Good triumphed over evil on Marathon Monday

Dear Editor:

As a Boston Marathon runner who did not get to finish, I consider myself lucky. I wasn’t feeling well and was way behind my projected four-hour time. But I was fortunate in more ways than one on Marathon Monday. Due to my slower time I was able to better experience and take in all the good in the world and missed all the evil.

The crowds of people who continually lined the streets for 26.2 miles are incredible human beings. They are all representatives of the fact that this world is filled with more humanity, compassion and goodness than it will ever be filled with hate, selfishness or evil.

While my heart breaks for the three families who lost loved ones and for the people who are hurt, both physically and emotionally by this senseless act, it also grew a little bigger on Monday due to the incredible, never tiring crowd along the route who encouraged me to continue when they knew I was struggling, handed out pealed tangerines, ice pops, full bottles of Gatorade, pretzels, etc. — and these were not the volunteers.  These were individual people who just came to cheer us all on and help us along the way.

I wish I could thank again the man who gave up his Mylar blanket when he saw me freezing on Beacon Street trying to connect with family or to the other man who gave my friend a blanket from his backpack and offered us his home to get warm.

It was a horrific day for Boston, but the good shined through too. Please don’t ever forget that. I think this year everyone deserves a medal!

Carol Duggan

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Posted by Canton Citizen on Apr 25 2013. Filed under From One Citizen to Another, Opinion. Both comments and pings are currently closed.