When Nolan Cleary stepped out onto the Main Street pavement in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, on Monday morning, he carried with him a memory, frozen in time, of the young boy whose death made the world…
When Nolan Cleary stepped out onto the Main Street pavement in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, on Monday morning, he carried with him a memory, frozen in time, of the young boy whose death made the world weep.
He isn’t the only one using Beantown’s great race — now in its 127th year — as a way to honor those who fell during the bombing, a domestic terror attack by two radicalized brothers that struck at the cradle from which American liberty sprung. Meanwhile, survivors have forged ahead, steadfast in their determination to not let the brothers’ dastardly act collapse their lives.
On Monday, she was broadcasting on Instagram live from the starting line, cheering on about 30,000 runners as they off pushed off into the foggy New England morning.
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