the little boy was martin richard.nts, said recently a day doesn't pass we don't cry over the loss of martin, but we laugh when we think about him, which feels the right way to remember a little boy with a zest for life, and a caring heart. in a few days the little league will open its season. martin played in the league with enthusiasm and joy. i was a coach in that league watching kids like martin gain skill and confidence and understanding the importance of the never giving up. martin's older brother henry gets that. he's an exceptional student. a good athlete a great kid,als willing to help. he's the kind of kid you want your kids to be friends with. so is sister jane. now they are teaching us a thing or two about never giving up. by the way, you didn't hear it from me, but jane is back playing basketball again. [ clapping ] >> >> martin would have loved that. the way he saw the world, anything was possible. all across our city we are learning that too. we are learning not just perseverance, but resilience, resilie

little boy was martin richard. nts set a date is not passed we do not cry over the loss of martin. we also laugh and think about him. it feels the right way to remember a little boy with in a few days, the little league will open their season. martin later in that league with enthusiasm and sheer joy. league,coach in that watching kids like martin gained skills and competence and understanding the importance of never giving up also martin's older brother henry gets that. he is an exceptional student, good athlete, a great kid. always eager to help. he is the kind of kid you want your kids to be friends with. so is his sister, jane. now they are teaching us a thing or two about never giving up. by the way, you didn't hear from me, the james is back laying basketball again. [applause] martin would have loved that. way he saw the world, anything was possible will stop all across our city, we are learning that. we're learning not just perseverance, but resilience. zillions rooted in hope. we may endure for a night but j

feet from martin richard. >> i think it was martin and it was over about five feet that way.was a lady trying to get him to stay up. and once in awhile when i have visions, that's one of the things in my visions i see. the woman trying to get the kid up. >> i did not see what happened to him. i guess -- and i don't want to say i forgot, but there wasn't any thoughts in my head at that moment. >> reporter: even with his injuries, aaron remembers seeing martin. >> i saw a boy over there on the concrete. i looked at my legs and from my knees down was solid red of blood. >> reporter: at the hospital they felt relief that they had survived. a room away, the richard family grieved. >> i've always wanted to trade places with him, because i didn't think it was fair. but i do remember how lucky i am. >> this was taken one week after your injury. >> reporter: david's ears are slowly healing. though ear specialists worried his hearing loss might become the worst of his injuries. >> there it is. a completely healed eardrum. >> reporter: aaron's leg injuries are also on the mend. >> i hav

martin richard, the young boy, krystle, campbell.gzi lu, the exchange student, and sean collier, of course. we'll take a break right now and then we'll bring you back to the anniversary. much anticipation. anticipated after a year, boston and the impacts of the bombing, still struggling but moving on. if you'd like to help, you can. you can get information about the survivors and the funds set up to assist them at cnn.com/impact. let's take a quick break and we'll come back and take you into the anniversary. quiet! mom has a headache! had a headache! but now, i& don't. excedrin is fast. in fact for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. excedrin. headache. gone. (music) defiance is in our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. calcium citrate plus d. highly soluble, easily absorbed. >>> we're taking you live to the anniversary memorial of the bombings at the boston marathon. a year ago today, right now, you're looking at and listening to the reverend liz walker. very well known to the community. on the screen you see sea

for team mr8 each will take tribute to 8-year-old martin richard. >> everybody has such a goal to get to the finish line and have martin with us. >> and breaking news, a rule change in drug sentencing that could bring a wave of clem entcy applications to the white house. vice president joe biden arriving in ukraine to show support for the kiev government. but what will stop president putin's quest for a new russia? >> president putin has a dream to restore the soviet union. and every day he goes further and further and god knows where is the final destination. >> murderous behavior, south korea's president called the ship captain's action inkprensible and murderous. four more crew members are arrested for abandoning passengers and fleeing to safety. >>> we'll have a live report from the white house where the annual easter tradition is under way. >> hey, everybody! happy easter egg roll day. isn't this exciting? >>> good day, everyone, 36,000 runners and estimated million spectators are along the route of today's boston marathon. among the runners natalie morales who filed this report

here, crystal campbell, lingsey lu and martin richard lost their lives.s the afternoon families came back again. joined by thousands for a moment of silence at 2:49 when the first bomb went off. ♪ >> reporter: the day's events happened under extraordinary and visible security, one of the many things that is different now. yet the marathon endures, stepping off next monday the final 26.2 miles in a difficult year. now today many people tried to define what's become the city's motto boston strong. the massachusetts governor d patrick said in the end, it's a triumph of community, of people who turned to each other when they easily could have turned on each other. brian? >> ann thompson starting us off from boston. as for the man accused for carrying out these attacks along with his deceased brother his lawyers and the government are preparing for his trial this fall and the prosecution indicated it will seek the death sentence if convicted. we get more tonight from our justice correspondent, pete williams. >> reporter: the lawyers brought in to defend tsarna

. >> now team mr8 will be running in honor of martin richard. the 8-year-old boy was the youngest of the victims killed. more than 100 people will be running in his memory. more than 100 soldiers held a shadow run at bagram air force base. our mike barnacle is joining us from boston. mike, let's talk about the spirit, the resilience of the city today, especially when it comes to patriots. i don't think everybody recognizes what that means for the city of boston, not just for the marathon runners but for everybody around the city. >> well, it's an unusual day in the city of boston, thomas. as you know, it's a holiday. people are not working. there's a baseball game. the red sox play at 11:00 a.m. there's a marathon. the two crowds come together at the end of the ball game. people coming out witnessing the marathon. filling the city, i think, is an air of excitement and anticipation. a lot of emotion as you just referenced. the police coming in. nostalgia, regret about what happened last year. sorrow for the victims and their families but martin r

>> this is martin richard. >> pelley: martin richard was eight years old.ster, jane, lost a leg. their father, bill, suffered hearing damage from the bomb in the backpack laid at their feet. only two days had passed. now, they were looking for every image of the suspect they called "white hat." massachusetts state police analysts found him with a man in a black hat, which turned out to be his older brother. >> yes. >> pelley: now you have the tsarnaev brothers. >> yes. >> pelley: but they didn't yet know their identity. once the suspects' pictures were released to the public, they fled. now, the surviving suspect, dzhokar tsarnaev, faces a federal trial and possible death penalty. today, a south african prosecutor wrapped up his cross- examination of oscar pistorius after five days. pistorius, a double amputee who ran in the olympics on carbon blades, is charged with murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. the prosecution says pistorius shot her on purpose after an argument. it's not every day that a truck delivery makes news. you'll see why folks are ex

the little boy was martin richard. a day has not passed when we do not cry over him, but we also feel like this is the right way to remember a little boy with a gusto for life and a caring heart. martin played in his little league with enthusiasm and shared joy. as a coach in that leauge, understanding the importance of never giving up. his older brother gets that. he is an exceptional student, good athlete, a great kid, always eager to help. he is the kind did you want your kids to be friends with. so as his sister. they are teaching us a thing or two about never giving up. by the way, you did not hear it from me, but james is playing basketball again. [applause] martin would love that, the way he saw the world, anything was possible. all across our city, we are learning that too. we are learning not just perseverance, but resilience. resilience rooted in hope. weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. we endure the night, violence came to our city, boylston street and the square, and felt like eve

you bring your children, eight years of age, as martin richard was eight years of age when his familyge, huge thing. but once the first 75 or 100 runners cross the line, the elite runners, with sneaker contracts and making a lot of runners, the rest of the marathon is you, charlie and joel, it's nurses and school teachers and cops and ordinary people running for various causes. that's the way it's always been. that's the way, hopefully, it always will be. and i think the focus on the fact that ordinary people fuel the mar thorntion run the marathon -- fuel the marathon and run the marathon, lines thick with people along all 26 miles, cheering joel through wellesley, down the hills last boston college, then you're exhausted and the crowd just draws you in coming down commonwealth avenue and pulling you forward wheñr you think you can'tçó take año)herÑi step,Ñi y pulled joel forward and everybody else, that's what the marathon is, it's people. >> charlie: "boston strong."ssi0 "boston rúrong" is more than a slogan. it symbolizes the survivors. we remember not only the evil act that claim

i think that many people tomorrow remember not only the victims of last year's bombings, martin richardsof age, and his sister jane, who survived and walks now with a prosthetic leg, and she is 8 this year. and the richards' family have n been throughout the year raising awareness and creating a foundation, but we will also be thinking about the young firefighters like michael kennedy, engine 33, ladder 15, back bay, boston, and 400 yards from the finish line who a year ago today, a year ago 2:49 this afternoon left that fire house on foot running all 400 yards into the terror, and into the bombings to help save victims and he along with so many other emts and police aofficers and first responders who save sod many lives. michael kennedy died in a fire four blocks away from the finish line 2 1/2 weeks ago. and so there is a certain element of huge emotion involved in the day today as there will be next monday in the actual race. but it is resilience and hope and character that brought this city through. >> and mike, just to -- >> and those elements would bring any city through in this co

martin richards, eight years of age, who with his father and mother and sister go to the marathon totch the finish because it is family day. you take all of the kids to watch the runners. he loses his life there and yet his life is not lost, he is still with us, a symbol of martin richard, the posters of this child and the way people have rallied around the family. the family carrying themselves with such dignity, it gives people strength and hope. i can recall when my children were eight years of age, taking them to the marathon, and you see these people who have been broken and maimed, wounded, i saw them in the hospital. you see them today and they are up on their feet when their feet were taken from them. >> congratulations. thank you. good run. >> thank you. >> there were other stories of boston today, people in boston and around the country remembered what happened. there were also stories about the people who survived and were able to rebuild their lives. here are some of those stories. >> we will always remember our guardian angels. martin. crystal, and whether we raised them

martin richards was 8 years young when he was killed a year ago today. once again, live in boston, just down a way from me at the finish line, we will pause in a matter of minutes, 2:49 p.m. eastern time, to be precise, the moment of that first explosion here on boylston street. the crowds braving the wind and rain to mark this moment that is so significant. but beyond remember, healing and then racing on monday. we will mark those moments live here on cnn. so stay with me for that, for sure. >>> coming up next, though, a fascinating guest. back in 1987, a south african airways jet crashed into the indian ocean. sonar picked up the image of a large object, and the man tasked with determining whether that was the wreckage or not, finds the black boxes. he can walk us through exactly what he saw, how he found it, and how maybe we could be seeing this hopefully soon in the indian ocean once again. don't miss it. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on o

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martin richard was standing near the finish line. his mother and sister were badly injured in the blast. the third grader was kind hearted with an infectious smile that all of the girls found irresistant. >> and sun li was working and she was hard work anything optimistic. her parents travelled from china to mark the death. a group of her classmates are running the marathon next week in her honor. >> chrissin campbell watched every year. they told the family she was injured and her identity was confused with a friend by her side. she worked long days and nights as a restaurant manager. >> shaun collier was killed in the aftermath gunned down three days later while the tarznia brothers were on the run. he was just days away from taking a job in the police department when the bombing suspects cut his life short. >> in six days, thens of runners will take part in the boston marathon race. organize ares are trying to find a balance of coping everyone safe. we have a member of the house homeland security committee. thank you for joining u

mayor marty walsh. >> we are going to send a very positive message around the world like what martin richard was talking about, peace and love. >> reporter: 100 people today ran for team m.r.8, named for martin's initials and favorite number. tatyana mcfadden won the wheelchair race. >> i run for martin, i run for his family, and i run for any others affected by the bombing last year, this race is for them. >> reporter: earlier today the richard family released this video of daughter jane in rehab and last week the young girl and family placed a wreath at the finish line. katy kelly goes to church with the richards. >> after i just crossed the finish line, i got down on one knee and i said a prayer for martin. i said to him that he was with me the whole time and this race was for him. >> reporter: one family, symbolizing the resolute spirit of a whole city. norah o'donnell, cbs news, boston. >> pelley: in another major story developing tonight, dozens of al quaida terror suspects have been killed in two days of american air strikes in yemen. that is significant because the most sophisticated

to the right of him, you can see the family of martin richard. you see jean richard, martin staring straight ahead in front of his father. we are going to talk more about them as we move on here. the suspect themselves, black hat and white cat. tamerlan tsarnaev and dzhokhar ans whov, two chechy moved to massachusetts in the early 2000's. their parents had left turmoil in chechnya. they lived in cambridge. their father was a mechanic. their mother did odd jobs as well. a student however he was an incredible athlete and a -- and an amateur boxer with a -- with olympic aspirations. his younger brother was an athlete as well and both of these young men were deemed as the bright lights in their families. they had two older or middle-aged sisters i got into some trouble over the years as well. over the course of time, tamerlan tsarnaev and his father and his mother got disillusioned with their lives in america. they began to really become radicalized in local mosques and on the internet. he got hiser, brother involved as well. this is what they've tal

team mr8 raised over $1 million alone for the martin richard foundation.head to friends@foxnews.com. i'm going to be taking off at 11:25 today but the race gets going at 9:00. so the anticipation is building. we're all getting excited and certainly feeling very patriotic today. >> absolutely. you are boston strong today, anna kooiman. >> so proud of you, anna. >> it's a heck of a feat. weather. obstacle that will not be a problem. at 23 minutes till the top of the hour, heather nauert here. she would be running the marathon but she's on the schedule. >> she is a mother. she runs one every day. >> good morning. got news to bring you from overseas. vice president joe biden heads to ukraine today after a shootout near the border is now raising new concerns that a russian invasion could soon take place. as many as five pro-russian forces were killed at a check point during what was supposed to be an easter truce in that region. president obama has said that his administration is prepared to take furtherç action if diplomacy fails but many are now worried that

lingzi lu martin richard and sean collier.ston strong, was used again and againing there the program. >> i know that some of the survivors spoke as well and when i heard vp joe biden come to microphone he said he had never been to a more moving ceremony and heard stories from survivors ever before in his life. what did say they? >> these survivors talked about their own struggles and difficulties and how far they have come but about the out pouring they received in the wake of the bombing, from people all over the world. and the community that surrounded them to help them heal. adrian spoke, a professional dancer, who lost a portion of her leg. she is dancing again on a prosthetic. here's what she said about the future. >> she said they will macit a day where we all work together to make the world a better place, that win something goes wrong in anyone's life, which can happen to all of us, we need to work together to make things better. also mentioned very often is the fact that this community will run again, this year's bost

later i'm still in awe of everything that happened a year ago. >> tell us about the family of martin richard the city. >> no family was more grievously hurt than that family. they lost martin, jane lost a leg, denise lost part of her sight. the resiliency, the way they've come back. every time the last week i feel a little down, you see a picture of jane richard smiling and that brings me right back. i think they symbolize the resilience of the entire town. >> i agree with you. kevin cullen, "boston globe." thomas, it going to be a good day here. >> i'll even defer to letting the orioles lose to the red sox again today. i'll let you have it. you can beat the orioles again today. >> no, go ahead. can you say it. go ahead. >> i was going to say there's no doubt we're going to beat the orioles. not on today. we'll beat them in the division. it a great city baltimore, i love the orioles but i'm sorry, thomas, see ya later. >> i'll see you back at work. >> marathon monday now has a very new meaning to bostonians after last year's tragic bombing. here are those events as they unfolded a year ago.

we remember martin richard, tough and competitive. kind and caring, a dorechester kid through and through. and we will remember sean collier, dedicated with honor, trusted and respected, badge 310. we will remember. ♪ ♪ i went up to the mountain ♪ because you asked me to ♪ up over the clouds >> you are listening to our live coverage right now of the memorial service that is taking place in boston on this, the anniversary of the boston marathon bombings, this being the boston children's chorus. we're going to take a break. there is much more to get you caught up on, including some developing events in ukraine. i'm del walters in new york. we'll be right back. ♪ ad it now >>> i'm del walters in new york, this is al jazeera america. we are in boston at this hour watching a moving memorial ceremony taking place, a tribute to those who died one year ago in the boston marathon bombing. this is the boston children's chorus, singing "up to the mountains" ♪ you loved me so ♪ just over the mountains ♪ ♪ the peaceful valley ♪ [ applause ] >>> th

jane richard and her older brother henry stood silent where their brother martin was killed a year agothe 8-year-old was the youngest victim of the marathon bombings. another wreath was placed at the second bomb site as victims, family members and dignitaries began ady of rehem bran -- a day of remembrance. paul was near the finish line when a bomb went off. >> unfortunately i looked to the right and i saw my leg was on the ground. >> reporter: paul's brother jp also felt the blast. but didn't know he had suffered the same injury. >> the bomb goes off. and i'm on the ground and like i was confused. i don't know why but i thought i got punched or something. but then people started rushing over and you inputting you down and -- you know putting you down and tourniquets and relax, relax. >> reporter: that day was the start of dozens of surgeries for the brothers and months of rehab. a year later, they're both walking again. thanks to prosthetics which can cost upwards of $140,000. >> things happen in life and unfortunately you know you don't have any interest too. but it is what it is you

just before that martin richard -- there was a picture of him holding a sign.evable that that child had written those words, that that photograph that photograph had been taken and that went viral all around the world. a message from an 8-year-old boy who gave his life, who did nothing more than go out with his family for the day to have a good time, lost his life, and, yet, in that became a messenger of peace. there wasn't a dry eye even among the press corps. >> you mentioned the photo going viral. how much has this sort of social media explosion changed kind of the shared experience of something like this? there was always a national source that tells us what happened. it becomes really a shared really international experience. >> it does, and it also -- you know, we have different ways that we can get our information. it used to be -- i'm old enough to remember when john f. kennedy was shot, and you sat around your television, and you watched one of three networks, and it was a national experience. we grieved together. those kinds of experiences became part

so many of them turned out for boston strong, and when we talk about the victim that you knew, martin richardibute including his sister jane, who lost her leg in the attack, why do you think that boston has come back, rebounded in such a strong way? >> well, i think that it is a day of mixed emotions, chris. as you mentioned, there is a lot of somber remembrance. there's certainly a great compassion and empathy for the victims, especially the richard family. but also, there there's a real sense of almost palpable defiance and sort of what big papi said at fenway. there's a sense here in the city that we want to take this event back, that this marathon has always been a well coming event, and not just for the people from this country, but from the people around the globe. i think that there is a sense that people want to take that back and as a measure of defiance, we have 36,000 runners, and probably the second biggest entrance in the history of the marathon, and so, there is that sense here, too. >> and yeah, i felt that the "boston globe" wrote poignantly about the sense of pride and the ci

police officer sean collier was shot after the race by the bombing suspects. 8-year-old martin richard was the youngest to die. norah o'donnell has the family story. >> reporter: they came to watch the runners cross the finish line. when the second bomb went off, 8-year-old martin was killed instantly, his sister, jam, lost a leg. mother denise lost sight in one eye and his father's eardrum burst. larry is a family friend. >> they were determined they were going to make something positive out of this and give permanent meaning to their son's life. >> reporter: a year later, a foundation in martin's name raised over $1 million. it was inspired by this picture of martin, holding a sign spawned by the newtown school shooting. no more hurting people, peace. boston mayor, marty walsh. >> we are going to send a message around the world. talk about peace and love. >> reporter: 100 people ran for team mr8, named for his initials and favorite number. tatiana mcfadden won the women's wheelchair race. >> i run for martin, his family and i run for any others who were affected by the bombing last y

. >> reporter: as the tributes and memorials take place, bostonians will honor martin richard, krystle campbell and lu lingzi who died while watching the marathon and sean collier shot and killed while the bombing suspects tried to flee fly ed i. 9,000 more runners than last year will take to the streets next week, many running to honor the victims, others still to show that fear will not run out. >> boston is a resilient town. we bounce back from that. always going to be in our hearts and minds. boston strong goes on. >> reporter: showing strength by putting one foot in front of the other, regardless of how hard that might be. later today, vice president joe biden joins local and state officials here in boston for a tribute to the victims of the boston marathon bombing. afterward, they'll go out to the marathon finish line for a moment of silence at the exact time those two bombs went off about a year ago today. that's the story live in boston. chris pollone, richard, back to you. >> chris, thank you. chris pollone in boston. >>> two registered sex offenders are now suspected serial k

. >> reporter: bob ran for his son's best friend, 8-year-old martin richard. he ran for team mr-8, a foundation to honor he has message for peace. it has to do something for your spirit as you run today. >> it does. >> reporter: chicago moms are also part of the 100-member team. >> it's really hard to even describe it. it's such an honor to even be here. >> reporter: even near the finish line where the bombs exploded. any apprehension about being here? >> not at all. >> reporter: while the chaos of last year wasn't far from people's minds, they were determined to move forward with a single purpose -- turning tragedy into triumph of for the racers and the city. brian, other official winners of the marathon today included reeta zeptune and tatanya mcfadden as a wheelchair winner. and ernst van dyke, the men and women's wheelchair winners. >> thanks. >>> and now to the story that broke overnight that some people thought to be physically impossible. a 16-year-old who breached airport security, then stowed away in the wheel well of a 767 during a flight from califo

family friends and classmates in the boston neighborhood of dorchester held a vigil for martin richard. they pledged never to forget the 8-year-old and boston honored the three people who died near the finish line as well as the m.i.t. officer killed several confirmed dead. about 100s we rescued. a u.s. navy ship is headed for the rescue. >>> for a second day in a row technical difficulties forced them to cut short the trip. the bluefin-21 was on the floor. it was scanning the bed for any trace of the boeing 777. nothing was found on this trip or the first one. meanwhile the air and sea search for floating debris is expected to end soon. >>> and delta air lines dealing with two onboard emergencies on tuesday. a delta jet was safely evacuated at atlanta's international airport after a report of smoke in the cabin and a separate flight to atlanta landed in raleigh, north carolina, because of a mechanical problem of a landing gear door. all 149 passengers on board were safe and the jet was back in the air within an hour. >>> the crisis in ukraine appears to be moving into a new phase. ukr

ever for that event including a group of young and older runners for a team called mr 8 honoring martin richard, one of three people killed here last year and a tribute walk that brought out survivors of last year's attack and joined by a group of veterans, including wounded warriors. everybody is talking about security commae monday. security will be tight. they are asking all spectators to leave large items in your car or at home. they will be subject to search. boston police are expected to remove trash cans, mailboxes and more to prevent the tragedy that happened last year. lester? >> thank you. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and back here tomorrow evening. have a good night, everyone. >>> nbc bay area begins with breaking news. >> i'm diane dwyer. terry mcsweeney is off tonight. we are following a breaking story. crews searching for a missing man say they have found a body in the water. officials say a boat crashed into the bridge near the cruiser haven marina at around 11:00 this morning. h

and martin richard was the youngest casualty. family from martinez not only attended today's ceremony they plan to run in the marathon again. 12-year-old aaron hern suffered serious leg injuries when he was hit by shrapnel. on his recovery facebook page his mother katherine wrote, as a mother i'm thankful for a much needed rest for his body. i don't think he's stopped since he got out of his wheelchair at the end of last may. he's hard to hold back so i stopped trying. he is boston strong. >> the one surviving suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev has pled not guilty to the indictment. his older brother tamerlan tsarnaev was killed in a police shoot out 12 day -- two days after the attack. police say they have a confession inside the boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev was arrested. >>> ktvu.com has a special section that's dedicated to the boston bombings. you can learn more about the survivors and their recovery during the past year. >>> this massive fire left a gaping hole in one bay area neighborhood. the fight still being waged even though the

the youngist victim, you martin richard was only 8 years o his family placed a wreath on boylston street where he lost his life. that's also where sean o'malley trayed with victim's families. survivors walked the route this morning as part of the legs for life relay. the brothers each lost a leg in the attacks. ♪ >> when you think of boston strong now, you think of the marathon. you think of the whole community, not just boston but everywhere coming together to support the survivors and to help them out. >> reporter: some of the survivors of the bombings spoke at the tribute today. they talked about how they would never wish their injuries upon anyone but something they hoped everyone could feel is really the amount of love that they've felt from the entire community over the past year. in boston, i'm tory dunnan. >>> came voters remain negative about congressional job performance. only 13% of voters approved of lawmakers' efforts while 79% disapprove. when it comes to a voter's own congress member, 57% of democratic voters say they would re-elect their representative. republicans are bl

the life of krystle campbell. 12 seconds later the bomb that killed lingzi lu and 8-year-old martin richard whose family placed a wreath at the very spot today. that second blast also took the lower left leg of heather abbott who in the past year has learned to walk, even run again. she now has four prosthetics including a water-proof one and one for high heels. >> before this happened, did you know how you were this tough? >> no. i think if someone told me this was going to happen to me, i would have been devastated. i had no idea i had it in me. >> reporter: so much strength over the past year. jeff bauman rescued by a complete stranger in a cowboy hat. now he and his fiance are expecting their first baby in july. roseann sdoia sprawled on the street, now dating the firefighter who held her hand in the ambulance on her way to the hospital. jarrod clowery, whose body was littered with shrapnel one year ago told me today the attack had changed his view of the world. >> the bomb is only one split second. of the worst. you know, but it's followed by endless seconds of the best leading up to t

honors those killed, krystle campbell, lingzi lu, police officer sean collier and eight-year-old martin richardrge katchen came here today to reflect. >> tragedies really do bring people together. it helps one focus where you want to go with your life. i get in tears right now just even talking about it, thinking about it. >> reporter: all the mementos were carefully preserved by the city of boston and in the climate controlled facility owned by iron mountain. samantha joseph works with the company. >> flowers, jewelry-- this is a great example of the variety. >> reporter: objections from around the world pay gratitude to the first responders and sympathy for the victims, whether expressed on paper or written on running shoes, staffers took care to keep the objects and messages in tact. >> there's one pair that says "these shoes taught me the joy of running and you can never take that away." for me, that was encapsulating the event. that was an event designed for ordinary people to get to be heros, to get to run a marathon, and you can't take that away. >> reporter: even now, visitors can leave

these two children grafly injured. >> those two children were martin and jane richards neighbors of patled and that others were hurt. >> reporter: but true to their nature as marathoners, these four runners, like 36,000 others today, have been determined to keep moved forward. their goal may be to complete the 26.2-mile course but their purpose, to be proof of this remarkable city's resilience to be part of boston strong. >> our plan for 2013 was going to be our last marathon but now it is not because we're going to run in honor of tall people who got kill and injured. >> reporter: the runners today will run for those hurt and killed by last year's event and prove that the fighting spirit that built this city cannot be brought down. >> it made it one of the boston marathons really sad but i think you have a huge population that's determining that that event will go on bigger and better than ever before. >>er in the world wants to come and run. >> we won't back down. we won't start. this is our race. can do. this we can do this for martin. we can do this for jane. we're going to rock thi

i trained with several racers in honor of 8-year-old bombing victim martin richard. mostly remember just not wanting it to be real. wanting it to be some horrible mistake. >> but the horror is very real for the family of 8-year-old martin richard who lost his life in the boston marathon bombing last april. >> surely if there was anyone who deserved it less, it would be a young child who was clearly just loving, compassionate person. >> reporter: chris never claimed himself to be a runner, but he's taking on the 26.2 miles this year in martin's honor. >> for so many people, it really hit home that it could have been someone they knew or someone they loved. >> reporter: just days after the tragedy, chris launched a campaign to raise more than a million dollars for the family's recovery. >> people just started pouring money in and leaving little notes. some of this money that was raised through this has now gone to help form the mra foundation, which is in martin's memory. >> reporter: over 250 people applied for the coveted spot to run this year's marathon as a member

the family of the 8-year-old boston boy killed in the explosions released this message today, martin richard was watching when he was killed and his younger sister lost her leg. a team of runners took part in the race in his honor the family says they honor the lost and concern for those whose injuries don't show and salute everyone who contributed along the way. >> san francisco showed up sort -- support for the boston marathon. the marathon organizers provided us with this organizers say it's the way area way of showing we, too, are boston strong. >> a former san francisco firefighter accused of driving drunk when hitting a motorcyclist appeared back at court today. for the second time, the 43-year-old did not enter a plea. a grand jury indicted him. the i team showing you this video of the crash last year. you can see the fire rig running a red light. prosecutors say quinn then left and was found hours later with a blood alcohol level above the legal limb writ. >> a 7-year-old boy is talking and alert after nearly drowning yesterday. the boy playing in the water when he started struggling

among the youngest victims was 8-year-old martin richard. that's his picture there.rooke baldwin talked to two boys who were just inches from him when those bombs went off and lived to tell the tale. i know you've been there since the beginning and in touch with survivors since the beginning. this must be one of the most powerful survivor stories you've come across, though. >> it's pretty incredible. when you think of all the pictures we saw of really those before and after those two explosions a year ago at the finish line on boylston street. the pictures where the fbi went through frame by frame to try to figure out who could possibly be capable of doing something so horrendous, there's one photo that many people will recognize here. we actually have the story behind the photo because you will see, as we just showed, that the youngest victim 8-year-old martin richard and his sister janie who survived the blast minus a leg and it was these two young men who were just next to them. their family friends. and they talk about what it was like to just be so close. take a

i had the opportunity to do some training with the eight-year-old little boy, martin richard, who hasdying that day. take a look. >> mostly i remember just screaming. not wanting it to be real. wanting to be away. >> but the horror is very real for the family of eight-year-old martin richard who lost his life in the boston marathon last april. >> surely if there was anyone who deserved it less, it would be a young child who was clearly just loving, compassionate. >> chris peterson is a friend of the family. although he never previously claimed himself to be a runner, he's taking on the iconic 26.2 miles this year in martin's honor. >> for so many people, it really hit home was that could have been someone they knew or someone that they loved. >> just days after last year's tragedy, chris launched a campaign that raised over a million dollars for the family's recovery. >> people just started pouring money and leaving little notes. some of the money that was raised through this has now gone to help form the mra foundation, which is in martin's memory. >> over 250 people applied for the

the victims who died, the youngest 8-year-old martin richard, 29-year-old crystal campbell and 29-year-old lindsay lieu. days later while the suspects were trying to escape t shawn collier was shot and killed. today there will be a moment of silence at the finish line and memorial service indoors with several guest speakers such as survivors, politicians, including vice president joe biden. this year's marathon is expected to be the biggest marathon yet and security is at an all-time high in boston. federal, state and local law enforcement officials will be doing random bag checks through out the day. >> jarrod, thank you very much. >>> oscar pistorius back in the hot seat today. moments ago the prosecution questioning why he didn't scream out the moment he realized he saw reeva steenkamp through the broken door. >> i was broken. i was overcome by a bunch of sadness. >> mr. pistorius i would have expected you to scream at reva, talk to her. >> i was talking to her. i was crying. jesus, please, oh, please. >> the prosecutor saying he will wrap up cross examination of pistorius later today.

krystle campbell, martin richard, sean collier remembered. >> 30,000 strong this year who were transformed into first responders. >> reporter: survivors spoke not only of overcoming but of outpowering. >> the city has stood by us. supported us and helped us heal. together we held each other in the face of terror, we grieved in the face of tremendous loss, and we grew in the face of adversity. >> reporter: many looked forward. >> america will never ever ever stand down. we are boston, we are america, we respond, we endure, we overcome and we own the finish line. >> reporter: then under a gray sky a moment of silence near the finish line the flag raised. the montra boston strong was said again and again and promises to run again. this year the boston marathon is this coming monday. in boston, molly line, ktvu news. >>> one of the victims was from the bay area. he has undergone a long period of recovery. aaron hern was waiting for his mother at the finish line. she writes i don't think he's stopped since he got out of the wheelchair last may. he's hard to hold back so i stopped trying. he's b

krystle campbell, martin richard, sean collier remembered. >> 30,000 strong this year who were transformed into first responders. >> reporter: survivors spoke not only of overcoming but of outpowering. >> the city has stood by us. supported us and helped us heal. together we held each other in the face of terror, we grieved in the face of tremendous loss, and we grew in the face of adversity. >> reporter: many looked forward. >> america will never ever ever stand down. we are boston, we are america, we respond, we endure, we overcome and we own the finish line. >> reporter: then under a gray sky a moment of silence near the finish line the flag raised. the montra boston strong was said again and again and promises to run again. this year the boston marathon is this coming monday. in boston, molly line, ktvu news. >>> one of the victims was from the bay area. he has undergone a long period of recovery. aaron hern was waiting for his mother at the finish line. she writes i don't think he's stopped since he got out of the wheelchair last may. he's hard to hold back so i stopped trying. he's b

martin richards' sister who inspired a team of runners to run on her behalf. or the dozens of nurses and first responders who will be undertaking their first marathon ever next week in honor of the victims whose lives they helped save. there are hundreds more stories i could share with you. i just want to make sure that none of them are lost to time as we continue to examine the events that led to the attacks in the actions that unfolded in the days and weeks afterwards. i also want to speak on behalf of the community, not just boston but the greater community at large. in the year since i have traveled across this great country talking about the lessons learned from this tragedy, i have come to realize the community that rallied beyond the boston strong numbers in the millions. that is how the nation felt after these attacks on our freedom and how the innocents were caught in the paths about the explosion. many questions were raised about who knew what and when and what information was being shared. over the past year, the level of interagency cooperation tha

as you'll recall, three people, including little martin richard, who was only eight years old, killede marathon when the bombs explode the near the finish line. a fourth person, shawn collier, a police officer at m.i.t., he was shot and killed just a few days later allegedly by the suspected bombers as they tried to make their getaway in cambridge. tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev led police on a desperate four-day manhunt and even saw boston completely locked down. tamerlan killed in the shootout with police in watertown, dzhokhar tsarnaev found hiding in that boat stored in that driveway after the dramatic search we all witnessed. he has since been charged and now is awaiting trial. molly is live in boston with much more on today's memorial. what can we expect in the next coming hour? >> the heinz convention center is just a short distance from the finish line of the boston marathon where the bombs exploded a year ago. a slew of dignitaries are expected to be at this invite-only event including vice president joe biden who was invited by the mayor of boston and as well as the governor

martin was kind to his daughter ava. kevin meehan, his daughter babysat for the richards. of those little connections, i would defy somebody to come into this town and find somebody that didn't have some kind of connection with somebody who is directly impacted by those bombings. so again, i think you'll see -- i'm assuming it's coming through. this is a very resilient city and a year later we're in a better place. >> well, kevin, you're one of the chroniclers of it. thank you for sharing with us today. and a tribute to the victims and survivors and first responders is under way as we've been showing you there in boston. we will be right back with more from boston. >> as runners crossed the finish line, this city crosses a threshold in time -- well, did you know bad news doesn't always travel fast? (clears throat) hi mister tompkins. todd? you're fired. well, gotta run. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. intercourse that's painfulit... due to menopausal changes. the problem isn't likely to go away... ...on its own. so it's time we do something a

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