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Parents of six-year-old marathoner reveal child protective services visit

Flying Pig Marathon
According to the Crawford family, their five older children finished the race an hour ahead of them, while the parents and six-year-old Rainier all crossed together at eight hours and 35 minutes. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The Kentucky parents who have drawn criticism for running a marathon with their six-year-old son said that child protective services have since made an unannounced visit to their home to interview their children.

Ben and Kami Crawford shared a photo of their youngest child, Rainier, purportedly being interviewed by a staffer from the state’s CPS department after an Instagram post detailing the boy’s at time arduous journey in completing the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati earlier this month.

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