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Is with i guess i have an official finish time, but it actually all happened right as i was coming up to it. i crossed only because it was the only place to go, and i was trying to get to my phone to find my family. and i feel like i need to. but i d like to i d like to do it as a fund-raiser next time, and possibly for boston children s, since they took such good care of aaron and so many other kids there. you know, we re following this parade in boston, not just because it s a sporting event. but it s a news event. for people who aren t huge sports fan, tell us what this team means to you, especially this season, katherine. it became our it became another team. you know, we were giants fans, and obviously, the giants didn t have as good a year, had a hangover from a year ago, i suppose. and we ve been eagerly watching the red sox as our second team, really, another home-away-from-home. ....
Sox. who days ago won an unexpected championship. unexpected because they went from worst to first. the city of boston has been celebrating this beloved team, well, since for years. but, will, especially this season, because of the marathon attack in april. and then the team came to represent much more than baseball, and now the red sox are the epitome of what it means to be boston strong. oh, yeah. cnn s alexander field is live along the parade route with more. good morning, alexandra. reporter: good morning, allison. a beautiful morning here in boston. a perfect setting for a well-deserved celebration in this city, and look at how many people are ready to celebrate this morning. this crowd has easily doubled in size over the last hour. they are lined up 20 deep. the parade route is four miles long. it is expected to draw about 1 million fans. this is really a magnificent ....
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Sadly, sometimes it takes an incident like this, which, again, we were very lucky that there weren t other people associated with this individual that exploited the opportunity to breach the screening point. i know they ll be looking at this and other things and bringing in folks to talk about it. there is a way to improve upon the security, it s sad we lost a life yesterday, but hopefully, it will not be in vain and it will get the items into discussion. all right. security expert jeff beatty, and if you re headed to the parade, enjoy that as well. thank you. i think i ll be watching it on cnn. all right. thank you, we appreciate that. okay, victor, take care. still to come, in the newsroom, an interview with red sox ace jon lester. he remembers the boston marathon bombing and how those survivors inspired his team on its journey to the world series. [ male announcer ] staying warm and dry has never been our priority. our priority is, was and always will be ....