These New York Road Runners have been coming to Boston for 15 years to volunteer and cheer on runners, just like they do in NYC. (L - R) M’Shell Patterson of Brooklyn, Tina Crockett of Harlem, Darnley Simon of Brooklyn, Joan Innocent of the Bronx, Randy Savitt of Queens, Jessica Hall of Brooklyn, Sharla Hanley, Queens.
These three women have come from #SouthKorea to run for the 1st time in the Boston Marathon. L-R is Lee Kyongye, Kang Hoe Kyung, and Kim Mung Je.
😳 Mindboggling: AP reports that mens' wheelchair division racer Marcel Hug broke the course record AFTER crashing and righting himself to complete the race:
"Switzerland’s Marcel Hug righted himself after crashing into a barrier when he took a turn too fast and still coasted to victory in the Boston Marathon."
Related: GBH News is one of the few newsrooms in the country with a reporter whose specific beat is disability reporting. Her name is Meghan Smith and you can browse her excellent work here: https://www.wgbh.org/people/meghan-smith
🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 58F at Logan Airport and visibility is 2.5mi.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley calls the latest round of student debt relief "life-changing" as the Biden administration continues to find ways to eliminate some segments of it.
Harvard says it will resume requiring standardized tests for applicants.
On this day in 1861, the U.S. Civil War began. #histodons
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I’ll be staying on 495, so as long as there isn’t a backup of people going to Hopkinton on that exit, I’ll be ok. Hopefully the biggest rush will be over by 9:00 there. Thanks again!