MBTA Transit Police Officer Dic Donohue survived his encounter with the alleged Boston Marathon bombers. He says he will always remember Mayor Tom Menino's leadership following the deadly attacks.
"It was really an attack on his family, on his city that he loved so much, and he did the best he could to help us all rebound from that situation," said Donohue.
From bombing survivors to everyday people, the late mayor is being remembered this weekend as the city gets ready for his funeral.
Preparations are underway at Faneuil Hall, where the mayor will lay in state Sunday.
At City Hall, people continue to come to sign a remembrance book.
"He was a good mayor and a good man," said Steve Bertorelli of Medford, Massachusetts. "It's just a shame that he left us so soon."
Marjorie Bakken is a past president of Wheelock College. She recalled the mayor's work with Boston's numerous institutions of higher learning.
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"He cared about what the colleges were doing, and the public schools," she said. "He cared a great deal about that and wanted them to do more."
Saturday, Dic Donohue was at Gillette Stadium, promoting a blood drive for the American Red Cross. Heather Abbott, who lost a leg in the marathon bombings, was with him.
Abbott still recalls when Tom Menino came to her hospital room to see her.
"He actually left the hospital, when he was sick, to tend to the issues with the Boston Marathon bombing, and actually visited me at Brigham and Women's in the hospital room where he was just a few days earlier," she said. "It was a great visit."
