By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., April 19, 2013, — In a recent interview on CBS evening news, 26-year-old Chinese immigrant Danny told his ordeal a year ago when his car was hijacked by Tsarnaev brothers at gun point on April 18, 2013. The gun was likely to be taken from MIT police officer Sean Collier when they allegedly killed officer Collier earlier on that day.
Danny talks during CBS interview (from cbsnews.com).
Tamerlan Tsarnaev forced into Danny’s car when he stopped to text message a friend. “He asked me, ‘Do you know the Boston Marathon bombing?’ I said yes, I know. He asked then, ‘Do you know who did this?’ No. He said: ‘I did that.’ Danny said in the CBS interview.
“I thought they were going to kill me. I think about family, friends, dreams. I thought I cannot die tonight. I was asking myself, ‘Should I put my life in the hands of the terrorists or should I put my life in the hands of my own self?'” said Danny during the interview.
And he managed to escape from the car when they stopped at a Shell gas station to fill up “for what was going to be a long drive to New York to set off more bombs”, according to the CBS report. He ran into a convenience store across the street, and asked the store clerk to call 911.
Police arrived soon, and Danny suggested that they could track down Tsarnaev brothers with GPS signals from Danny’s car. After exchanged gun fires with police in Watertown, Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed, and his brother was captured on April 19 in a boat.
“I don’t feel like a hero. Because from my opinion, I was just trying to save myself.” Danny said. But his quick thinking and determination have certainly helped bring down the terrorists, and might have saved lives, including his own.
For victims of the Marathon bombings and many shocked Bostonians, Danny is a true hero.