- used to be stand right in front of me, and at that point he's sitting down and turning his face towards me, like in a very slow, slow way. It's like slow motion. And then I can see his face. It's very scared. And I think he's yelling, but I cannot hear anything. So he's turning his face towards me, and I saw his legs not there anymore. And then I start to check my arms and my legs, and Lingzi's arms and legs. I saw I have both my legs and my arms, so -- and I didn't see any wound at that point; I only saw blood, and so I satisfied. And then I saw Lingzi's legs and my legs are actually together, like kind of across each other.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Like intertwined, your legs and Lingzi's legs?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. Yes. So I tried to stand up. So I put my leg out, and trying to stand up, and then I figure at that point I'm injured. And then --
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Let me stop you there and just again clarify just a few of the things. You said that you were lying against a fence?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Is that right? And the man that you saw who no longer had legs, did you see that man moments before?
DANLING ZHOU: I think he's one of the men standing right in front of me, but I didn't see his face before because they are facing a different way.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So you were facing his back?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah, I'm facing his back.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And you said you saw that you had your limbs?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Did you make observations of Lingzi at that time?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. After I checked myself, I start to check her wound, and that's why I tried to stand up. And then I saw she has her arms and legs, but she's injured in her leg, her thigh. But I felt like it should be okay at that point.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. Let me stop you there. When you looked -- turned to look to see if she was okay, you saw that she had her arms and legs. Is that what you said?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: But she had an injury to her thigh?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay. And you said that you thought she would be all right? Why did you think that?
DANLING ZHOU: Because when I tried to stand up, I notice that I can't. Then I figure out I was injured. I have abdominal injury. So I had to sit back. And then I...
(Pause.)
DANLING ZHOU: I was thinking it may be better if I lose my arms or legs because I think then I have a chance to survive. Because my wound, I have to hold it, so... Like whole thing coming out from my insides. So I think it's kind of dangerous for me. So I sit there. I sit back. I stop trying to move. And I was holding my stomach at that point. And then I check Lingzi's wound. I saw she -- she's yelling, so I know she's alive. And I tried to talk to her, but I can't at that point. And so I think I should try to calm her down.
(Pause.)
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Ms. Zhou, let me ask you another question. You said you tried to stand up but you couldn't?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: What was preventing you from standing up?
DANLING ZHOU: Well, it hurt. And also, just you don't have strength to stand up and...
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: I'm sorry. Go ahead.
DANLING ZHOU: And I realized if I try to stand up, like my -- because I got cut, because of the bomb, on my stomach, so if I try to stand up, I don't think there is a good result.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And so your stomach was cut open?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, something like that.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And so in addition to -- I think you said you didn't have the strength to stand up --
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: -- you were worried that your insides would come out?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And what were you doing in response to that?
DANLING ZHOU: So I sit back. I didn't move. And then I hold it.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: You were holding your --
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah --
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: -- insides in?
DANLING ZHOU: -- I need to push, like, with all my strength I have. So I pushed my stomach. And that also help with the pain.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: You said you saw Lingzi next to you?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And in addition to the injury that you saw, what was she doing?
DANLING ZHOU: I saw she's yelling. I can't hear, so I can only saw she's yelling, and she's waving her hand a little bit. And she's like lying down. And so I can saw her leg. I can saw her injury. At that point you wouldn't think that's something hard -- it's hard to look at because everybody's injured. And you just feel like it's something you have to look at to take care of. So I look at her leg. I think it's better than the man in front of me because he doesn't have leg anymore. So I think she should be fine. And then I just -- I -- kind of like a relief, I think she would be fine. So I just sit back. And then lots of people come inside and trying to help and...
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So at that point could you see Lingzi anymore?
DANLING ZHOU: After a while I cannot see her because people were -- people get in and block the way. So I cannot see any other injured people.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Were people attending to you?
DANLING ZHOU: There were lots of people -- yeah.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And were people attending to her?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah, I think so.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And others around you as well?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah, everyone has a couple of people trying to help.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: So explain what happened when the responders came to you.
DANLING ZHOU: So there is -- so people came and tried to help, but they need to know what kind of injury you had, so every -- like it's a little bit messy there. So if -- so, for example, there's one coming to you and then somebody else is yelling for help, and then they left and then somebody else came. So every time if they changed, you have to show them your wound, what injury you are. So it's really painful to kind of reveal it every time. So then there's --
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Let me just clarify that. You said it's painful to reveal your wound --
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: -- every time a first responder comes to you?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Please continue.
DANLING ZHOU: So I remember there is a lady who came to help and then she tell me she's a nurse and everything, and like what's her name and she's going to help me. And then she tried to leave. I just can't take changing -- every -- just changing people, so I hold her pants -- like the bottom of her pants.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: You tugged on her pants to prevent her from leaving?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah, yeah, so I -- because I don't want to talk. I can't really easy talk. And I told her, "Can you stay here?" and she stayed. And after a while it's hard to brace, so I tried to move, I tried to lie down. I thought it would be easier, but it's actually harder. Like I want to throw up, so it will be even harder to breath.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: When you say "breath," you mean to breathe?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah, breathe.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Air coming in and out?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah. So I lean backwards, still sit there. And then it's still hard -- getting harder and harder, and then -- because there's a restaurant there, so people bring ice out. And they put ice in my mouth. It helps a lot. It just easier to breaths -- to breathe. And then just wait. And then there's two ambulance -- or one ambulance come and take the people right in front of me. And then I ask how long I should keep waiting, to tell me like soon. And I know the help is coming, but it just hard to wait there like that. And --
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Let me stop you before we talk about you leaving there. I'm going to show you a couple of photographs and ask if you can talk about those. I think the first is Exhibit 34.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: 34 is in evidence, your Honor.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Ms. Zhou, do you see yourself in this photo?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Again, can you circle yourself?
DANLING ZHOU: (Witness complies.)
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: You circled the woman with her head down and looking off to the side a little bit. Seeing this photo, can you tell the jury what you think was happening there?
DANLING ZHOU: I think that's just like after the bomb. And then I just wake up and then trying to figure out all wounds.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And where's Lingzi relative to you?
DANLING ZHOU: I think she's just right next to me, behind the man. Because I remember she's very close to me.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And the man that you were talking about in front of you, is that the man depicted in this photo?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, behind the tree.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Let me have 24, which is also in evidence, your Honor.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Okay, Ms. Zhou. Can you identify yourself in this photo as well as Lingzi?
DANLING ZHOU: So this is me and this is (indicating).
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: You've circled the woman on the left as being you?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. And this is Lingzi (indicating).
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And you've circled the woman with her hands over her face lying down as Lingzi?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Does this appear to be shortly after the earlier photo that we looked at?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, I think so.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Can you describe what you were doing here?
DANLING ZHOU: I guess I'm just looking around and just -- I guess just waiting.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Were you trying to conserve your energy?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Why?
DANLING ZHOU: Because I assume the soonest -- the soonest way the ambulance would come definitely takes more than five minutes. And because I'm injured, I don't have lots of energy; I don't want to waste them. So everyone was yelling, and I just sit there. I thought I shouldn't waste any energy to just yelling, and that will increase my heart speed and my bleeding. So if I yelling, then I will bleed faster, that will cause lots of problem.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Do you remember being able to hear when you were sitting there?
DANLING ZHOU: At the first, maybe one minutes or something like that, I cannot hear. And then the hearing is coming back. And then I think it started to come back when people screaming. And then I can hear people are talking like, about, "Help this one, he got injured," something like that.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Do you remember what it smelled like?
DANLING ZHOU: I can't remember what it smelled like. Smoke. Smoke. Just smoke. It -- it's more like all the things has been shut down, only nothing you can look at.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: All your senses had shut down?
DANLING ZHOU: Yeah, it feels like that way, so you cannot hear, you cannot smell, I guess. I just focus in on what I saw, I think.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Were you taken to the hospital?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And did you learn what your injuries were?
DANLING ZHOU: I think it's pretty clear to me at that point because I saw it. And besides that, because of the bomb, I guess I'm close -- very close, so my eardrum has injury too. So there is holes in my eardrum. I guess it happens to lots of people.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Did you receive nerve damage as well?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, because of the cutting, that injured my nerves to control the right leg.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Did they go into surgery to repair your abdomen?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes, I had surgery right after the bomb twice, just to clean up the wound. And then because there is something get inside your body, so it is very easy to get infection. So I got infection right after I get out of the hospital. So I get back in again.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: About how long were you in the hospital as a result of your injuries?
DANLING ZHOU: I think it's around 20 to 30 days, I think. It's hard to track the time.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: When you first arrived at the hospital, did you go -- when you went to get operated on, did you go to the ICU?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. So when I got off the ambulance, there is doctors waiting. So I guess I directly go to the surgery room, and there I remember there is a doctor lady. She's there. She says like she -- they all keep asking me about my -- something like if you're allergic to anything, so I told them no. And then I ask her if I can sleep, and she says yes, so I just sleep.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: When you woke up did you have visitors, and you talked to others about what happened?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes. When I first wake up, I was in ICU and I can't talk because I have that machine in my mouth and nose, so -- to help me breathe. And then I saw the -- my friends and Chinese Embassy is there, and so I write down things. I can only write. So I was lying there and write, "Tell them to find my friend." I write down her name.
(Pause.)
DANLING ZHOU: And also tell the nurse and doctors, my friends and everyone to look for her.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And you were talking about Lingzi?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: When did you hear what had happened to Lingzi?
DANLING ZHOU: I don't know how long it takes, but like after a while -- like I keep waking up and then go back to sleep because of the medicine I'm taking. And then all the family friends was visiting and then I, like -- every time I wake up, I ask them whether or not they find her. And so I ask again, and then he says -- oh, he says, like, she passed away, and you don't know that? So I guess everyone find out earlier, but they trying to protect me, so they didn't tell me.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Would you call up just for the witness, your Honor, Exhibits 1499 through 1501.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Ms. Zhou, do you recognize 1499?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Who is that?
DANLING ZHOU: That's Lingzi.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: 1500.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Who's that?
DANLING ZHOU: That's her.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: 1501.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And who is that?
DANLING ZHOU: That's her too.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: I'd move in 1499 to 1501.
MS. CLARKE: No objection.
THE COURT: Okay.
(Government Exhibit Nos. 1499, 1500 and 1501 received into evidence.)
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: And I would ask to publish 1500.
BY MR. CHAKRAVARTY:
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Do you recognize this photo?
DANLING ZHOU: Yes.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Who took it?
DANLING ZHOU: I took it.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Approximately when?
DANLING ZHOU: I can't remember. Just, that's kind of a regular day for us, so we just hanging out. And I think this is a restaurant close to the Fenway Park. If it's correct, I think it's a Thai restaurant, and we are just -- I guess we are there for a movie, and then too early, or just after movie, so we decide to eat things, and we just walk inside and take a picture.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: That was a typical day for you?
DANLING ZHOU: That's kind of our day for every day.
MR. CHAKRAVARTY: Thank you, your Honor.
THE COURT: Any examination?
MS. CLARKE: No. Thank you very much. No questions.
THE COURT: Thank you, Ms. Zhou.
DANLING ZHOU: Thanks.
(The witness is excused.)
THE COURT: We'll take the morning recess.
COURT CLERK: All rise for the Court and the jury. The Court will take the morning recess. The.
(The Court and jury exit the courtroom and there is a recess in the proceedings at 11:04 a.m.)
COURT CLERK: All rise for the jury.
(The Court and jury enter the courtroom at 11:27 a.m.)
COURT CLERK: Be seated.
THE COURT: Ms. Pellegrini?
MS. PELLEGRINI: Your Honor, the government calls Matthew Patterson.