Help Us Remember Sunil Tripathi

Endless Thread

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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the days after the 2013 Boston bombing, an online hunt for the perpetrators falsely accused Brown University student Sunil Tripathi. Police later discovered that Tripathi, who had been showing signs of depression, had died by suicide.

Endless Thread revisits his story — one of family and mental health — on the 10th anniversary with documentarian Neal Broffman and Tripathi's sister, Sangeeta Tripathi.

Editor’s note: This story mentions suicide. You can reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline toll-free by calling or texting 988.

***** Credits: This episode was produced by Dean Russell. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski. Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson are the co-hosts.

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0:00.0	Heads up, this episode mentions suicide.
0:03.8	If you're having suicidal thoughts yourself and you just need someone to talk to, the
0:08.2	suicide and crisis lifeline is 9-8-8.
0:11.8	Okay, here's the show.
0:14.6	W-B-U-R-Podcast Boston.
0:21.6	Emory, it's been a, this episode is a long time coming.
0:32.9	Yeah, man.
0:34.9	Ever since we launched the show five years ago, we have wanted to make an episode that talks
0:42.5	about the Boston Marathon bombing, and here we are, 2023, 10 years.
0:48.5	Where were you when this happened, Emory?
0:51.4	I was not living in Boston, I was living in New York, but where were you?
0:55.7	I was living in Boston, and I was working on the daily local news show at W-B-U-R called
1:03.6	Radio Boston.
1:05.6	And I remember the executive producer coming into the studio at 2.55 pm, because our show
1:13.3	went live at 3 pm.
1:15.5	And I'm pretty sure the first bomb went off at about 2.50.
1:21.7	We were told to turn on the little TV in the studio, and all you saw was a cloud of smoke.
1:45.5	And that week, I remember that week, we were all there, 12 plus hour days.
1:53.2	And the interesting thing, Ben, is that the story that we're going to talk about today
1:59.0	was not even on my radar for a long time, because this story has to do with misinformation.
2:08.4	I think it's a good moment to reflect on this kind of manhunt that started on Reddit
2:17.3	for the people who committed this act of terrorism.
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