Monday April 15th, Tax Day in America, was also known as Patriots Day in New England. On Patriots Day every year the Red Sox host an eleven A.M game at Fenway Park. During the same day the Boston Marathon takes place. On this day of 4/15/13 it will be a day never forgotten in Boston, New England or the United States of America. The Boston Marathon would go on as normal, then a few hours after completion all hell broke lose. An explosion took place near the finish line. People who ran the race and spectators made a mad dash, several people were injured as a result of the explosion. Some of those injuries caused amputations of limbs. 4 people including an eight year old boy passed away (at the time of this post) and several others are in critical condition. The Red Sox would have to travel to Cleveland to play an away game and showed their support to all those affected back in Massachusetts. Celtics cancelled their game, yet showed support as well. Postponed game was in store for the Bruins as well. A week long search went on, finally video footage revealed who set the explosions off. A pair of young men, who are originally from Russia before coming to the States. One was even a boxer. The older brother was gunned down by authorities, while on Friday the remaining brother was finally captured. Nearly a week has gone by and their was high emotion when the Bruins and Red Sox finally took the ice and diamond respectively. Sports seems to always help with the healing process, helping people for 2-3 hours take their mind of the realities they are dealing with.
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