Brother of youngest Boston Marathon bombings victim finishes his first: "I did it for both of us"
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Twenty-year-old Henry Richard was emotional as he completed the 2022 Boston Marathon on Monday. His brother, Martin, was eight when he was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, CBS Boston reports. Martin was the youngest to die.
It was Henry's first Boston Marathon.
Henry's parents and sister Jane were there to meet him with hugs at the finish line. "It meant the world to me that they were here waiting," Henry said.
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