Runner knocked down by 2013 blasts near Boston Marathon finish line dies at 89
Bill Iffrig ran the Boston Marathon two years after the bombings at the age of 80, finishing second in his age group.
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Bill Iffrig ran the Boston Marathon two years after the bombings at the age of 80, finishing second in his age group.
Bill Iffrig ran the Boston Marathon two years after the bombings at the age of 80, finishing second in his age group.
Bill Iffrig ran the Boston Marathon two years after the bombings at the age of 80, finishing second in his age group.
John Tlumacki/Getty ImagesA runner who took center stage in perhaps the most famous photograph from the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013—and then got up and finished the race—has died at the age of 89. Bill Iffrig was touted by then-President Barack Obama as a symbol of national recovery after a photographer captured him knocked down to the ground by the first bomb blast that day. Iffrig, then 78, got right back up and finished the race, later telling MSNBC he’d thought to himself, “I’m going to
Iffrig had run more than 50 marathons but gained national attention in 2013 for being photographed after the blast knocked him to the ground.