A decade out, updates on many of the day’s survivors and heroes.
John Young and Juli Windsor were on track to be the first two people with dwarfism to complete the Boston Marathon in 2013. As Charles Butler writes in this profile, they were both stopped at mile 25.4.
But neither gave up—both returned the following year. Young, who had the flu, dropped out after 10 miles, but Windsor finished in 4:43, and indeed became the first little person to cross the finish line. Not to be deterred, Young requalified and returned every year through 2019. Remarkably, he ran his fastest Boston time—5:58:45—in the wet, windy conditions of 2018.
Windsor originally planned to run Boston again this year, but chasing her two children—7-year-old Charlie and 4-year-old Elise—made life a bit too hectic for training. But not only does she still run, she’s also continuing her drive to make an impact: she’s currently petitioning the International Paralympic Committee to add a running event for persons with dwarfism to the Paralympic Games. “That’s one of my passions and goals in running, long-term,” she said.
Sagal returned to Boston the following year as a guide for paratriathlete Erich Manser. In 2018, he publishedGreer was supposed to run in 2014 as well, but broke his metatarsal shortly before; still, the bombings made him determined to continue pursuing long distances. “I feel that I will always be running—I’m never going to stop,” he toldby phone this March.
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