MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016

Security High On Anniversary Of Terrorist Attack

On another day filled with powerful memories and Boston Strong images, two runners from Ethiopia won the men’s and women’s races in the 120th Boston Marathon on Monday, and three years after the marathon was marked by bombings at the finish line, there were reminders in heightened security and, for the first time, in the presence of two runners who had each lost a leg in the bombings running the 26.2-mile course.

There was a large contingent of plainclothes and investigative officers who made observations of any suspicious activity, and observed the behavior of members of the public along the marathon route. Behind the scenes there was heavy intelligence as well.

Patrick Downes and Adrianne Haslet-Davis, two runners who lost parts of their legs in the bombings, were attempting the course, each running on a prosthetic leg. Downes’s wife, Jessica Kensky, lost both her legs in the bombings and the couple hand-cycled the race the last two years. “I feel like I’m celebrating the body that I have left, and it feels spiritual,” Downes, of Bethesda, Md., told The Boston Globe before the race. “It feels triumphant.”

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady paused Monday to pay tribute to Adrianne Haslet-Davis, one of the toughest, most courageous runners in Boston Marathon.

Despite the memory the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing when terror returned to America during the Obama Administration, today runners and spectators were still celebrating American’s Annual sporting event that welcomes participants from all over the world. We must all remember the beautiful people who lost their lives and those who were gravely injured in the tragedy. We honor the brave men and women who tirelessly worked in the days after the bombings. This short video is dedicated to the great city of Boston and its people, and especially to the victims Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, and Lingzi Lu, as well as to MIT Police Officer Sean Collier who died in the line of duty.

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