resilient and heal over the course of the baseball season. coincidentally. reporter: back in april, the sox were coming off a last-place finish that their division last year. and the city of boston had just taken a devastating hit. after a pair of explosions near the marathon finish line, heather abbott lost part of her leg. she had just left a game at fenway. a plan to return would help her heal. i practiced in physical therapy. reporter: while she was still using a wheelchair to get around, abbott accepted an offer to go back to the ballpark. when i threw out the first pitch and i had just left the hospital that was really a big deal for me. and you can now say you pitched for the world series champs. i guess i did. reporter: over and over again the team invited abbott and other suffer visors home. most memorably for a tribute alongside james taylor during a tribute in the second world
tranldy happen tragedy happen, and we were able to kind of be resilient and heal over the course of the baseball season coincidentally. reporter: back in april, the sox were coming off a last-place finish in their division last year, and the city of boston had just taken a devastating hit. [ explosion ] after a pair of explosions near the marathon finish line, heather abbott lost part of her leg. she had just left the game at fenway, a planned return would help her heal. i practice in physical therapy. reporter: while she was still using a wheelchair to get around, abbott accepted an ocher to go back to the ballpark. when i threw out the first pitch, and i had just left the hospital, you know, that was really a big deal for me. reporter: and you can now say you pitched for the world series champs. i guess i did. [ laughter ] reporter: over and over again, the team invited abbott and other survivors home.
i started running again. i think for me that s an important success for celebrate. the red sox will leave fenway at 10:00 this morning to start the parade. we are told they will stop at the marathon finish line just down the street for a tribute to the mauer thain survivors. alison and victor. thank you. stay with us throughout the morning. we re covering the parade when it kicks off at 10:00 a.m. eastern live here on cnn. you can also check out the parade on cnn.com/live. quiet, maybe even bullied. more details about the suspected gunman and the l.a.x. shooting and a possible connection between him and an anarchist group. it is probably the worst experience i ve ever been in my life. most terrifying. you always kind of imagine what would you do. you hear about these horrible incidents. you kind of ask yourself, what
bombings last april. alexandra field has more on the victories on and off the field. [ chants ] [ cheers ] reporter: national champions. the boston red sox and national treasures, the marathon bombing survivors, after more than six months they re celebrating victories together. it felt like, you know, we were a city that had such a tragedy happen, and we were able to kind of be resilient and heal over the course of the baseball season coincidentally. reporter: back in april, the sox were coming off a last-place finish in their division last year, and the city of boston had just taken a devastating hit. [ explosion ] after a pair of explosions near the marathon finish line, heather abbott lost part of her leg. she had just left the game at fenway. a planned return would help her
to the marathon finish line, kissing the finish line. how much this city has gone through. a year of hell for them and now a year and a moment of celebration of victory. they could not be more happy and this team has really helped them pull through. one of the men who has done it most, david ortiz, saying to rachel nickels, this is something we did for our entire city. you see him there, mvp, it has been really a momentous few hours since they won. tight security, i would mention. incredibly tight security around fenway park to be extra safe because this is the biggest event since the bombing. the police were out in full force. you see them there pushing crowds, including us, away. but the member of the night is the victory. that is for sure. big papi, he was insane during post season. 25 plate appearances, 19 hits,