Topic - The Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by several cities in Greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts. It is always held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon, and ranks as one of the world's best-known road racing events. It is one of six World Marathon Majors. - Source: Wikipedia

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Dick Hoyt, left, and his son, Rick, start of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) **FILE**

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Flowers and signs adorn a barrier, two days after two explosions killed three and injured hundreds, near the of finish line of the Boston Marathon at a makeshift memorial for victims and survivors of the bombing, April 17, 2013, in Boston. The 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing on April 17, 2023 will be marked with a wreath laying at the finish line to remember those who were killed, a day of community service and an event for the public to gather to reflect on the tragedy. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Bill Evans, chief of the Boston College Police Department and former commissioner of the Boston Police Department, speaks with a reporter from The Associated Press, Monday, March 27, 2023, at his office on the school's campus in Boston. In the days following the 2013 marathon bombing, he helped manage a citywide lockdown and manhunt as police identified, searched for, and located the brothers who planted the pair of pressure cooker bombs on Boylston Street.(AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, the elite women's division runners break from the start of the 123rd Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass. Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling on the organizers of the Boston Marathon to move the already rescheduled date for the storied race on Oct. 11 because it conflicts with a day meant to commemorate the contributions of Indigenous peoples. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

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In this April 21, 2014, file photo, Dick Hoyt and Rick Hoyt, from Holland, Mass., cross the finish line surrounded by supporters in the 118th Boston Marathon in Boston. Dick and Rick Hoyt, who over the decades have become among the most recognizable faces of the Boston Marathon, may not be running as a team this year, but they are both very much involved in the festivities. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) **FILE**

Dick Hoyt, who pushed son in multiple Boston Marathons, dies

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FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, fans cheer on the third wave of runners at the start of the 123rd Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass. The 2020 Boston Marathon was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic for the first time in its 124-year history. There will be a virtual event instead, where a weeklong TV special beginning Sept. 7, 2020, will showcase runners' stories as they go the distance on their own. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

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In this April 15, 2019, file photo, the elite men break from the start of the 123rd Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass. The 2020 Boston Marathon, which was rescheduled to run on Sept. 14th, was canceled Thursday, May 28, 2020, for the first time in its 124-year history due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

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FILE - In this April 18, 2016, file photo, runners' shadows precede them across the finish line of the 120th Boston Marathon in Boston. Due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, the 124th running of the Boston Marathon was postponed from its traditional third Monday in April to Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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FILE - In this April 17, 2017, file photo, runners cross the Boston Marathon start line in Hopkinton, Mass. The 124th Boston Marathon is scheduled for Monday, April 20, 2020. Boston Marathon organizers say they're postponing the prestigious race until Sept. 14 because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

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This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted of carrying out the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. A prosecutors' response is due Thursday, June 27, 2019, in the Boston Marathon bomber's death penalty appeal. Tsarnaev has been on federal death row since his 2015 conviction. (FBI via AP, File)

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Massachusetts State Police walk the starting area of the 123rd Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2019, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

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Desiree Linden, left, of Washington, Mich., Yuki Kawauchi, center, of Japan, and Tatyana McFadden, right, of Clarksville, Md., applaud during a media availability on Friday, April 12, 2019, in Boston in advance of the 123rd Boston Marathon on Monday. Linden won the women's division, Kawauchi won the men's division, and McFadden women's handcycle division of the 2018 Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2018, photo, Marko Cheseto, a college All-American who lost both feet to frostbite after being stranded outside in an Alaskan blizzard in 2011, competes in the Skinny Raven Half Marathon during the Anchorage RunFest in Anchorage, Alaska. After making his marathon debut in New York in 2018, Cheseto will run in the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2019, with the goal of competing in the race's new Para Athlete division in 2020. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

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