--- description: Survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings appeared in a Boston federal court Wednesday to deliver testimony of the bloodshed. title: Boston Bombing Survivors Tell Court of Carnage image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b22b3839e4c3a26/6987823bcd1bbadd7b6f5881/sydney-corcoran.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Courts](/tag/courts/) ## Courts Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Boston Bombing Survivors Tell Court Their Personal Accounts of the Carnage by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2015 3:48 AM CUT  A courtroom sketch shows Boston Marathon bombing survivor Sydney Corcoran testifying in the trial of accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the federal courthouse in Boston, Mass., March 4, 2015. A courtroom sketch shows Boston Marathon bombing survivor Sydney Corcoran testifying in the trial of accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the federal courthouse in Boston, Mass., March 4, 2015.Jane Flavell Collins—Reuters by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2015 3:48 AM CUT Survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, allegedly carried out by Chechen-American brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, [appeared](http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/04/survivors-tell-stories-carnage-boston-marathon-finish-line/texXqP6ajJ2iYHnctzp76I/story.html "undefined") in a Boston federal court Wednesday to deliver chilling testimony detailing the chaotic scene at the finish line. When the two bombs detonated on April 15, 2013, shrapnel cut an artery in Sydney Corcoran’s leg, leaving blood gushing, while her mother’s legs were sliced off. On the first day of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial she described the moment to the courtroom: “I remember thinking, this is it, I’m going to die. I’m not going to make it.” [Read the rest of the survivor testimonies at the Boston _Globe_](http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/04/survivors-tell-stories-carnage-boston-marathon-finish-line/texXqP6ajJ2iYHnctzp76I/story.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3732874/boston-bombing-survivors-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-tamerlan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3732874/boston-bombing-survivors-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-tamerlan/"},"headline":"Boston Bombing Survivors Tell Court Their Personal Accounts of the Carnage","datePublished":"2015-03-05T03:48:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:15:05.919Z","description":"“I remember thinking, this is it, I’m going to die. 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