BOSTON — Ten years after the Boston Marathon bombing, friends of Martin Richard, an 8-year-old boy who was killed that day, are gearing up to run the marathon in his honor on Monday — a day that has always been very difficult for them.
“Martin was a dear friend of mine, one of my best friends growing up, and to be able to cross that finish line for him and his family is going to mean a lot,” said 19-year-old Theo Stanley, a member of the Martin Richard Foundation’s MR8 Tribute Team.
“I truly do not know how I’m going to feel because I don’t think I will have ever felt that feeling before,” he told the Boston Herald a few days before race day. “I live every day with him in my mind, and I try to do right by him. It’s going to be really impactful to cross that finish line.”
