[ applause ] in the words of dick hoyt who pushed his disabled son rick in 31 boston marathons, we can t let something like this stop us. this doesn t stop us. and that s what you ve taught us, boston. that s what you ve reminded us, to push on. to persevere, to not grow wary, to not get faint even when it hurts, even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn t even know we had. and we carry on. we finish the race.
it was a beautiful day to be in boston. a day that explains why a poet once wrote that this town is not just a capital, not just a place. boston, he said, is the perfect state of grace. reporter: the defiance. that s when you reminded us to push on. to persevere, to not grow weary, do not get faint. even when it hurts, even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn t even know we had and we carry on. we finish the race. [ applause ] we finish the race. reporter: and the hope.
in the words of dick hoyt who pushed his disabled son rick in 31 boston mayor o marathons, we can t let something like this stop us. [applause] this doesn t stop us. [applause] that s what you ve taught us, boston, that s what you ve reminded us, to push on, to persevere, to not grow weary, to not get faint, even when it hurts, even when our heartaches we summon the strength that maybe we didn t even know we had and we carry on, we finish the race.
in the words of dick hoyt, who has pushed his disabled son, rick, in 31 boston marathon, we can t let something like this stop us. this doesn t stop us. that s what you ve taught us, boston. that s what you ve reminded us. to push on. to persevere. to not grow weary. to not get faint. even when it hurts. even when our heart aches. we respond the strength that maybe we didn t even know we had and we carry on.