FBI via Reuters
Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, in an undated photo.
By Matthew DeLuca and Tracy Connor, NBC News
The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect is set to make his first court appearance Wednesday, and the mother of two brothers maimed in the blast said she would be there looking for answers.
"I want to know what happened that day," said Liz Norden, whose sons, J.P. and Paul, each lost a leg in the April 15 explosions near the finish line of the iconic race.
Liz Norden, the mother of two men who each lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings, tells WHDH "I want to know what happened that day," as she prepares to attend a federal hearing for suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Janet Wu reports.
"How can somebody do something to innocent people like that?"
Norden is expected to join a crowd of bombing survivors and their loved ones at the Boston federal courthouse to see Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, arraigned on a 30-count indictment that charges him with using weapons of mass destruction and killing four people.
A small group of Tsarnaev's supporters was also on hand and cheered as a caravan carried him to the courthouse, invoking his nickname as they yelled "Justice for Jahar!" according to the Associated Press.
Security was tight with Department of Homeland Security officers visible and a police boat behind the courthouse.
The 3:30 p.m. hearing will mark Tsarnaev's first appearance in public since he was hauled bleeding from a boat, where he scrawled anti-American messages while hiding out from police who locked down the Boston area to hunt for him.
His older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed in a shootout with police ? capping a bloody escape bid in which they allegedly killed a campus police officer, hijacked a car and hurled pipe bombs from an SUV.
Three people were killed in the bombing and more than 260 wounded, many of whom lost limbs.
Norden's sons told NBC station WHDH that they won't be in the courtroom when Tsarnaev appears, but they understand their mother's need to be present.
"I just feel I can maybe find some answer or a peace of mind by going," she said.
Attorney General Eric Holder has not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty for Tsarnaev, an American citizen who was born in Dagestan.
Investigators say the messages the college student left in the boat gave them insight into why he and his brother planted the bombs.
They included: "The U.S. Government is killing our innocent civilians," "I can't stand to see such evil go unpunished," and "We Muslims are one body, you hurt one you hurt us all."
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