BOSTON — Laura York choked up Monday as she toured the Boston Public Library exhibit of mementos for the people who were injured and killed in last year’s Boston Marathon bombing — a collection of T-shirts, signs and hundreds of running shoes left or sent in tribute.
Some of the placards were emblazoned with the slogan that 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in the attack, had penned in 2012 while studying nonviolence in second grade.
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“No more hurting people. Peace,” they read. The photo of the youngster holding that sign went viral after last year’s attack, which killed three people and injured more than 260.
“I think this week is going to be tough for everyone,” said York, who lives in Back Bay not far from the finish line. Last year she watched the race from the site where the second of two bombs exploded but left about 10 minutes before it went off.
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