pittsburgh. it has been quite a week for these communities, and yes it is quite something to be covering them. and i can tell you that along the way, we do meet so many inspiring people like brett, who i interviewed last week and the families here as well. it s remarkable how given what they are going through, that they are able to stand up with such grace and elconsequence and honor the lives of the loved ones they ve lost. they want the focus on loved ones, not on the suspects. because to some extent they feel like that let s the suspects, let s the bads guys if you will win. it s been a remarkable couple of weeks and here talking to the families of the grandfather and the grandson who were killed, it s been very moving. the process goes forward. there will be more services this week, very emotional gatherings but as you said, in the case of school system there, school is back open. they were going to open on monday but they delayed it a bit
given those more familiar with the new york marathon know how special and competitive boston is does new york have a marathon? let me tell you as someone who once ran it and finally finished, yes, your marathon is special and super competitive. what about those who could not finish last year? we re making a way for those who had run the marathon and weren t able to finish on account of it having been interrupted and stopped after the bombing to do so. there will be a number of folks running on behalf of some of the people who perished in the bombing. there will be those who were injured who will run the race this time and that s obviously a very, very special thing. we re trying to work outwei way for the nonelite runners, their family and friends can join them to round the turn and cross the finish line. we ve all watched with such
however, we do wish that all of you at some point in your lives feel as loved as we ve felt over this last year. it has been the most humbling experience of our lives. we hope you feel all of the emotion we feel when we say thank you. to our fellow survivor community, what would we do without each other? we should have never met this way but we are so grateful for each other. we have shared our despair, sense of loss, and challenges as well as our hope, and gratitude and triumphs. we have been there for each other and we will continue to be there to pick each other up and celebrate milestones for years to come. most of all, we ll cherish the friendships our families have forged with bonds of mute you re admiration. and to those who continue to
came on scene, they weren t just tending to citizens, they were tending to the neighbors. most of the firefighters on engine seven had a direct relationship with the richard family, shawn o brien, his daughter was in the same class as martin and martin was kind to his daughter ava. kevin meehan, his daughter babysat for the richards. it s just all of those little connections, i would defy somebody to come into this town and find somebody that didn t have some kind of connection with somebody who is directly impacted by those bombings. so again, i think you ll see i m assuming it s coming through. this is a very resilient city and a year later we re in a better place. well, kevin, you re one of the chroniclers of it. thank you for sharing with us today. and a tribute to the victims and survivors and first responders is under way as we ve been showing you there in boston.
reporter you want to be on the big stories, but i do recall that week i was struck by how this city pulled together. we ve had tragedies all over the country, andrea, obviously in cities that pull together. i can tell you having lived in a number of places around the country, what happened here the week of that boston marathon was truly extraordinary and it s an honor to call it home. it s a great city and we re looking forward to four or five great days, a safe marathon come monday and chance for people to finish what they started last year with the marathon and did not get a chance to finish. hope to do that with this running. indeed. ron mott, thank you so much. massachusetts governor deval patrick is one of the leading speaks at the commemoration about to take place. he sat down with me to talk about what this day means to boston and to the nation. this is such a solemn anniversary and there s reason for joy in the way the boston community responded. let s go back a year.