By Evan Bleier / April 16, 2019
Marine Honoring Fallen Comrades Crawls Across Boston Marathon Finish Line
Micah Herndon was honoring friends who didn't survive a 2010 attack in Afghanistan
Ex-Marine Micah Herndon’s body began to fail him down the stretch in Monday’s Boston Marathon, but his will to honor three fallen comrades he served with who didn’t survive an attack in Afghanistan in 2010 never did.
Running in tribute to Marines Matthew Ballard and Mark Juarez and British journalist Rupert Hamer, Herndon finished the race in three hours and 38 minutes, but was unable to complete the entire thing on his feet.
Limited by severe cramps that turned his legs to jelly, the 31-year-old former Marine crossed the finish line on his hands and knees.
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