Voices of gratitude, defiance at Boston bombing memorial

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5. Strength and Courage, she.. "A year later, Boston and its fans still standing strong"

"One year ago today, the United States and one of its great cities were gutted by the horrific events at the finish line of the Boston Marathon and the aftermath of that day's terrorist acts that took lives and limbs, ripped apart families and created new, difficult realities for the survivors and their loved ones.

Boston got back on its feet because that's what Boston does. The recovery from the senseless tragedy will last lifetimes, but it began that day, April 15, 2013, and it continues, Boston Strong, on its one-year anniversary.

Baseball has been able to play a small part in the recovery from the bombings. The hometown Red Sox were in the early stages of a World Series championship season when the two bombs went off near the Marathon finish line and the pursuit of the murderers went into the suburbs and into the following days, and the team's season-long and still-enduring commitment to honoring the victims and providing the occasional fun distraction for the survivors and their families and friends served as an inspiration as the team rolled through October to finally win a ring at home.

"The best way I could sum it up is, yeah, I think it was a moment in time that enabled us to galvanize in a certain way," manager John Farrell said last October. "It was an opportunity for our players to understand their importance in this city, what the Red Sox mean to this region."

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