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Boston remembers deadly marathon bombing 10 years later

Flowers and signs adorn a barrier, two days after two explosions killed three and injured hundreds, near the of finish line of the Boston Marathon at a makeshift memorial for victims and survivors of the bombing, April 17, 2013, in Boston. The 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing on April 17, 2023 will be marked with a wreath laying at the finish line to remember those who were killed, a day of community service and an event for the public to gather to reflect on the tragedy. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Flowers and signs adorn a barrier, two days after two explosions killed three and injured hundreds, near the of finish line of the Boston Marathon at a makeshift memorial for victims and survivors of the bombing, April 17, 2013, in Boston. The 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing on April 17, 2023 will be marked with a wreath laying at the finish line to remember those who were killed, a day of community service and an event for the public to gather to reflect on the tragedy. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) Flowers and signs adorn a barrier, two days after two explosions killed three and injured hundreds, near the of finish line of the Boston Marathon at a makeshift memorial for victims and survivors of the bombing, April 17, 2013, in Boston. The 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing on April 17, 2023 will be marked with a wreath laying at the finish line to remember those who were killed, a day of community service and an event for the public to gather to reflect on the tragedy. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

By MICHAEL CASEY / Associated Press 5 min read

BOSTON (AP) — With a bagpiper playing “The Bells of Dunblane” and a few runners looking on, families of those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing marked the 10th anniversary of the tragedy early Saturday by slowly walking together to the memorial sites near the finish line and laying wreaths.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who was making her first run for City Council when the bombing happened, joined the somber procession along with Gov. Maura Healey. At each memorial site — marked with three stone pillars — they stood with the families in silence.

Thousands, including many marathon runners in their blue and yellow windbreakers and several former Boston Red Sox players, came out to a second ceremony Saturday afternoon near the finish line. Church bells were rung and the Boston City Singers and Boston Pops performed “Amazing Grace” and “America the Beautiful.”

The 127th running of the Boston Marathon takes place Monday.

“The day never leaves me,” said Jennifer Black, 71, a realtor from Loveland, Ohio, who was watching the morning procession and recounted how her race in 2013 was cut short due to the bombing and talked about those who died in the attack. She is back in Boston to run this year.