With Abel Kirui, Kenya.
Elite runner Abel Kirui, of Kenya, speaks Friday with Bill Marcus, Fox News Radio, New England Reporter.

(BOSTON) APRIL 20 – 3PM LIVE

(BOSTON) (10:34AM) APRIL 20 – THEY’RE NOW RUNNING IN THE RAIN IN BOSTON….THE 119TH RUNNING OF THE 26 MILE RACE STARTING OFFICIALLY AT 10 A-M….FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS IS THERE…

(BOSTON) (10:00AM) APRIL 20 – THE STARTING GUN ON THE 2015 BOSTON MARATHON …..MINUTES AGO…10 A-M…COMPETITORS IN WHEELCHAIRS STARTING ALREADY ON THE ROAD….FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS IS THERE…

Yellow daffodils with Boston Strong on them line Copley Street near the finish line
Before the race yellow daffodils with Boston Strong stickers on them line Copley Street near the finish line.

(BOSTON) APRIL 20 – WHEN RUNNERS COMPETING IN TODAY’S BOSTON MARATHON GET TO THE FINISH LINE THEY’LL SEE YELLOW DAFFODIL MEMORIALS WRAPPED IN BLUE FOIL DECORATED WITH THE WORDS BOSTON STRONG.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE 30-THOUSAND ABOUT HOW THEY SEE THE CITY’S RECOVERY.

Ernst van Dyk pictured right, in his wheelchair with championship runners, Sunday after the breakfast.
Ernst van Dyk pictured right, in his wheelchair, with champion runners, Sunday, after a breakfast held in their honor. Sunday’s breakfast for legacy runners was cancelled last year.

KENYAN RUNNER ABEL KIRUI (AH-bell  kuh-ROO-ee) SAYS THE 2013 BOSTON MARATHON ATTACK REMINDS HIM OF AL-SHABAB’S SLAUGHTER OF A HUNDRED FIFTY COLLEGE STUDENTS.

KIRUI – IT’S SO BAD WE HAD. WE HAD THAT LIKE TWO-THREE WEEKS AGO IN KENYA IN GARISSA, IN KENYA…SO WE CONDEMN THIS SORT OF ACT, FOR SURE.  :08

GEBREGZIABHER GEBREMARIAM IS FROM ETHIOPIA –

GEBREMARIAM: THIS TOWN AND THESE PEOPLE ARE STRONG :02

RUNNER DESIREE LINDEN IS FROM MICHIGAN.
SHE SAYS MARATHONS ARE ABOUT OVERCOMING ADVERSITY…..

LINDEN: IT’S JUST THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO COME BACK STRONGER. IT’S WHAT WE DO. :03

LINDEN SHOULD KNOW….FOUR YEARS AGO, SHE CAME IN SECOND IN THE TWO AND A HALF HOUR RACE BY TWO SECONDS.

Copley Hotel Lobby, Sunday 1
Copley Hotel Lobby, Sunday.

AT THE MARATHON IN BOSTON, BILL MARCUS, FOX NEWS RADIO
(BOSTON) APRIL 19 – 30-THOUSAND OF THE BEST RUNNERS IN THE WORLD LINE UP TOMORROW (MONDAY) FOR BOSTON’S 119TH MARATHON. FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS SPOKE TO SOME ABOUT HOW THEY SEE THE CITY TWO YEARS AFTER IT WAS ATTACKED.

EUGENE COPPINGER REMEMBERS TWO YEARS AGO.
THREE RUNNERS HE COACHES WERE WITHIN A MINUTE OF THE BOMBS.

COPPINGER – IT STILL AFFECTS THE WHOLE CITY, YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH :02

BUT FOR ELITE RUNNER ERNST VAN DYK FROM SOUTH AFRICA, BOSTON TODAY IS THE PICTURE OF COURAGE AND STRENGTH….

ERNST VAN DYK – A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GREW OUT OF IT, ALTHOUGH IT WAS SUCH A TERRIBLE THING THAT WENT DOWN. PEOPLE JUST BECAME BETTER PEOPLE  :08

THE 42 YEAR-OLD COMPETING TOMORROW JUST AS HE HAS ALL HIS LIFE…IN A WHEELCHAIR.

AT THE MARATHON IN BOSTON BILL MARCUS FOX NEWS RADIO

WITH - FROM TORONTO - SHE STUDIES MSW BOSTON COLLEGE(Q)
Bill Marcus selfie with a Torontonian and Boston College MSW candidate, one of the many people who live in Boston and the surrounding area for whom the Marathon is a holiday. This year’s rain slowed the race. Josh Cassidy, of Toronto, said 85 mile per hour headwinds were, in part, the reason why he struggled. Conversely, tailwinds, in 2012, contributed to his victory. Cassidy races in a wheelchair.