personal victory. on his bib, he wore the names of the four people killed each step of this 26.2-mile run dedicated to them. it was an honor to be able to share it with the four victims. this would be the safest place on earth, they kept their promise. about 100 cameras, thousands of officers lining the race route and zero security issues. john and diana. marci, thank you for that. such a great feeling for boston, for america. nice to know we came back. speaking of america, an american man won. that was the first time since the 1980s. his name, meb keflezighi. there you have it. what a day for boston and what a day for everybody really. we were all watching. we were. we were with them, praying for them, hoping that everything would go off without a hitch and it did. our coverage of the boston marathon does not end here. two brothers are going to share their inspiring story. what the world can learn from the brothers coming up later in
marathon. meb keflezighi is his name. 38 years old. he won with an official time of just over 2 hours and 8 minutes. incredible time. we ve been following the journey of angela davis, a dancer. a year later she showed incredible determination. she s danced again. today her brothers ran the marathon in her honor. adrian joins us now from boston. what an incredible day and you are smiling with a smile that is like from ear to ear. how are you doing? i m doing well, anderson. it s good to talk to you. it s been an incredible day here in boston. what was it like to i mean, first of all, just to wake up and decide, you know what? i m going the finish line today and then to run the end of the race with your brothers? it was amazing. you know, i said many times that
to get going. with the first wave right on their heels, the elite men take off. it feels like now the boston marathon is officially under way. so many things different about this year s boston marathon. emotions, memories, heartache, hope. she s got it! the the fastest woman. this could be a little hairy. they are trying to stalk him. an american will win the boston marathon. yes! he will. meb keflezighi. we wanted to take you there to feel what so many of us felt. we re not even running today but
the smoke powering out of this pouring out of this building in china. started with a welding accident. at it an apartment building and the fire trapped one of the people who lived there but firefighters able to rescue that person as the firefighters eventually put out the flames. emotions running high in boston and around the nation one year after bombers killed three people and wounded more than 260 others. close to 36,000 people signed up to run for this year s marathon. the second most ever for the race. and for the first time since 1983, an american finished first in the men s division, meb keflezighi. he won the new york city marathon in 2009. he wrote a tribute to victims on his number. and on the women s said, a woman rita jeptoo defended her title. security was tight. you can see an officer let s
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