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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Martin Richard Is Remembered On His Little League Team’s Opening Day

As the boys in blue baseball jerseys trooped over the Savin Hill bridge, led by the skirling of bagpipes and a slow-moving fire engine, they saw a row of men standing with hands over hearts, many with moist eyes and all wearing shirts that read, “We are Martin’s Firefighters.”

The Savin Hill Rangers -- one player short this year after 8-year-old Martin Richard was killed in the marathon bombings -- held up their hands and high-fived the firefighters, who chanted the team’s name and encouraged the boys to hit home runs.

For Nolan McKenna, 9, a teammate and friend of Martin’s, the outpouring of support at Saturday morning’s annual parade to start the Little League season left him with mixed feelings.

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4 comments:

  1. How about Fernandos fight?

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  2. God bless him. Cut the terrorists F eyes out.

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  3. RIP little guy. I'd rather see more stories about you than about that butcher they hold in forever custody for murder & mayhem.

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