Boston Marathon held amid tight security

By News Staff

Posted April 21, 2014 6:52 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Nearly 36,000 people raced the Boston Marathon on Monday amid tight security a year after two brothers set off pressure cookers near the finish line, killing three innocent bystanders and injuring more than 260 others.

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