"On the fifth anniversary of the day bombs placed near
the Boston Marathon finish line left three dead and more than 260 wounded,
Governor Charlie Baker reflected on the resilience of survivors, both those injured
in the terror attack and those who lost loved ones on that indelible day."
On Sunday, the Globe's weekly magazine carried an essay
by Denise Richard. Her son Martin died
in the bombing; he was eight years old. Her
daughter Jane, at the time six years old, lost a leg. Her husband Bill was injured; she was blinded
in one eye.
In the Globe essay, Mrs. Richard writes "Five years ago, our own City of Boston
was the recipient of the world’s love, compassion, and generosity when two
bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon in 2013, killing my son, Martin, along
with Lingzi Lu and Krystle Campbell and injuring our family as well as hundreds
of others. In turn, we, the families of the deceased and injured, were treated
with the utmost care and empathy. Our families were embraced by the spirit of
goodness and the determination of a community willing to help."
She writes, in the essay, about the work of the Martin
Richard Foundation; she is the Foundation's acting Executive Director. As noted
on its website, the Foundation "helps young people to learn, grow
and lead through volunteerism and community engagement. We look to advance
sportsmanship, inclusion, kindness and peace."
Here, too, is a 2014 story from The Globe about the Richard
family; it appeared a year after the Marathon catastrophe:
