they're parents of corporate mark gochla. he lost his life in the line of duty in 2011. i want to hear what they had to say about why it was so important for them to be out here. >> we were just so proud of our daughter for running again. she works very hard and it is heart warming. >> i'm just -- it is just an the ultimate sacrifice and that is what enables all of us to live our life free. >> corporate goya's sister is running this race. his dad who you just saw ran it is a couple of years ago. when he got to that point, the wear blue section, having lost his son, he of runners do that. that is where they really want to put themselves in the moment and be present and aware of why they're running this race. it is pretty powerful to see and inspirational as they kind of make the round and have a little bit more than halfway to go. >> thank you very much. >>> we want to check in on the finish line because this is the, what we believe is the first finisher of the actual marathon of course, our jim hanley is standing by waiting to wrangle in the winner as he does every singl