to seek solace with each other, comfort with each other and honor all three of the people who died, including little martin. it was only about a mile away from his house. an interesting thing, anderson, they also honored the first responders who did such an amazing job helping so many people. and saved so many lives, no doubt about it. gary, i appreciate the reporting. a lot more to talk about. joining me now is bill fiore, a friend of the richard family. bill, i m so sorry for your loss. what was martin like? wow. martin was a remarkable young man and just a kid, really. eight years old. a wonderful athlete, a bright student. he loved the bruins. he loved the bruins. he loved the red sox, too. the headmaster at the school, i was talking to him before we went on the air, and he wanted me to emphasize he was not only a great athlete, but a great student, very compassionate, very caring.
when there was another student struggling in the class, they turned to martin to help tutor him along. a quiet but compassionate kid and someone who was a leader. we don t want to do anything to intrude on the family s privacy, but martin s mom and sister are also in the hospital. yeah. i m sorry to say that denise, his mom, took a wound to the head with shrapnel, and she s been in surgery. and his little sister janie, wonderful, sweet girl, also lost a limb. lost a leg. and she just started dancing. yeah, she s an irish step dancer, loves it, and everyone said if anybody is going to bounce back from this, it s janie. she s a pistol, a tough kid, energetic. i don t think her dancing days are over. i certainly hope not. i know we haven t talked to martin s dad, but the family, it s they ll never be the same, obviously.
you were the sweetest, funniest boy. i m going to miss you so much. but now you are an angel. it s still all so hard to believe, gary tucker joinds me now. you were at a vigil for the victims tonight in dorchester. it was very moving because it was entirely word of mouth. early this afternoon there was no word of any vigil. it turns out tonight between 1,000 and 1200 people showed up to seek solace with each other, comfort with each other and honor all three of the people who died, including little martin. it was only about a mile away from his house. an interesting thing, anderson, they also honored the first responders who did such an amazing job helping so many people. and saved so many lives, no doubt about it. gary, i appreciate the reporting. a lot more to talk about. joining me now is bill fiore, a friend of the richard family. bill, i m so sorry for your loss. what was martin like?
wow. martin was a remarkable young man and just a kid, really. eight years old. a wonderful athlete, a bright student. he loved the bruins. he loved the bruins. he loved the red sox, too. the headmaster at the school, i was talking to him before we went on the air, and he wanted me to emphasize he was not only a great athlete, but a great student, very compassionate, very caring. when there was another student struggling in the class, they turned to martin to help tutor him along. a quiet but compassionate kid and someone who was a leader. we don t want to do anything to intrude on the family s privacy, but martin s mom and sister are also in the hospital. yeah. i m sorry to say that denise, his mom, took a wound to the head with shrapnel, and she s been in surgery. and his little sister janie, wonderful, sweet girl, also lost
herald. it seems like the city is now coming out of its grief a little bit and needing to reach out and help those who have lost loved ones and lost limbs. still in shock in the city but now the focus is on those who died and are really seriously hurt. bill: show us the cover of our newspaper today, this is the boston herald and it says what. one boston. this was from garvey bark in dorchester where little martin grew up and his community came out and just showed their support. heavy hearts to say the leaves. this little boy he didn t deserve it he just wanted to go to the race with his family to watch this wonderful race and now the family is deaf senated. to say the least. bill: you had reporters out there. what are you picking up for them as to how this community is responding in it is my sense that they take it very personally. this is a wound to the people of boston. right this is a direct hit on boston. i mean, people are upset, they