This is what it means to be Boston Strong.
A runner participating in the Boston Marathon on Monday collapsed at the 26-mile marker, but that didn't stop him from finishing the race. Four other runners came to his aid, picking him up and carrying him across the finish line.
More than 35,600 runners competed in this year's Boston Marathon, making it the second-largest in the race's 117-year history, just one year after two bombs tore apart the race's finish line, killed three and injured at least 260. Lives were shattered that day last April, but fear would not keep people away this year.
Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery captured the touching moments during the race.
Runner gave out near 26 mile mark, right by the site where 1st bomb went off. 1 guy stopped to help, then another pic.twitter.com/gcwMxpssdK— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 21, 2014
But his legs just couldn't do it. The group struggled a few feet. Another man stopped to help, and a woman pic.twitter.com/nM8FGP9Vgx— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 21, 2014
Determined, the two new saviors lifted his legs. He had just a few hundred feet to go. They would get him there pic.twitter.com/5tXvNyDGUJ— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 21, 2014
The crowd exploded into loudest cheer I've heard today. Walking, then jogging, they all, all 5, finished the race pic.twitter.com/HE4QJnh35L— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 21, 2014
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