John Fitzgerald is injured by a bomb planted in his car in Everett.

The Boston lawyer loses his leg in the explosion of the bomb, which had been planted in the car, which had been given to him by his client, alleged Mafia hit man” turned informant Joseph “The Animal” Barboza,” as payment for legal services. Fitzgerald goes on to become a federal judge. Frank “Cadillac Frank” Salemme is convicted of planting the bomb in June 1973, and sentenced to 15 years in prison.