maybe Hollywood would have an interest in the boat.

I bet you he's already had offers for it.

I expect the boat to be seized as evidence. I wonder how many bullet holes it has?

I have been wondering this as well. Also, the hijacked SUV from the night before..didn't it get shot full of holes too?

interestingly enough.

If the Sheriff hits your car he doesn't fix it even if he was at fault because technically he is never at fault. I know that my home owners says that it does not cover acts of war. I don't know about 'terrorism' which is basically war when it comes right down to it.

If the company refused it would be committing commercial suicide. This guy could go to the news and toss the company out there as unpatriotic and untrustworthy and they would suffer enormous damage.

There may also be a crime victims fund.

This case is notorious. The guy can give interviews or write a book.

he will get the money.

Tabloids pay for interviews. Not saying he won't make money, but it's not going to be ABC, CBS, NBC or even Fox paying for it. It'll be Inside Edition or TMZ.

etc for broadcast use.
It's one of the ways they get around that claim about paying "for interviews".
This is why the correct question to a network spokesman is not "were they paid for the interview?"
but rather "did they receive any compensation from the network?"

And we NEVER pay for interviews. Freelancers are paid for their photos, but we own the work once its paid for. That is how legitimate news organizations work.

and everyone of these TV reporters always like to say
"I used to be a newspaperman myself."
even though they were not.

Should apply for that owner as it was on the property at the time of the incident.

Wave of Support to Replace Boat Ruined in Bomber's Standoff With Cops

America wants to help David Henneberry get a new boat.

The Watertown, Mass., resident became a hero when he discovered suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in his backyard boat.

Henneberry quickly called the cops and in a final standoff, his boat was riddled with bullet holes.

"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."

More:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wave-support-boat-man-found-bomber-suspect/story?id=19006080#.UXLdYcrm8ug

They will have to wait for it to be released as evidence, of course, which may be a couple years. Selling the rights to their story may put them in a new boat for this season.

They generally have to take care of any damage they do to innocent people's property.

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It protects homeowners from mayhem - I think this would qualify as mayhem.

I worked in home disaster restoration for a few years; we did stuff for a half-dozen insurance companies and Allstate was the only one that didn't make me want to put my head through my desk at least once a week.

(I understand they vary wildly from place to place, though.)

Are probably shot up too, looking at the photo of where the boat is.

And fiberglass is very easy to repair, unless a large area is burned which I don't think is the case.

sounds like the goodness of others will help

insurance companies are in the business of denying claims and profit - so this is not a standard problem

Bunk cushions easily replaced. Bullet holes easily repaired. Any gear shot up also easily replaced. Insurance is only required to restore boat as it was, not buy him a new one. If guy wants a new boat he can repair and sell current one and buy a new one. People buy and live in houses in which theres a death or crime all the time. Boat no different.

People who think boat is ruined don't know what they're talking about.

Meanwhile...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2722760

care industry does not want it fixed - they love the huge profits from dead or sick people

one, bullet holes and all. The bullet holes and other siege damage, sadly makes the boat valuable, given who was in there during the siege.

It has become a piece of American history.

It would be like having the car Bonnie and Clyde were shot it - wonder where that is.

for a lot of money.

If they don't exclude bullet holes in the policy then it has to be regarded as an accident IMHO. I'm sure they will try to weasel out of it, so the owner should get an ambulance chaser type lawyer who specializes in these things to make them do it.