Wearing a Boston Marathon jacket and holding up the finisher’s medal he earned the day of the 2013 bombing, Seattle City Councilmember Rob Saka made an emotional plea for Mayor Katie Wilson to turn on security cameras in the Stadium District before the FIFA World Cup arrives.
“In 2013, me and my wife ran the Boston Marathon,” Saka told colleagues during Tuesday’s Public Safety Committee meeting. “And then the first of the bombs went off, and I’ll never forget. And then another device exploded shortly thereafter.”
Saka, who represents the district where World Cup matches will be played, said the experience shaped his views on public safety and surveillance technology. He credited closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras with helping law enforcement identify the Boston attackers and prevent further tragedy…