‘Running Rabbi’ recounts chaos at Boston Marathon, vows to run in next year’s race

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‘Running Rabbi’ recounts chaos at Boston Marathon, vows to run in next year’s race

Rabbi David Benjamin finished Monday’s Boston Marathon shortly before the deadly blasts went off. It was an eerily familiar feeling — he was in downtown Manhattan on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Read more »

A man is loaded into an ambulance following the Boston Marathon bombings, April 15, 2013.

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