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Marathons return has been all about. the whole city overcoming the worst and getting back to its best. one step at a time. tom foreman, cnn. >> admire those people a lot. thats it for be. thanks very much for watching. ill be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." "newsroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. its called a virgin tax. nl rookies shelling out big bucks, part of a hazing ritual. but in one locker room, did it go too far, sending one player over the edge? >> im broo...

2012 ing new york city marathon. >> reporter: now its return is being herald has symbolic of the city itself. >> its important this year because of what happened last year. >> reporter: back are the elite athletes. in 2009, this man became the first american to win new york in more than two decades. >> winning is not about first place. its about getting the best out of yourself. >> reporter: back, too, are the millions raised for charity. even with the cancelation last year runners raised more t...

Suffering proved too much. >> the best way to help new york city at this time is to say we will not conduct the 2012 ing new york city marathon. >> reporter: now its return is harolded as symbolic of the city, back are 48,000 runners purring $300 million into the economy. back are the elite athletes like this olympian. in 2009 he was the first american to win new york in more than two decades and brought perspecti perspective. >> winning is not about first place or getting the best out of yourse...