STOWE, Vermont - Iziko laMazwe ngaMazwe loXolo ngoKhenketho (IIPT) kunye namalungu alo anqwenela ukuvakalisa uvelwano lwethu olusuka entliziyweni kunye novelwano kubantu baseBoston, iimbaleki kunye nababukeli, ngakumbi amaxhoba kunye neentsapho zesigebenga esingenangqondo ngexesha IBoston Marathon. Sikwancoma isixeko kunye nabaphenduli baso bokuqala ngomsebenzi wabo wobugcisa obuthintele ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuphulukana nobomi.
Ugqatso lweBoston lolona gqatso ludala lwaminyaka le ehlabathini, olwaqala ukuqhutywa ngo-1897 lukhuthazwa lugqatso lomgama omde kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki yokuqala yala maxesha eAthens, ngo-1986. Iimbaleki ezilishumi elinesihlanu zaqala kolo mdyarho wokuqala, xa zithelekiswa nezingaphezu kwama-24,000 1775 kulo nyaka. Ugqatso lweMarathon lubanjwa minyaka le “ngoSuku lwePatriot”-iholide yaseMassachusetts ikhumbula ukuqala kweMfazwe yoQhushululu yaseMelika (iMfazwe yeNkululeko) ngokuchasene noBukhosi baseBritane, eyaqala ngedabi eLexington naseConcord (kufuphi naseBoston) ngo-XNUMX. kunye "nomfanekiso ovakalayo kwihlabathi jikelele."
I-Boston Marathon ngumsitho wehlabathi odibanisa abantu bayo yonke iminyaka, kunye neenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo kunye abavela kumazwe amalunga ne-100 kwihlabathi liphela bebonisa intlonipho kunye nokubhiyozelwa komoya womntu, bevuyiswa kwaye bexhaswa ngababukeli abangaphezu kwama-500,000.
Loo moya womntu mhlawumbi ubonakaliswa kakuhle libali likaDick Hoyt kunye nonyana wakhe uRick abalindelwe ngomdla nyaka ngamnye ngamawaka ababukeli/abalandeli. UDick une-cerebral palsy. Oogqirha bathi uRick akanakuze abenabo ubomi obuqhelekileyo kwaye bacinga ukuba eyona ndlela ingcono kukuba afakwe kwiziko. Nangona kunjalo uDick kunye nenkosikazi yakhe abazange bavume kwaye bamkhulise njengomntwana oqhelekileyo. Ekugqibeleni kwaveliswa isixhobo sekhompyutha esanceda uRick ukuba anxibelelane nentsapho yakhe, yaye bafunda ukuba eyona nto wayeyithanda kakhulu yayiyimidlalo. I-“Team Hoyt” (uDick noRick) yaqalisa ukukhuphisana kwimitsi yesisa, uDick etyhala uRick kwisitulo esinamavili. Ukususela ngoko baye bakhuphisana kwiimarathoni ezingama-66 kunye neetriathlon ezingama-229. Ugqatso lwabo lomdyarho oluphezulu lwaba sisi-2:40:47. Iqela ligqibe i-30th Marathon yaseBoston kwi-2012, xa uDick wayeneminyaka engama-72 kwaye uRick wayengu-50.
Kuqinisekile ukuba esi siganeko sinye sibuhlungu asizukuwuthomalalisa umoya wabantu kuMdyarho weBoston kwaye uya kuqhubeka ubanjwa ngoSuku lwePatriotic kwiminyaka ezayo.
