Hero who found America's most wanted WILL get a new boat: Donations flood in for man who stumbled on suspect in his yard



David Henneberry, a resident of the suburb of Watertown, had been at home under curfew since early hours



At 5.30pm went outside for cigarette and noticed tarpaulin on his 24ft pleasure cruiser had been disturbed

Saw blood on it and thought he could see a body underneath, went inside and called police

Hundreds of police officers, FBI and SWAT teams descended on quiet neighborhood riddling countless holes in his beloved boat




Donations toward buying Watertown hero David Henneberry a new boat are already pouring in from around the country.



The 66-year-old man who came face-to-face with suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding inside his boat is the man credited for ending a nightmarish manhunt for the most wanted man in America.

The after effect was a sacrifice, however was countless holes in his boat that neighbors would describe as his 'baby.'

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Dramatic ending: An aerial view over David Henneberry's home in Watertown, Massachusetts reveals his covered boat that would become the hideout by Boston bombing suspect #2, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19

'That boat's his baby. He takes care of it like you wouldn't believe. And they told him it's all shot up,' Henneberry's friend and neighbor George Pizzuto told ABC News. 'He's going to be heartbroken.'

Doborah Newberry of Orlando Florida, so moved by Mr Henneberry's heroism and sacrifice, says she's already mailed a $25 check to Mr Henneberry's home marked, 'towards a new boat.'

'I just want him to know that people care about him because I know he's probably the guy that would say, "Well, that's okay," Newberry, 66, told ABC. 'But I just would like him to know that we're all thinking about him and appreciate his spirit.'

She's not alone.

Jacksonville attorney John Phillips says he also plans to send Mr Henneberry a check for $1,000 toward a new boat.

'[The boat] is fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but that's what's significant to him,' Phillips told ABCNews.com. 'If that's what the guy's passion is, I have no problem whatsoever chipping in and helping out.'

This image obtained April 19, 2013 courtesy CBS News shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing who was captured Friday night, April 19, 2013 after he was found hiding in a boat in a Boston suburb

He suspects the boat, believed to be a 22-foot Seahawk cruiser featuring a fiberglass hull that retails for around $50,000, will be held as evidence for a while anyway leaving Mr Henneberry well beyond empty handed.

Not that he thinks he'd want that boat back.

'He just had his boat shot up and had a terrorist live in it for a day,' Mr Phillips said. 'If the dude wants an upgraded boat, let's get the guy a boat without terrorist blood in it.'



If that weren’t enough, Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau adds that someone in Detroit, Michigan has emailed asking to fully replace Mr Henneberry's boat as well.

'It's just incredible,' Deveau said of the outpouring of support which comes toward his police department as well. ‘I'm getting emails and things from all over the world.’

Like thousands of other residents of Watertown, a sleepy middle-class suburb of Boston, Mr Henneberry had been cooped up in his home, at 67 Franklin Street, since police imposed a curfew in the early hours of Friday.

The curfew followed a 2am gun battle just a few streets away that left Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, dead and his 19-year-old brother Dzhokhar on the run.

A thousand police, SWAT teams, dog units and explosive experts had been going door-to-door as frightened residents were ordered to shelter inside their homes.

But by 5.30pm, Dzhokhar still hadn’t been found and the curfew was lifted.

Hero: David Henneberry had no idea he would find America's most wanted man hiding in his boat

Despite cool temperatures and intermittent rain, residents – many of whom had been locked inside their homes all day – began emerging on to the streets. Some jogged, others walked their dogs while most stood chatting to neighbours.

Mr Henneberry, whose ‘passion’ is his 24-ft white fibreglass Seahawk pleasure cruiser, strolled into his garden at 6.05pm – and immediately noticed the tarpaulin covering his prized boat had been disturbed.

Neighbour George Pizzuto said: ‘He got his ladder and put it up against the side of the boat and climbed up. He saw blood on it and what he thought was a body lying at the back. He immediately ran inside and called the police.

‘David was totally distraught and in shock. That boat’s his baby. He takes care of it like you won’t believe.’

Robert Duffy, Mr Henneberry’s stepson, added: ‘As soon as he saw the tarp on the boat he knew something wasn’t right. It was flapping in the wind and, when he got the ladder he realised one of the straps had been cut – not chafed, or unhooked but cut.'

‘He stuck his head under it and noticed a pool of blood and what he thought was a man’s leg. He saw someone crumpled up in a ball.’

Minutes later and all hell broke loose as around 300 police officers, FBI and SWAT teams descended on the quiet neighbourhood.

At 6.15pm police had cordoned off a three-block, area, erecting barricades and sending sharpshooters to ‘cover’ street corners and take positions on rooftops. A police helicopter with heat sensors flew over the garden to verify there was a body inside the boat.

Assisted: This striking picture shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lying on the ground of the property of 67 Franklin Street in Watertown after authorities apprehended him. He had to have medical assistance to breathe

Seriously Injured: This still frame from video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visible through an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown, on Friday, April 19, 2013



Student: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (left) graduated from his Cambridge high school and was in college studying medicine. He is on the run after his brother Tamerlan (right) was killed after they were named terror suspects

Clearer shot: David Green, 49, captured this picture with his iPhone likely of the man identified by the FBI as Suspect Number Two, as Green faced east on the corner of Fairfield and Boylston Streets, shortly after the Boston Marathon blasts Comparison: Suspect Number Two is seen in surveillance footage from the FBI released on Thursday (left). The man closely resembling that suspect is seen (right) in a clearer image released by a man who had competed in the Boston Marathon and captured the picture as he ran toward the site of the blast



This combination of Associated Press file images released by the FBI on Thursday show two images taken from surveillance video of what the FBI are calling suspect number 1, (left), in black cap,and suspect number 2, (right), in a white cap

Horrific Scene: The aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday evening in the city

Injured people and debris lie on the sidewalk near the Boston Marathon finish line following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013



