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Chasing History at the Boston Marathon

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18/04/2015 GMT

BBC World News - Chasing History at the Boston Marathon

A film about a city that came together to rally against terror.

Chasing History at the Boston Marathon is a film about the comeback of one unique runner as well as a city that came together to rally against terror.

A film about the comeback of one unique runner, a 3-foot-9 physician assistant who has been mistaken for a runaway child while training. It's also about a city rallying against terror. Thousands of runners returned to compete, while a
million spectators came back to cheer despite their fear. Many more around the world admired a city that wouldn't be intimidated by an attack that left hundreds wounded and three dead. It is also a film about every runner's fantasy: for the first half of the 2014 race, to the astonishment and sustained applause of thousands along the course, Juli led the pack.

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