Dad runs Boston Marathon in memory of 3 slain children

A Massachusetts man crossed the end line of the Boston Marathon in reminiscence of his three kids, who have been killed final yr.

Patrick Clancy ran the 26.2 mile race Monday whereas sporting the names of his kids — Cora, Dawson, and Callan — on his bib, and sporting an merchandise that belonged to every youngster: A hair bow of 5-year-old Cora’s, a wristband of 3-year-old Dawson’s and a bracelet of 7-month-old Callan’s, he advised WCVB-TV, the ABC station in Boston.

“They have been my motivation,” Clancy stated of his children in an interview with WCVB-TV after the race. “It was therapeutic. It was goal. I knew we might make a giant distinction and we did, so it was good.”

Clancy’s spouse and the mom of their three kids, Lindsay Clancy, is going through homicide and assault prices associated to the deaths of the kids final January.

On the day of the incident, Jan. 24, 2023, police obtained a 911 name simply after 6 p.m. ET from a person who stated his spouse had tried suicide by leaping out of a window at their home.

First responders subsequently discovered three younger kids, a 5-year-old woman, a 3-year-old boy and a 7-month-old boy, inside the house “unconscious with apparent indicators of extreme trauma,” Plymouth County District Lawyer Timothy Cruz stated on the time.

Lindsay Clancy survived with severe accidents.

She stays held and has an upcoming court docket date on Might 28, a spokesperson for the Plymouth County District Lawyer’s Workplace advised ABC Information Tuesday. She has pleaded not responsible to the costs.

Patrick Clancy has stated beforehand that he forgives his spouse, a sentiment he echoed once more after the marathon, telling WCVB, “I stated I forgive my spouse and I do. I will simply depart it at that.”

The Duxbury, Massachusetts, resident ran the marathon to boost cash for Boston Youngsters’s Hospital, the place he stated his youngest son, Callan, was handled earlier than his demise. He has to date raised over $76,000 for the hospital, in line with his fundraising web page.

“Callan spent his final moments in my arms earlier than he handed at Boston Youngsters’s Hospital. Though I needed so badly for a unique consequence, I used to be overwhelmed by the compassion and professionalism of the docs and nurses within the ICU,” he wrote on the web page. “They gave me a bit extra time with my boy and I’ll perpetually be pleased about that.”

Patrick Clancy, who gained nationwide consideration after the deaths of his kids, stated he felt supported by strangers all through the course of the Boston Marathon.

“Ninety-five p.c of the individuals who referred to as my identify out, I do not even know who they have been. I haven’t got my identify on my bib, so I do not know the way they knew me,” Patrick Clancy stated. “It was simply actually shifting and I am glad I did it.”

Describing his three kids, he stated, “They have been great folks. That they had quite a lot of buddies. Everyone beloved them. That they had brief lives, however that they had actually good lives.”