As of this morning, three people have been killed and at least 140 injured in the explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. News broke yesterday that an 8-year-old boy was one of the victims. We now have more details of who he was and what he was doing when the explosions went off. Just heartbreaking. Our thoughts & prayers are with everyone affected by this horrific event.
Details after the jump…
Via GG:
Boston.com revealed the identity of the youngest victim of this horrible tragedy and shed some light on his family and community,
The grief resonated sharply in Dorchester, where locals gathered Monday night at Tavolo Restaurant in memory of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in the attack, and his mother and sister, who suffered grievous injuries. Martin’s father, Bill, is a community leader in the Ashmont section of Dorchester. A third child was reportedly uninjured.
“They are beloved by this community. They contribute in many ways. That’s why you see this outpouring,” said City Councilor at Large Ayanna Pressley, who was among the mourners. “It’s surreal, it’s tragic, it’s incomprehensible. Everyone here tonight is trying to comfort one another and be prayerful.”
In another article in the Boston Globe, one writer described the circumstances of Martin’s death,
This is how bad this is. I went out Monday night and bumped into some firefighters I know. They said one of the dead was an 8-year-old boy from Dorchester who had gone out to hug his dad after he crossed the finish line. The dad walked on; the boy went back to the sidewalk to join his mom and his little sister. And then the bomb went off. The boy was killed. His sister’s leg was blown off. His mother was badly injured. That’s just one family, one story.
