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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — About 7,000 runners took to the streets of Boston on Memorial Day for the city’s annual ‘Run to Remember’ to honor first responders and those who have died in the line of duty. WBZ NewsRadio’s Suzanne Sausville was there.
Those who weren’t running were cheering on those who were. WBZ NewsRadio spoke with Sargent Patrick Spera of the Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Police Department, who was running in memory of three first responders.
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“[I am running for] Lieutenant AJ Lapanna from Middleboro he passed away just recently. Sargent Gregory Furtado of the Mass. State Police, and officer Mike Lombardi of the Natick Police Department,” he said.
Spera ran the race in his black tactical gear with a sign on the back naming those men, with a small button on the front with a picture of one of the men.
“I’m always thinking about them. I worked with them prior to going up to New Hampshire [and] I’m friends with them so I’m always thinking about these guys,” Spera continued.
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Other participants in the race were holding large American flags as they run as another form of tribute to the fallen. WBZ NewsRadio also spoke to Michael, whose reason for running is simple.
“We wouldn’t be a country if we didn’t have them, they’re just so brave.”
While Michael wasn’t running for any specific person, he said that he was out there thinking about the brave men and women who answered the call on 9/11.
WBZ NewsRadio’s Suzanne Sausville (@WBZSausville) reports.
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