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MARATHON BOMBING ONE YEAR LATER

A bright spring day. TheSox just beat the Tampa BayRays at Fenway on an RBIdouble in the ninth inning.Its good to have the day off.Crowds mill about on thestreet for the Boston Mara-thon, a Patriots Day tradi-tion. A loud bang. Another.Smoke, yelling, haze, run-ning, copper balls, gore.

Chaos.At 2:49 p.m. on April 15,

2013, two bombs trans-formed Boylston Street anda picturesque April day intoa nightmare of confusion,fear and uncertainty.Ona day meant to celebrateour national heritage anda world-famous race, theattack set in motion aweek-long hunt for the per-petrators, culminating in awhite-knuckle manhunt andthe shutdown of an entireAmerican city.

Police and rescuers, alongwith runners and ordinarypeople, raced to help thescores injured in the blasts.Meanwhile, horrified resi-dents around the region andthe country struggled to fig-ure out what had happenedand tried to contact lovedones in the Boston Mara-thon or along the finish line.

Adding to the confusion,a fire broke out about 10minutes after the blasts at

the John F. Kennedy Presi-dential Library, though theblaze turned out to be unre-lated. Early media reportsdescribed packages at otherlocations along the BostonMarathon route. Police deto-nated a device in a controlledexplosion on Boylston Streetlater in the afternoon. Atabout 10 p.m., local and statepolice executed a search war-rant on an apartment build-ing in Revere.

Local hospitals workedfeverishly to save peopleslives as Boston Police andthe FBI announced a joint

investigation into the bomb-ing and who was behind it.

President Barack Obamaspoke to the nation about thetragedy just after 6 p.m., a

grimly regular duty for him.We still do not know who

did this or why, he said.And people shouldnt jumpto conclusions before wehave all the facts. But makeno mistake we will get tothe bottom of this. And wewill find out who did this;well find out why they didthis. Any responsible indi-viduals, any responsiblegroups will feel the fullweight of justice.

By the end of PatriotsDay, it was clear that threepeople had been killed in theblast and nearly 200 otherswounded. Many lost legs.

Tuesday morning, peopleventured back into Bostonfor work, to retrieve belong-ings, to find friends andfamily and to drop flowersand shoes at the barricadeblocking off the finish line,which police had deemed acrime scene.

Bostonians, commutersand visitors were greeted toheavy police and NationalGuard presence. Guard

troops were stationed insidetransit stations downtown,and the State Police and theGuard used Boston Commonas a staging area, mustering

numerous heavy vehicleson the grass along CharlesStreet.

Life slowly resumed itsusual pace. Tourists lookedfor Duck Tours. Peoplewaited for the Big Apple Cir-cus at Government Center,which decided to carry on.Residents took their dogs tothe Public Garden and thecommon.

But the search foranswers continued.The FBI

agent then in charge of theBoston field office,RichardDesLauriers, offered thefirst clues about what hadhappened the day before. Hedescribed two bombs madewith pressure cookers andpossibly concealed in back-packs or duffel bags. Theexplosives were packed withsmall metal objects to maxi-mize injury.

Among items partiallyrecovered are pieces of

black nylon, which could befrom a backpack, and whatappear to be fragmentsof BBs and nails possibly

contained in a pressurecooker device, he said.

The area remained on highalert. On Wednesday, April17, the Moakley Courthouse

in South Boston was evacu-ated after a bomb threat. Noexplosive was found.

A healing service andinterfaith vigil was heldApril 18 at Cathedral of theHoly Cross in the South Endof Boston, attended by acardinal, a rabbi, a presidentand multiple local religious,civic and political leaders.

This doesnt stop us. Andthats what youve taughtus, Boston, Obama told

thousands in the cathedraland watching on televi-sion. Thats what youvereminded us, to push, to notgrow weary, to not get faint,even when it hurts. We fin-ish the race. And we do thatbecause of who we are andwe do that because we knowthat somewhere around thebend, a stranger has a cupof water. Around the bend,somebodys there to boostour spirits. On that tough-

est mile, just when we thinkweve hit a wall, someonewill be there to cheer us onand pick up.

Later that day, policeand the FBI turned to the

public for help in findingand identifying two peoplesuspected of planting thebombs on Boylston Street.They released surveillancefootage from the marathonshowing two young men,then known only as Suspect1 and Suspect 2, with base-ball hats and backpacks.

That release may havespooked the suspects, twoRussian-born Cambridgeresidents who had stayed

put after the bombing. Atabout 10:30 p.m., Massachu-setts Institute of Technologypolice reported gunfire onVasser Street. A few min-utes later, MIT Police OfficerSean Collier was killed inhis cruiser.

The elder suspect car-jacked a Mercedes SUV,keeping the driver with him,while the younger suspectwent to Watertown. Thesuspect took the Mercedes

owner on a harrowing tripthrough Brighton, Cambridgeand Watertown, stopping atATMs to withdraw money.

The SUVs owner escapedshortly after midnightFriday at a Shell Stationon Memorial Drive in Cam-bridge and notified police.An alert was sent to areapolice with a description ofthe vehicle.

Watertown police spot-ted the SUV, followed by

a Honda sedan, on DexterAvenue. Shots were firedand police engaged in agun battle in the residentialneighborhood, with the twosuspects throwing pressurecooker bombs. A transitpolice officer,RichardDonahue Jr., was criticallywounded in the battle.

Eventually, the youngersuspect, soon identifiedas Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,escaped, but ran over his

wounded brother, identifiedas Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

That firefight and escapetriggered a massive manhunt,

based at the Arsenal inWatertown. Police from

around the region, the StatePolice, the FBI, the NationalGuard and the federal ATFdressed in fatigues and armorand heavily armed searchedhomes in the area. Gov. DevalPatrick asked residents tostay in their homes andordered public transit closed.

Millions of people hun-kered down as the searchcontinued through the day.Police and federal agentssearched the Tsarnaevs

Cambridge apartmentand Dzhokhar TsarnaevsUMass Dartmouth dorm.

With no suspect by 6p.m., Patrick called off thesearch for the day andlifted his request to stayinside. That decision led aWatertown resident,DavidHenneberry, of 67 Frank-lin St., to go outside for asmoke. He noticed some-thing off about his boat,wrapped for the winter and

parked in his back yard. Hecalled police.

Officers and agentsswarmed the area. After abrief bout of gunfire, theybrought in helicopters withthermal imaging camerasto peer into the boat anda robot to cut through thewrapping. After about twohours, police convinced abloodied Dzhokhar Tsar-naev to surrender. Cheeringcrowds swarmed Boston,

the relief palpable andoverwhelming.

Saturday, people left theirhomes in relief that thesuspect was caught and inpride of the stoic determina-tion Boston showed throughthe week, a mindset dubbedBoston Strong.

This is our f---ing city,David Ortiz said that day atFenway Park.

Amen.Follow Douglas Moser on

Twitter @EagleEyeMoser.To comment on stories andsee what others are saying,log on to eagletribune.com.

The day that changed Boston foreverBYDOUGLASMOSER

STAFF WRITER

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A flag flies over the finish line as medical workers aid injured people following the explosion atthe 2013 Boston Marathon. Two explosions shattered the euphoria at the finish line, sendingauthorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were re-routed awayfrom the smoking site of the blasts.

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APRIL 15

2:38 p.m.: Tamerlan andDzhokhar Tsarnaev turnonto Boylston Street,according to surveillanceimages released by thepolice and FBI.

2:49 p.m.: Two explosions,first at 671 Boylston St. andthen at 755 Boylston St.

2:59 p.m.: A fire is reportedat the John F. KennedyPresidential Library, raising

fears of further attacks. Thefire was unrelated to thebombings.

3:17 p.m.: The FAA imposesflight restrictions overBoston.

3:55 p.m.: Police detonate adevice in a controlled explo-sion on Boylston Street.

5:15 p.m.: Boston police

and the FBI announce aninvestigation.

6:10 p.m.: President Obama

speaks to the nation aboutthe bombing. But make nomistake, we will get to thebottom of this. And we willfind out who did this. Wellfind out why they did this.Any responsible individuals,any responsible groups willfeel the full weight of jus-tice, he says.

8:54 p.m.: Boston Policeconfirm that three peoplewere killed in the bombing.

10 p.m.: Police execute a

search warrant on an apart-ment in Revere.

APRIL 16

9:30 a.m.: Heavy NationalGuard and police presencein Boston as local, state andfederal officials update thepublic about the investiga-tion. Among items partially

recoveredare pieces ofblack nylon,

which couldbe from abackpack,and whatappear to befragmentsof BBs and

nails possibly contained ina pressure cooker device,says then-Special Agent inCharge Richard DesLauriers.

11:30 a.m.: President Obamagives a second statement onthe bombings, calling them

an act of terror.APRIL 17

Dzhokhar Tsar-naev returns to UMassDartmouth, where he is astudent.

2:50 p.m.: Moakley federalcourthouse in Boston isevacuated after a code red,

A TIMELINE OF THE 2013 MARATHON EVENTSBYDOUGMOSER

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called after a bombthreat is communi-cated. No explosive isfound.

APRIL 18

11 a.m.: Healing Ser-vice held at Cathedralof the Holy Cross,attended by thou-sands of people.

5 p.m.: Boston policeand the FBI releaseimages of two sus-pects wanted in thebombing after inter-nal deliberation overpublicly identifyingthem.

10:24 p.m.: MITpolice respond toa call of gunfire onVassar Street inCambridge.

10:33 p.m.: MIT Police offi-

cer Sean Collier is killed inhis cruiser.

11:15 p.m.: After the shooting,Tamerlan Tsarnaev carjacksa Mercedes-Benz SUV. Afterdriving through Allston,Brighton and Watertown,where they pick up Dzhokhar,the car owner escapes at a gasstation on Memorial Drive in

Cambridge.

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12:19 a.m.: The SUV ownerreports the carjacking anddescribes his assailantsto police, who rope off theShell Station and obtain aphoto of Dzhokhar from anATM.

12:41 a.m.: Police use theMercedes GPS trackerto locate the SUV in

Watertown. Police spot theSUV on Dexter Avenue,accompanied by a Honda

driven by Dzhokhar.12:50 a.m.: Shots are fired.

Gunfire erupts on LaurelStreet as Watertown policeconfront the Tsarnaevs, whofire back and toss pressurecooker bombs in response.Dzhokhar Tsarnaevescapes, but hits his injuredbrother with his getaway

car.12:51 a.m.: Medical rescu-

ers respond to calls of an

injured officer, transit offi-cer Richard Donahue Jr.,who is critically wounded inthe shootout.

1:20 a.m.: Mortallywounded Tamerlan Tsar-naev is handcuffed andtransported to Beth IsraelHospital in Boston, where heis later declared dead.

6:30 a.m.: Gov. Deval Pat-rick decides to shut downthe regions public transit

with Dzhokhar Tsarnaevstill on the loose and askspeople to stay inside.

7 a.m.: Police from aroundthe region, state police, theFBI and the National Guardmobilize at the Arsenalin Watertown to begin adaylong manhunt through-out eastern Watertown.

Heavily armed andarmored officersand guardsmencheck housesthroughout theneighborhood.

6:30 p.m.: Gov.Patrick calls offthe search for theday and rescindshis request for

people to stay in.6:35 p.m.: A

Franklin Streetman spots a bloodybody inside hisboat, which iswrapped up ona trailer in hisbackyard.

8:46 p.m.: Sus-pect is in custody.After a brief burst

of gunfire, police use a robotto cut through the boats

plastic wrapping and con-vince Dzhokar Tsarnaevto surrender. Seriouslywounded, he is arrestedand taken to Beth IsraelHospital.

Sources: FBI, Massachu-setts Governors Office, TheWhite House, Eagle-Tribunereporting, news reports.

LEFT: A police officer reacts to news of the arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaevon April 19, 2013, in Boston. RIGHT: Neighbors gather near the locationwhere the previous nightDzhokhar Tsarnaevwas arrested on April 20, 2013, in Watertown.

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Dave McGillivray is syn-onymous with the BostonMarathon.

The longtime NorthAndover resident has par-ticipated in the race for 41years in a row, since he was18 years old. He also worksbehind the scenes runningthis race and many, manyothers all over the world. InBoston, he has been the racedirector since 2001 and prior

to that was technical direc-tor from 1988 to 2000,

The Eagle-Tribune spokewith McGillivray less thana month after last yearsevent, in the wake of thebombings that left threepeople dead and more than200 others injured.

Now its a year later and

the race is garnering world-wide attention. Heres what

McGillivray has to say aboutthe past year, the emotionsand the preparation forwhat some are calling oneof the most important roadraces in history.

Q: Can you speak about theemotional experience of the lastyear?

A:It all unfolded in threestages: first, recovery andrespect for the victims andsurvivors. We spent thebetter part of a few months

recovering from the tragedyand helping out those whowere profoundly impacted.The next three to fourmonths were spent tryingto conceptualize what the2014 race would become andwould look like. As one canimagine, we received a lot ofsuggestions and ideas as to

what direction to go in. Nowwe are in the final stage of

executing the plan. All threehave been challenging tosay the least, but at least weare finally doing what we dobest and that is putting on aworld-class road race.

Q: What are your emotionsleading up to the Boston Mara-thon on April 21?

A:Anxious is a goodword to describe it; notscared and not fear. Thereis so much happening andso many moving parts. Im

confident it will all comeoff fine, but it will all comedown to the wire with allthis very complex planning.

Q: What did you learn aboutyourself through this process?

A:I learned to leave pub-lic safety to the public safetyexperts and to focus on whatwe do best and that is to put

on a road race. We owe it to36,000 runners to maintain

the gold standard of eventmanagement which we havebeen known for. With theadditional 9,000 runnersand the increased level ofsecurity, that is enough of achallenge to try to tackle forone year.

Q: What is the most heart-warming story youve heardabout over the last year?

A:I dont think of justone; I think of hundreds ofthem. As we all know, this

story has now been in thenews for 11 months non-stop. However, most of it hasbeen heartwarming. Thestories of resilience; the sto-ries of recovery; the storiesof Boston Strong. With theright attitude and a positiveoutlook, good usually canwin over evil. The entire

The man behind the raceBYBILLBURT

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A conversation withDirector Dave McGillivray

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healing process here in Bos-ton and around the countryhas been so inspiring andgives me a deep sense ofhope and strength I neverthought Id ever experience.Ive always felt that scar tis-sue is stronger than originalskin, like a badge of cour-age. And the same can besaid for our emotions.

Q: The 100th Boston in 1996was extra special. How will thisyear compare?

A:We only have a fewthousand runners less thisyear than we had for the100th and interestingly,Ive heard zero talk aboutthe field size this year. And we actually haveless space to work withthis time. The field sizealone was the story of 1996. How are they going to

manage 38,000 runners?Now, it is just expected andassumed we can do it: Pieceof cake they did it for the100th, they can easily do itagain. That is like saying,by running one marathon,the next one should be realeasy. Thats just not so.Sometimes the next one

is harder than the firstone since everyone is nowexpecting you to performat a higher level. Again,add the security measureon top of this and the chal-lenge can be quite daunt-ing But, we are up forthe challenge and well beready.

Q: Weve heard about your own

battle with a heart issue. Can youtalk about that?

A:I was having somebreathing issues when start-ing my running workoutsand eventually discoveredthat I had coronary heartdisease. Most likely a com-bination of family historyand past diet. I drasticallychanged my diet over thepast five months and somelifestyle habits (gettingmore sleep, for example)

and now I am doing greatand running really strongagain. The take-away for mewas learning that being fitdoes not necessarily meanbeing healthy. Now I hope Iam both.

Q: Will the heart issue have anyaffect on your running career?

A:I just have to be

careful. I feel strong now butI also need to be cautious. Ican run forever but perhapsjust not at a high intensitylevel just yet.

Q: A lot of pressure comes withorganizing this prestigious raceon a typical year. Is there extrapressure on you and your team topull it off this year?

A:I have a favorite quotein my book by Billie JeanKing that says, Pressure isa privilege. It is a privilegeto be the race director of the

Boston Marathon any year,and, of course, now thisyear. The key is preparation If we are prepared, thenthe pressure is really a posi-

tive thing, not a negativething. We are getting therebut still have a little morework to do.

Q: Is there something, any-thing, that triggers you tobecome emotional about lastyears race?

A:Truth be told, Ive hadmy game face on since last

April 15. Of course, all ofthis has been emotional andsad and often overwhelm-ing, but Ive tried to remainfocused on the task at hand

that is, coming back andproducing a great marathonfor the runners. My senseis for me, this is all goingto hit me a week or so afterthis years race more thanlast years race sort of adelayed reaction for me ver-sus most other people. Imtrying to prepare myself for

that day.Q: Weve heard that your

younger children still are feelingafter-effects of last years mara-thon and that they may go awaywith your wife for the day, ratherthan attending. How do you dealwith that?

A:Its not about me, itsabout them. Whatever isbest for them and whatever

they want to do I support. Itwill be very sad, however,for me not to have themthere with me, but at thesame time if this is what isbest for them then Ill putmy own desires aside andjust be content that theyare at peace with all of itby handling it in their ownway.

Q: Finish this thought: The Bos-ton Marathon in 2014 will be ....

A: a once-in-a-lifetime

special experience for all ofus: those managing the race,those volunteering, thosespectating, those covering itfor the media. It will be onefor the ages, one of the fewyou talk to your grandchil-dren about someday yearsfrom now with pride andreverence.

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Ill never forgetwhere I was themoment I heardthe bombs go off.

I was walkingup Dalton Streettoward Boylston.

The Prudential Center was tower-ing over to my right and a jam-packed Dillons Bar stood at theend of the road in front of me on theother side of the marathon route.

My friend and I had been in thecity for several hours cheering onrunners and enjoying limited editionSam Adams 26.2. Wed seen the RedSox walk off with the win earlier inthe day. Having had our fair share of

festivities, we were on our way backto the Green Line when suddenly aloud boom echoed across the city.

Id never heard a bomb go off andwasnt quite sure what to make ofthe sound at first. In my naivety, myinitial thought was that a crane hadfallen over. Once we rounded thecorner, however, I saw the smoke andwatched about 50 firetrucks rush past

us toward the scene.There was no mistaking

what had occurred.I was lucky. I was far

enough away that I was safefrom the explosion, and farenough away that I didnt

have to witness the carnage.Others werent so lucky.

Take Remy Lawler, theAmesbury resident who wasstanding by the finish linewhen the bombs went off.

Lawler was waiting for ErinHurley, a friend from LesleyUniversity who was runningthe race and closing in on thefinish. She was with a mutualfriend named Jeff Bauman andthey were both caught in the blast.

Bauman lost both of his legs.

Lawler needed two surgeries torepair the damage caused by apiece of shrapnel that becameembedded in her right thigh.

The moments following the explo-sions were utter chaos, she said, andlooking back its hard to even conjureup a clear picture of what happened.

Its pretty surreal to thinkabout, but at the same time it feels

like its been a long time, Lawlersaid, reflecting on the fact thatnearly a year has passed since thetragedy occurred. Its different at

different times. Sometimes it feelslike just yesterday, and sometimesit feels like a lifetime.

A lot has happened in the pastyear. The bombing suspects wereidentified and ultimately captured.The city mourned and then itrallied. David Ortiz let loose hiscolorfully worded proclamation.Tributes and support for the

victims started pouring infrom all across the country.

Over time, the healing pro-cess has progressed, even forthose people most affected bythe tragedy.

Lawlers physical injuries

have largely healed and she isnow back to her old routine,living in Brighton and workingat the Cambridge CommunitySchool. She is even planning torun a 5K later this month.

Bauman lost his legs, but hedidnt lose his life; now hellget to spend the rest of it withHurley after the two recentlyannounced they are engaged

and expecting their first child.It was definitely something

we all knew was coming, Lawler

said. Im really happy for them tostart their new life.

Some scars heal more quicklythan others, however. Lawler saidwhile she has recovered physi-cally, she still struggles with theemotional toll wrought by thatday, particularly when it comes toreturning to the finish line.

I went down once in the

summer and it was pretty emo-tional, Lawler said. I went downfor a memorial event, but as foractually going down and hangingout down there and going out todinner, thats difficult still.

Overcoming that fear is going to

be a challenge for us all. Somethingterrible happened at the BostonMarathon last year and it woundedsomething we all love and cherish asa part of our citys culture. Becauseof that, its going to be a long timebefore we can all line Boylston Streetto cheer on our friends and familywithout having that black cloud ofanxiety lingering over our heads.

Overcome it we will, however. Aspowerful as that fear is, it cant com-pare to the fear we all share that themarathon will never be the same

again; that it will cease to be the fes-tive celebration of all things Bostonwe all know and love.

We care too much about themarathon to let that happen.Thats why this years race isgoing to be the biggest ever.

Even if it takes some peoplelonger than others, we will comeback.

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So when an officer falls,other officers work in his

or her honor to keep thememories alive.For the past year, Louf

has devoted much of hisfree time to preserving andspreading the legacy of SeanCollier, the 27-year-old Mas-sachusetts Institute of Tech-nology campus police officerwho was gunned down byone of the suspects in theBoston Marathon bombings.Collier was killed during themanhunt three days after the

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We remained very close,Louf said, addingthat thelast time he saw Collierwas at Davis Square inSomerville, roughly a monthbefore he was killed.

Louf recalled his friend as

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The night Collier waskilled, Louf said he foundout by receiving text

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he said.Louf went to Colliers

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he had the Collier Strongstickers made for peoplescars and with the help ofManchester police OfficerStephen Meola began sellingthem at various events andlocations.

While selling stickers, Loufmet Colliers father, Allen, atthe Tour de Force, a bicyclingevent that runs from NewYork City to Boston.Loufwas greatly reminded of hisfriend.

For me, it was like I got ahalf hour more with Sean,Louf said.

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Essex High School. Appli-cants will need to includea two-page essay on whatit means to be CollierStrong, Louf said. Louf willchoose the winner.

People still are buyingthe stickers and Louf justordered another batch. Loufsaid the Manchester PoliceDepartment posts locationsand events where the rib-bons can be bought on itsFacebook page. The depart-

ment sells them at the policestation, too.For Louf, raising the

money for Colliers causesis his own way of turningtragedy into triumph.

Im not sure he got to do(some of his charity work)before he was taken fromus, Louf said.

Staying Collier StrongBYARIANNAMACNEILL

STAFF WRITER

Manchester officer keeps MIT cops legacy alive

MIKE SPRINGER/Staff photoManchester Police Sgt. Steven Louf holds a plaque honoringhis friend Sean Collier, an MIT police officer allegedly killed byMarathon bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

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Shes focusing on theprocess.In the weeks and months

shes spent meticulously pre-paring for this, her fifth mara-thon and second time runningBoston, Shalane Flanagan hasfocused on the process. Sherarely strays from it.

But on those rare instancesshe does, well ...

When Im in the gritty partsof workouts, Ill sometimesthink about coming down

Bolyston (Street) and leading.I want to visualize having thatmoment, said Flanagan, the32-year-old Marblehead nativeand one of the worlds elitelong distance runners.

But at the same time, Ihave to think about each mileand each step that Im taking.Im wanting the results too

much instead of worryingabout the process. So whenIm having a tough day, I

reserve (those thoughts) forthat.Flanagan ran Boston for

the first time last April, finish-ing fourth in a time of 2:27.08.She had finished severalhours earlier and was eatingwith other athletes when thebombs were detonated nearthe finish line.

A three-time Olympian andbronze medalist (in the 10,000meters) at the 2008 Games inBeijing, there is little that Fla-

nagan hasnt accomplished inher illustrious career one ofthe greatest for American run-ners. But winning the worldsmost famous race, in her back-yard and in light of what hap-pened a year ago, is somethingthat has driven her for the last12 months.

To achieve her goals,

Flanagan and her longtimecoach, Jerry Schumacher,put together a grueling train-ing schedule to put her inthe best place, both mentally

and physically, possible. Sheknows the 26.2-mile jauntfrom Hopkinton to Bostonextremely well and is pre-pared for all of it: how she

breaks out of the gate, run-ning with the lead pack, whento make a move, saving some-

thing for the infamous Heart-break Hill, how to fight mentalexhaustion and the like.

She is coming off anAmerican record-settingperformance in the USA 15KChampionships in Jackson-ville last month, breezing tovictory in 47:03 in her finalmarathon tuneup.

I want to be a part of his-tory, Flanagan said withemphasis. Weve pulled outeverything weve thought of

in terms of preparations so Ican have the race of my life.Were all in.Its been a hugemotivating factor, given whathappened last year.

We think its going to bethe most historically sig-nificant Boston ever, which issaying a lot.

Well aware that an

American woman hasntcrossed the finish line firstin Boston since Lisa Larsen

Weidenbach did so in 1985,Flanagan can think of no bet-ter time for her to end thatstreak than the present. Herbest Marathon time (2:25.38in Houston) will have to bebettered, she knows, espe-cially going up against elitetalents such as Kenyas RitaJeptoo (the defending cham-pion), Meseret Hailu andMare Dibaba of Ethiopia, andTatiana Petrova Arkhipovaof Russia, among others.

(Winning) would elevatethe profile of our sport, espe-cially in the U.S. And especiallythis year when all eyes willbe on this race and our resil-iency, said Flanagan. If anAmerican man or woman won,it would send such a message.Id be a game changer thatcould elevate the sport.

Marbleheads Flanagan wants to make American historyBYPHILSTACEY

STAFF WRITER

DAVID LE/Staff photoMarblehead native Shalane Flanagan speaks to the mediaafter last years Boston Marathon. She is aiming for first placethis year.

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Melissa Pennington stillgets extremely emotionalwhen she reflects on herexperience running the lastfew miles of the 2013 BostonMarathon.

The Andover residentjumped in for the last 5miles of the race to be with

her dad, Bill Pennington, anoted runner. Closing in onhis 60th birthday, Bill Pen-nington was participating inwhat he planned would behis last marathon. Melissawanted to be with him whenhe crossed the finish line.

Instead, with about2 miles remaining, shereceived a text message ask-ing if she was OK.

Then people startedscreaming to us that we

were running into a terroristattack, 22-year-old Melissarecalls. I started to freak outand cry. It felt as though theground under my feet couldblow up at any moment. I toldmy dad that we should stop,but trying to stop a guy asdetermined as him after 25miles with this being his lastmarathon was not easy.

When they encountereda friend running away fromthe finish line back on the

course and looking forhis wife, the Penningtonsstopped. With police carsracing by, helicopters fly-ing overhead and alarmsblaring, the friend said thatit was true: Terrorists hadset off bombs on BoylstonStreet near the finish line.

My dad broke down andI got strong, Melissa says.I picked him up and wejust turned away. I was veryscared but I had it together.We walked down back streetsfor as long as we could andended up sitting on some-ones doorstep ... for hours.

After seeing her fathersdistress, Melissa made a

decision later that night.She would run her first-everBoston Marathon in 2014.

I dont even rememberthinking one second aboutit, Melissa says. It was justsomething I was doing noquestion about it.

Her dad, who will be run-ning, too,gets teary whenhe talks about April 15, 2013.

I still get emotional whenI think back to last year andus running this year, saysBill, his eyes welling up.Melissa wore a shirt thatsaid, Go dad go! and I had ashirt with, Roger Williams

University. It meant a lotthat she was going to be

there. And then to have hap-pened what happened andshe was incredible throughit all, I get ... emotional.

Road races have been abig part of Bills life. He hascompeted in many localroad races, run Boston 21times and 57 marathonsoverall. Five years ago hestarted the popular Run/Walk for the Troops 5K indowntown Andover. Thatevent raises money to buildspecially adapted homes forseverely injured veteransacross the nation to helpthem to rebuild their lives.

He also was one of threemen who created the popu-lar Feaster Five Road Race,which now draws 10,000 run-ners annually to Andover onThanksgiving Day.

Billqualified for his firstBoston Marathon in 1982,beating the 2:50 time limitby 11 seconds at the OceanState Marathon in Newport,

R.I. He had missed by 90seconds six weeks before.Now he has impressivetimes of 2:38 in the Minne-apolis Marathon and 2:41:30in Boston.

While I never say never,this will most likely be mylast marathon, says Bill,who operates the SwansonMeadows Golf Course inNorth Billerica, a par-32executive course. Its justhard to train because Ivedone so many. Im approach-ing 60 now. Its just time tocall it quits. If I finished lastyear, it would have been

my last. But I didnt finish.Im determined to do it thisyear.

Melissa has some per-sonal challenges and goalsthat go along with the raceMonday. This is not only herfirst attempt at a marathon(she is running for New Eng-land Patriots Foundation),but it comes on the heels of

serious sports-related con-cussion as a soccer playerher senior year at AndoverHigh, which ended her con-tact sports career.

I was not allowed torun or anything for over ayear, Melissa recalls. Iremember going to the gymand running for the firsttime over a year after mylast concussion and it wasa big moment for me. ButI was always scared to runbecause I didnt want myhealth to go back to whereit was, when I was very con-cussed.So I think that is a

lot of my motivation becauseat one point in my life Iwasnt even allowed to run.And I am so blessed to havehealed so much and I amdoing a lot better and able to

attempt a marathon.Melissa, who is a studentat Roger Williams Universityin Rhode Island, came homeon weekends to do somedistance training with herdad, which included nearly20 miles on the marathoncourse a few weekends ago.

The duo plan to wearT-shirts again on Monday,but this time they will beidentical. On the front is acollage of photos with the

two of them, and on the backit reads, Dad & DaughterReturn.

While Bill says he has toomany road racing experiencesto mention, hes pretty muchguaranteeing that upon fin-ishing, the 2014 Boston Mara-thon will rank at the top.

It will be the most specialmarathon Ive ever done,Bill says earnestly. Its anyfathers dream to have thatopportunity, to participatewith their child. It will bevery special for both us.

Email Bill Burt at [email protected].

Another run for the finish lineBYBILLBURT

STAFF WRITER

DAUGHTERS

MESSAGE AFTER2013 RACE

Hours after last years BostonMarathon, Melissa Penningtonposted this on Facebook:Today I was running the BostonMarathon with my Dad, for thelast time, from mile 21 to thefinish. We were not able to finishbecause right before the bombswent off. It was one of the scari-est moments of my life. A horrificevent, but as the president said,Boston is a tough and resilienttown. So are its people. Imsupremely confident that Bosto-nians will pull together, take careof each other, and move forwardas one proud city.

Father hits the road for last marathon while daughter takes on first

MARY SCHWALM/Staff photos

Bill Pennington and his daughter Melissa appear at theirAndover home.

This collection of photos in a montage also was printed on therunning T-shirts of Bill Pennington and his daughter Melissa.They are running the marathon together.

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It was as simple as which way toturn on the street.

The options were to either goleft return home and take herdog out or turn right and makeher way to the Boston Marathonfinish line to meet her friends asshe had done for years.

She chose the former andboarded the subway to head home.It was then that she learned of thebombings that had caused hor-

ror in the city that welcomed herwith open arms and was her homeaway from home.

My friends were luckily safe,said Jessica King, a 33-year-oldformer Newburyport resident. Ihave some mutual friends whowerent, though. A friend of myfriend was standing in front of theForum and lost a leg.

Yet the spirit encompassed inthe city of Boston was unwavering.

The spirit of this place is abso-lutely engulfing, King said. I wasdevastated to leave my friends inNewburyport when I came here,but after just two months of beinghere, it was like the city huggedme. The spirit here and the his-tory is so sick. So much of Bostonis built on its history; the roadsand the streets are still the waythey were years ago, but every-thing is still original. Its hard notto soak it all up like a sponge.

While the simple decision toreturn home on that Patriots Dayafternoon could have been lifesav-ing, it wasnt the only monumen-tal choice King had made recently.In fact, just the night before shehad chosen to turn the page on

what was a dark chapter of her lifeand return to what gave her joy:running.

King said she was the victim ofan abusive relationship and spentyears focusing on simply gettingby, rather than enjoying activities

like running. Joy was replacedwith self-doubt and a lack of con-fidence during that period of herlife, she said.

I was concerned about the rela-tionship I was in, she said. Twoand a half years later I turned

back to running to help me heal.The reason I wanted to run themarathon was to celebrate havingrunning back in my life and thatrelationship behind me.

Her training began immedi-ately. King always loved running,but had never run a full mara-thon. Her sights were set on tak-ing the first step in her trainingand focused on the Boston Ath-letic Associations half marathonheld in October.

Once completed, King still hadyet to receive a number for theBoston Marathon. Because of lastyears tragedy, interest in therace spiked, which made gettinga number a difficult propositionthis year.

But King ran on anyway toprepare in the off chance that shewould be able to find a way to Hop-kinton. She applied to three differ-ent charitable organizations thatshe was interested in and trulycared about. Rather than throwingher name in the hat of every num-ber-granting charity, she wanted to

be involved with a team that she

could truly get behind.It was just two months laterthat King received good newsfrom the New England PatriotsCharitable Foundation. She wasselected to the team running toraise money for the Myra KraftMVP Awards, which, in its firstyear, awarded several charity cre-ators a combined $200,000-plus tohelp fund their organizations.

Her training picked up asexcitement for the race swelled.Because of the harsh winter, she

had to make the best out of an icysituation leading her to tread-mills and indoor tracks.

I found myself going to theindoor track to run, King said. Iasked how many laps were a mileand they told me. One hundredand forty laps later, my run forthat day was complete. This win-ter has been challenging for all ofus. I run on the treadmill for 5 or10 miles, but after that you have toget creative about where and howto go running.

The training is nearly over, asis the fundraising effort that hasdelivered thousands of dollars toher effort.

In just days, King will embark ona 26.2-mile course from Hopkintonto Boston: an adventure celebratingregained self-confidence, a renewedpassion for running and a revivedsense of joy, all the while raisingmoney for people who do greatthings in a sometimes dark world.

Its not too late to donate. HelpKing help others by finding herpersonal page on her teamswebsite. Simply search Jes-sica King First Giving BostonMarathon.

Running with

Confidence

BYTIMLIMA

STAFF WRITER

I was concerned aboutthe relationship I was

in. Two and a half yearslater I turned back to

running to help me heal.The reason I wanted to

run the marathon was tocelebrate having runningback in my life and that

relationship behind me.

Jess King

Former Newburyportresident Jess King

kneels with her dog,each wearing a New

England Patriotsjersey. King will be

running the BostonMarathon in supportof the New EnglandPatriots Charitable

Foundation.

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Former Newburyport resident Jess King gives a thumbs up whileparticipating in the 2013 Boston Athletic Association Half Marathon.

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Beverly High athletictrainer Charla Bouranis hasvolunteered to work at theBoston Marathon ever sinceshe was a student at SalemState University.

Shell be there for the118th running this year,too, as the tragic events oflast years marathon arentgoing to keep her away.

Bouranis, 28, volunteersas an athletic trainer inone of the tents at themarathons finish line. Shesthere to help runners who

may be cramped, dehy-drated or over-hydratedcoming off the grueling 26.2mile trek.

Last year, her dutieswound up being entirelydifferent.

I was maybe 50 yardsfrom where (the bombings)happened. It was loud, soloud that I thought one ofthe scaffolds must havecollapsed, Bouranis said.Then, I heard sirens andsaw the EMS and doctorsrunning out of the tent.That wasnt a good sign.

In the hours after thebomb went off, Bouranis

and othervolunteersessentiallywere work-ing as firstrespond-ers.A certi-fied athletictrainer fromSwampscott,she wasworking to find the sourceof victims bleeding. Clean-ing cuts, splinting brokenbones and other first aidremedies quickly took theplace of hamstring stretchesand warming blankets thatare typically a trainers job

at a marathon.Its not something you

expect to see, but you knowyou might. They prepareyou so well in college thatyou know what to do. Youdont want to overreact and thankfully, the peoplewith me really didnt, saidBouranis, who is pursuinga master of education atSalem State. You just tryto help out and do whateveryou can for people.

Information was scarce inthe hours after the bomb-ings; all the folks in thetents knew was that peoplewere hurt and needed their

help. In the year since, therehave been times that beingso close to the tragedy feelssurreal. Generally, Bouranisfelt like she was helping inany way she could.

I get goose bumps if Igo by the area. For a littlewhile, loud noises wouldbother me, or sirens. It wasstrange, Bouranis said.

She didnt expect to betreating serious injuriesthat werent caused byrunning, but she was gladthat her training took overwhen it happened.I neverexpected a trauma or triagetype of thing. I didnt think

of anything outside of asports injury, she said.

Thats what shell beexpecting this year, as well.Arriving around 7 a.m., sheand the other volunteerswill be briefed on what tolook for in terms of injuries,then wait for the runnersto start crossing the finishline.

The elite runners willkind of wave at us. Theydont need much besidesmaybe some water, shesaid. Around the four-hourmark, thats when youreswamped. Thats whatsrewarding for me.

Beverly trainer excited to be volunteering againBYMATTWILLIAMS

STAFF WRITER

The Pesky Pole, a.k.a.,Neil the Snail Bernstein ofSwampscott, made it as far asMassachusetts Avenue in lastAprils Boston Marathon, hisrace cut short like thousandsof other runners by the doublebombings on Boylston Street.

This year, Bernstein plansto run again as the Pesky Pole which means he will berunning with a tall yellow hatwith the words Pesky Polewritten on it, and a white plas-tic ball representing a homerun all the way from Hop-kinton to Boylston Street.

Bernstein cobbled the poletogether from a yellow paint-ers hat he received at the NewYork City Marathon in 2004,a yellow plastic book cover,the plastic ball, wire hanger,plastic wire ties, ribs fromGatorade bottles, safety pins,tape and thread.

He said people along thecourse have no problem rec-ognizing him and cheeringhim on.

It will be Bernsteins ninthyear running the marathonimpersonating Fenway Parks

famous right field foul pole,named in honor of the lateRed Sox infielder, coach andmanager Johnny Pesky. Aslegend has it, Pesky oncecurved a home run around thepole in 1948.

That Bernsteins hat is amini version of the actualPesky Pole and that it is rela-tively short may be its savinggrace with new rules this yearthat clamp down on runnerswishing to carry backpacks orwear big, bulky costumes.

Getting through the secu-rity issues, it seemed OK,said Bernstein, though thefinal determination will bemade by security before therace. Security will have theultimate say on whether thePesky Pole stays or goes. Therules do not allow props toextend beyond the perimeterof ones body; and at 17 incheslong, the hat just fits in with

guidelines.I may have to take it off and

show them there is nothingdangerous in there except air,said Bernstein, director andowner of Chyten Tutors andTest Preparation in Beverly.He even reached out to BostonMarathon race director DaveMcGillivray for his opinion.

Can I run with the hat thisyear? Bernstein asked McGil-livray. Is there a problem?

Bernstein said McGillivrayoffered his opinion, but no onecan say for sure what securitymight think come race day.

No one knew what toanswer, Bernstein said.

An avid runner and prank-ster, Bernstein, 61, ran his firstPesky Pole Marathon to sup-port the Jimmy Fund and theDana-Farber Cancer Institutein 2005, finishing in a decent4:13:18. He was running, not tocompete, but to have fun.

I have over a half-million

spectators. As far as Im con-cerned, its entertainment,said Bernstein, who hears kidsin the crowd recognize him ashe runs along.

Heres the guy with thePesky Pole again, he hearsthem say.

He did not run Boston in2006, but came back as thepole 2007

Since then, he has becomesomewhat of a fixture on the26.2-mile course.

The pole even won theendorsement of the affablePesky, who died in 2012.Bernstein visited the RedSox legend at his home inSwampscott.

Johnny loved it, Bernsteinsaid.

This past cold winter hasmade training difficult for thismember of the North ShoreStriders, so the Pesky Poleplans to live up to his othercourse identity: the Snail.

Ill get 26, it just wont befast this year, Bernstein said.

Staff writer Ethan Formancan be reached at 978-338-2673,by email at [email protected] or on Twitter at @DanverSalemNews.

Pesky Pole back for another attemptBYETHANFORMAN

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A year ago, Gloucesternative Sal Zerilli and hiswife, Beth, were busy pack-ing up their home in Torontobecause they were returningto Gloucester.

Their television was longgone at the time they learnedabout the Boston Marathonbombing. Instead, they tunedinto the radio, to which theylistened closely as eventsunfolded. That was how theylearned that their collegefriends, Bill and Denise Rich-ard, were among those whosuffered the greatest losses.

The Richard familys 8-year-old son, Martin, was killed.Denise and daughter Jane, 7,were severely injured. Janewould have her lower legamputated and undergo sur-gery 11 times over a period of23 days right after the tragedy.

The media in Canada wasjust as glued to this storytoo around the clock. Wedidnt know initially that theRichards were involved, saidSal, who met Bill Richard asa freshman at BridgewaterState, where they were part ofthe same fraternity and wereroommates senior year.

The Zerillis first learnedabout the Richard familythrough a mutual friend,Larry Marchese, who as apublic relations professionalimmediately became the Rich-ard family spokesman.

I dont think weve fullyprocessed it still, Sal saysnow. We were both shockedand cried. Its heartbreak-ing.You have no sense ofcontrol and then you feelselfish for feeling that waybecause it didnt happen toyou. And then its impossibleto process how Bill and Denisecan deal with it. You startthinking about your own kidsand the depth of that love. Its

incomprehensible what theirfamily has been through.

A chain reaction of commu-nication among Bridgewateralumni continued in the bomb-ing aftermath among thosewho wanted to provide anysupport possible.

Then in January, Beth who has run six marathons learned aboutThe MartinW. Richard Charitable Foun-dation, which was puttingtogether Team MR8 to run the2014 Boston Marathon to raisemoney for the fledgling non-profitto spread their late sonsmission of peace.

Beth whose father, PatVadala, is from Gloucester,and whose grandfather,Pasquale Vadala, was aGloucester fisherman wasamong the first 25 runnersselected. The team now iscomprised of more than 100runners, including AmbyBurfoot, the winner of the 1968Boston Marathon and editor-at-large of Runners World.

This will be my seventhmarathon, but it is the firstone in my 40s and the first oneon afund-raising team, saidZerilli, 43, a mother of two andRockport Elementary Schoolteacher.

A longtime runner,she ranher first 26.2 mile race at theage of 28 in the Boston Mara-thon in 1998. She later ranmarathonsin Columbus, Ohio,Los Angeles and San Diego.But Team MR8 has been hermain focus for the 2014 race.

In the months leading upto the marathon, Beth hasbeen busy training with herteammates on weekends andsolo during the week. Sherises from bed at 5:10 a.m. torun before heading to work.Her last long training runprior to press time took placeonMarch 29 when she and her

teammates ran 21 miles fromHopkinton to the main gatesof Boston College.

She says she is thrilled to bepart of both the team and thecharity whose mission isallabout promoting Martinsmessage of peace.

Bill and Denise and theirchildren have been inspira-tional for their strength, theirleadership and grace in theface of tragedy, Beth said.

She recalled howthe twoRichard children, Henry andJane, were high-fiving theMR8 team runners duringthe recent Superhero 17-milerun along the marathonroute from Natick to BostonsBoylston Street.

In reconnecting, the col-lege friends found that theyshared the same sense ofhelplessness and horrorat the pain suffered by theRichard family and all othersimpacted by the bombing.

There is a lot of supportthrough the BridgewaterState community reachingout, Sal said. It took thesting off a little, that the pri-vate experience of grief couldbe shared collectively and ithelped to bond with peoplethat had same relationship.

Beth has attended groupevents that have included Billand Denise Richard, and shehas been in touch with Bill byemail throughout training.

It hasnt fully sunk inabout all that has happened,Beth said. When I see Larry(Marchese), it just feels liketime hasnt past. And asmuch as everyone has beenthrough, Bill looks muchlike he did in college. But weknow how their world hasforever changed and theyalways will remain a sourceof inspiration for all of us.

Gail McCarthy can bereached at 978-675-2707, orvia email at [email protected].

Running with Team MR8BYGAILMCCARTHY

STAFF WRITER

Richard family tragedy reconnects Cape Ann college friendsBeth Zerillishows heracceptancecard to runin this yearsBostonMarathon, asher husband,Sal, looks on.The Zerillisare part ofTeam MR8 inthis yearsMarathon, inwhich Beth isrunning.

DESI SMITH/Staff photo

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A few weeks beforeAndrew Schultz wasto stand at the startingline at this years BostonMarathon, he was feelingoptimistic despite a pain-ful suspicion that he had astress fracture in his shin.

I dont want to know,Schultz said.

Thats because he has toomuch riding on this yearsrace. For Schultz, who wasstopped near KenmoreSquare last year, completingthe 2014 marathon is aboutmore than not letting theterrorists win. Despite thefact that he was invited bythe Boston Athletic Associa-tion to finish the race thisyear and was not requiredto raise money for charity,

Schultz is using his run tofund the Hope and Friend-ship Metastatic Breast Can-cer Foundation, based out ofNorth Andover, which wasfounded by Heather LoRe.

Heather is a remarkablewoman, Shultz, of NorthReading, said. Shes afighter. I wanted to put [thisrun] to good use.

Shultz, a lawyer, metHeather through a real-estate transaction.

We did a closing togetherand at the end he said, Imgoing to run for your foun-dation, LoRe recalled.

LoRe began Hope andFriendship after her owndiagnosis with metastaticbreast cancer, the terminalform of the disease. At firstshe was focused on a sup-port group, the first in thearea for people with Stage4 breast cancer. Later, LoRe

began the foundation to sup-port the group financially.

Through the supportgroup and the founda-tion, LoRe has been ableto help other people withStage 4 breast cancer, while

outliving her own prognosisof three to five years whenshe passed the five-yearmark of her diagnosis.

Its a marathon, shesaid. Its an ongoing, long-term battle, ideally. People

dont need support just atthe beginning, but [also]throughout the years thatits going on.

The funds that the foun-dation collects are used tosend support-group mem-bers to conferences, wherethey learn about the latestadvances in the treatment ofStage 4 cancer and networkwith patients, doctors andnurses from around thecountry. The money also isused to finance more practi-cal matters, like a recent fieldtrip to a hospice and bereave-ment dinners after one of thegroup members die.

Andys Run, as it has beennamed, already has raised afew hundred dollars for Hopeand Friendship. Both Schultzand LoRe are hoping to seethat number go up.

For LoRe, however, rais-ing awareness and having

the local support are alsoimportant.

Its really magical actu-ally, she said. [Andy is]a man and he doesnt haveany family history that Iknow of with breast cancer.And he still understandsthat 44,000 men and womendie each year with this dis-ease. Almost 500,000 peoplehave this disease. He under-stands what those numbersmean and hes committed tomaking a difference. Whichis what were trying to do.In our little piece of theworld were trying to makeit better.

For Schultz, this yearsmarathon is a chance to fin-ish what he started and togo a little further.

Heather is the definitionof salt of the earth, he said.I just want to help Heatherout.

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NEWBURYPORT MostBoston Marathon hopefulspick a relatively easy mara-thon to qualify: The BayState Marathon in Lowellis popular, as is the MaineMarathon in Portland. Nice,flat courses in a mild timeof year.

Newburyport native GarryCuneo, 28, qualified for the2014 Boston Marathon andwill be among the throngsrunning from Hopkinton toBoylston Street on April 21.But he doesnt recommendothers take his approach.

Cuneo earned his placeby running the Walt DisneyWorld Marathon in 2 hoursand 58.06 minutes on Jan.12, 2013. Thats about 28minutes longer than he hadhoped. The problem wasthat he ran the Walt Dis-ney World Half Marathonthe day before, hence the

28-minute gap.It wasnt the smartest

idea, Cuneo admits. Imnot seeded where I shouldbe (for Boston).

As a result, Cuneo willbegin the race with the 2:58crowd with about 3,000 run-ners slated to start beforehe does. Cuneo has highexpectations: He plans onfinishing between 2:28 and2:35. Based on what I amexpected to run, I shouldstart around the top 300runners, he explained. Iexpect to be moving aheada lot.

From recent races, how-ever, Cuneo knows he needsto be at his best to beat 2:35.He has raced against manyfellow marathoners in someof the higher-profile racesleading up to Boston. TheNew Bedford Half Marathon,on March 16, is a populargauge for Boston entries.Cuneo ran a personal-record1:13.47, but finished 69th out

of nearly 2,900 entries.Everyone is in crazy good

shape, Cuneo said.Lower seed and all, Cuneo

is in a groove, feeling asstrong as ever, with a hand-ful of stellar results includ-ing three personal records.He was in San Diego onMarch 1 on a business tripand ended up winningSeanys Happy Camper 5Kin personal-best 16:14. Heplaced third overall at theNewburyport Frigid Fiver(5-mile) in a PR 26:26 onFeb. 2.

Also worth mentioningwas his win at the CupidsChase 3.5 Mile (18:41) Feb.15 and his second-placeshowing at the BradfordValentine Road Race (28:18)on Feb. 8. Those races werepart of his daily workouts:He ran 15 miles beforeCupids Chase and sevenmiles prior to Bradford.

Finishing the BostonMarathon will be cathartic

for Cuneo,who rantwo years atAustin Prepand threeyears atMerrimackCollege.He stoppedhis senior

year in 2007 to join theMerrimack Valley Stridersclub to concentrate on lon-ger distances.

Following the birth of hisdaughter Haylee in 2011,Cuneo took some time offuntil he ran the inauguralFlag Day 5K. He finished injust under 19 minutes. Hewas 170 pounds, about 30pounds more than his peakrunning weight, and it was awakeup call.

I gained a lot of weight,and it took me about sixmonths to get back into the140s, Cuneo said.

Hundreds of miles later,Cuneo was back down to

his running weight. A bro-ken fibula in the winter of2013 sidelined him for eightweeks, but by last summersFlag Day 5K, he was therunner-up in 16:26.

He has been logging 95miles a week, anywherefrom 10 to 17 per day and 20to 23 at least once a weekwith one day off every twoweeks. Its something Ivealways wanted to do, hesaid. The distance hasalways been challenging.Ive never been able torun that distance withoutwalking.

Even during qualifying,I had to walk about 20 min-utes, he added. With allthe training Ive done, Imgoing to be disappointed if Ihave to walk.

There is pressure in hisvoice, understandably. Ifhe finishes below 2:35, heearns a provisional sponsor-ship from Saucony, whichincludes gear, a running

allowance and a whole newlevel of racing.

Thats a goal Im reallytrying to hit, said Cuneo,who will be representing theGreater Boston Track Club.He also is a member of PortRacing Elite.

Cuneo could not havechosen a better time to runBoston. He is well aware howspecial the 2014 marathon is.

As seriously as I amtreating this race, it wouldbe naive to say Im not goingto enjoy every moment ofthis, he said. The crowdsare what make this race sospecial. Taking that rightonto Hereford [Street] andthe left onto Boylston andthe deafening roar emanat-ing from Boylston justthinking about it gives megoose bumps.

The sounds on thestreets of Boston this yearwill not be solely for therunners, he added. It willbe the cheer of a nation.

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In the aftermath of lastyears Boston Marathonbombings, Rockport PoliceLt. Mark Schmink offeredBoston police the service ofthe Cape Ann EmergencyResponse Team, a groupthat cobbled togetherpersonnel, financial sup-port and pieces of heavyequipment from the policedepartments of Rockport,Manchester, Essex, Ipswichand Topsfield.

They told us to comedown, Schmink recalls,and theCape Ann teamwas assigned to help main-tain security in downtownBoston.

On the day the teamarrived, however, theintense manhunt hadensued to the west in Water-town, where suspectedbombing terroristDzhokharTsarnaev remained on thelam. When the Cape Anncrew suited up, Massachu-setts State Police noted thatthey were equipped withSWAT-style vests and othergear equipment thatcould support details comb-ing Watertowns neighbor-hoods for the suspect.

They called the Water-town command post. Withinminutes, Cape Anns forceswere detached to whatbecame known as the hotzone.

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to a situation outside ourenvironment with an inten-sity we hadnt faced before,Schmink recalls. But itwas one that we adaptedto pretty quickly. And as Ithink back now, it has led usto make adjustments after-ward and going forward.

A year later, the Marathonbombings have changed thelives of thousands of peopleacross the Greater Bostonarea, New England andfar beyond. A lot also haschanged for this emergencyresponse team a corps oflocal police, fire paramedicsand others who, while alsobeing part of their individ-ual town departments, haveevolved into a fully certifiedunit, recognized as such bythe state and operating as asingle entity that now drawssupport from state and fed-eral grants and communitydonations.

Among other changes, theresponse team has acquiredan armored vehicle under agrant from Brinks Corpora-tion, new tactical vests andhelmets through federal

Northeast Regional Home-land Regional AdvisoryCouncil, and a personneltransportation bus througha grant secured by BeauportAmbulance.

Perhaps most impor-tantly, the team was for-mally incorporated thispast January by Secretaryof State William Galvin ina move that allowed theteam itself to receive dona-tions and obtain the levelof grant funding the proj-ect needs. Those grantsincluded the addition of aK9 unit that is part of theresponse team but alsoutilized by the town ofManchester.

We could do a lot before,says Schmink, who servesas the units commander,working with a board ofdirectors that includes theindividual towns chiefs.But it was a matter of,for example, Manchester(police) would pay for thegas, Rockport could buy thedistraction devices andwe would all dig in out ofpocket to get uniforms,

our team patches and soforth.Were a team amultipurpose team.

Prior to the Marathonbombings, team membershad played roles in respond-ing to at least two areahostage situations. Theyalso participated in thesearch-and-rescue response

following the tragic April2012 disappearance ofGloucester toddler CaleighHarrison.

But weve had moreadvancement in the pastyear than we had made inseven years prior just byvirtue of necessity and pre-paredness, he says.

question that the team isnot only literally betterequipped to respond to apotential emergency onCape Ann and its environsnow than it was a year ago,but also is better preparedorganizationally and witha greater understanding ofthe training and drills it hadcarried out prior to the fate-ful 2013 Marathon.

Teaming up with federal,state and local SWAT teamsin an intense sweep of morethan 90 houses with a ter-rorist on the loose will dothat.

It was good experience.We became smooth bythe end, but we also hadsome deficiencies, saidSchmink, whose colleaguesgot the call to be part ofthe response when Tsar-naev was found hiding in ashrink-wrapped boat in thebackyard of a tight Water-town neighborhood earlythat Friday evening.

We found out howimportant it was to haveundergone a commonalityof training (as other units)

selves, he says.Schmink noted that, at

one point, team memberswere so wrapped up in thesearch that they had losttrack of the time and ofhome priorities.

All of a sudden itoccurred to me that, with allof this going on and every-one watching, none of themhad taken the time to callhome and let their familiesknow they were OK, herecalls. I told them to stop,and take the time to call.They said, Yeah, we will.I said, No, we need to doit now, its an order. Thatshows how intense it was.

When they returned theyrefocused.

But when we got back,we looked to solidify ourteam so we would be ableto respond to anything thatmight come up up here, hesays. And weve gotten thesupport from our depart-ments and from the com-munity as a whole.Werea lot different now thanwe were a year ago andwere the better for it.

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Every time Roseann Sdoiacomes home, she must climb 18steps six stairs into the building,another 12 to her apartment. It isan old building in Bostons NorthEnd, with doors that are big andheavy, not an easy place for anamputee to live.

When she left the hospital, amonth after the Boston marathonbombing, she had a choice: Shecould find another place to live,one more suitable for someone

who wears a prosthetic thatreplaces most of her right leg. Or,she could stay.

Early on when all this hap-pened, so many people were tell-ing me to move out of the city andmove out of my apartment becauseof the stairs and I dont have anelevator and parking is not veryconvenient, she recalls. But Ihave been able to get past all ofthat.

In that, she mirrors Boston itself.I have to tell you, honestly, Bos-

ton is a better city now than it wasbefore, says Thomas Menino, Bos-tons former mayor. People learnedhow to deal with each other, theyhad to deal with a tragedy.

Not that its been easy. Threepeople were killed that day, andmore than 260 were injured, andthe legacy of trauma and lost limbsremains as does the shock ofhaving endured a terrorist attackon Marathon Monday. Nor can Bos-tonians forget the fear that grippeda city locked down in the midst of a

manhunt.But Boston has been able

to get past all of that. CopleySquare is no longer littered withimpromptu tributes to the deadand injured; theyre now on displayin an exhibit at the Boston PublicLibrary, where Robert White ofLynn saw meaning in every teddybear and pair of sneakers: Everylast one of the items says BostonStrong or I will return next year.

CHANGED LIVES

Roseann Sdoia is 46 years old, avice president of property manage-ment for a Boston development

company. She is a cheerful woman;she smiles broadly when shearrives at the Spaulding Rehabili-tation Hospital in Charlestown forphysical therapy.

Its just my nature, she says.Im not a negative person. Im nota Debbie Downer.

Still, she says, she cries everyday.

What is sinking in is that lifehas changed, she says, her faceawash with tears.

Sdoia is a runner, but she did nottake part in the marathon. She wasat the finish line on April 15, root-ing for friends in the race, when

the second bomb went off. Asidefrom her leg injury, she sufferedhearing loss.

Other than losing the bottomof my right leg, Im still me, shesays. I havent changed, I am stillthe same person I was before.

And yet, so much has changed.She had to take more leave fromthe job she loved. Winter, andsnow, were tough to handle. Sheshad to tackle daily tasks show-ering, vacuuming differently.

Marc Fucarile, a 35-year-old

roofer from Stoneham, also lost hisright leg from above the knee; hehas shrapnel in his heart, and stillcould lose his left leg.

Everything has changed, hesays. How I use the bathroom,how I shower, how I brush myteeth, how I get in and out of bed.

His 6-year-old son, Gavin, doesnot always understand. Gavin islike, Hey, you want to go out andplay? and Im like, Theres a footof snow. I cant do snow. Were notgoing out and playing right now,

sorry buddy. It breaks my heart.

STRONG, BUT SUFFERINGIn the first three months after

the explosions, the One Fund col-lected nearly $61 million in dona-tions. In the next five months,another $12 million in contribu-tions came in.

This big-heartedness was mir-rored by a sort of proud defiance,exemplified by Boston Strong.The amount of merchandise bear-ing the slogan was astonishing.

In the immediate aftermath ofthe bombings, it became a peacefulmantra that people could repeat

and believe in. And if they said itenough, tweeted it enough, hash-tagged it enough, it would actuallybe true, says Dan Soleau, a branddevelopment manager for Mara-thon Sports.

Jennifer Lawrence, a socialworker at Boston Medical Center,says the emphasis on BostonStrong had had some unhappyconsequences.

A lot of it is portraying that peo-ple are so resilient and so strong.While that is absolutely true, weare neglecting that people stillhave hard days, she said.

In the aftermath of the bomb-

ings, more than 600 people tookadvantage of the medical centersmental health services. Andwhile most needed no help afterthe first few months, she hasseen an increase in demand inrecent weeks, as the anniversaryapproached.

Still, she says a vast major-ity of those who came throughthe hospitals programs intend toattend this years marathon, eitheras bystanders or runners.

Nicole Lynch will be there. Her

brother, Sean Collier, was the MITofficer who was shot to death,allegedly by the two suspects inthe bombings. She will be at therace with Team Collier Strong a group of 25 friends and familymembers, including two of her sib-lings, who will run to raise moneyfor a scholarship fund to put oneperson a year through law enforce-ment training.

William Evans will be there, buthe has little choice. He has run themarathon 18 times including

last year but this time he willbe there as police commissioner,supervising beefed-up securityincluding more than 3,500 policeofficers (more than twice lastyears force), more security cam-eras, more bomb-sniffing dogs, andrestrictions on the kinds of bagsrunners and spectators can bring.

It weighs heavy on my mind,that I want this to go off well, hesays. I dont want anyone hurt.I dont ever want a repeat of thetragedy we saw that day.

Reporters Steve LeBlanc, PhilipMarcelo and Bob Salsberg contrib-uted to this story.

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In this Oct. 13, 2013 photo, Boston Police Superintendent William Evans

walks down the chute at the finish of the Boston Athletic Association halfmarathon in Boston. Evans has run the Boston Marathon 18 times, andfinished in 2013 before the bombings occurred. This time he will be thereas police commissioner, supervising increased security. It weighs heavyon my mind, that I want this to go off well, he says. I dont want anyonehurt. I dont ever want a repeat of the tragedy we saw that day.

This March 2013photo providedby Nicole Lynchshows her brother,Sean Collier,during a trip to

Newfoundland,Canada. Collier,a MassachusettsInstitute ofTechnology policeofficer, was shotto death, allegedlyby the twosuspects in theBoston Marathonbombings on April19, 2013.

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In this March 18 photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia walks with her boyfriend, Boston firefighter MikeMateria, after her doctors appointment in Newton, Mass. Materia, who came to her aid after being severely injured in thebombing, is credited with helping to save Sdoias life.

In this April 22, 2013, file photo, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino,recovering from a broken leg, pauses at the site of the first

bombing near the Boston Marathon finish line on BoylstonStreet. Now retired, as mayor he rallied the city over thefollowing year to help Boston move past it.

In this June 19, 2013, file photo, Boston Marathon bombingvictim Marc Fucarile waves a Boston Strong flag with hisfiancee, Jen Regan, and their son, Gavin, partially obscured,before Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals betweenthe Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks in Boston.

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile, of Reading, ties laces on a support for his left leg after rehabilitationexercises at Spaulding Outpatient Center in Peabody. Fucarile lost his right leg in an explosion near the finish line of the2013 race.

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