article_snippet.sent: The runner who won the Boston Marathon in 2013 and donated his medal to Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after the deadly terrorist bombings has been crowned this year's men's winner.
article_snippet.sent: Thirty-thousand runners cruised through a damp Monday morning route where well-wishers drew 'Boston Strong' in chalk on the pavement to remember the three dead and more than 260 injured in  attack near the finish line two years ago.
article_snippet.sent: I am happy to win and for a strong Boston 2013.'
article_snippet.sent: Keflezighi's triump in 2014 was seen as an inspiring and resilient victory for Boston and the marathon as the annual event continues to bring back memories of 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Carlos Arredondo, a first-responder that year, handed out American flags at the finish line on Monday, .
article_snippet.sent: Carlos Arredondo, a cowboy hat-wearing first-responder who helped save victims of the 2013 bombing, passed out American flags at the event and held a 'Boston Strong' banner .
article_snippet.sent: While the events and victims of two years ago were remembered on Monday, the 26.2-mile race proceeded as the 26.2-mile race has done since 1897.
article_snippet.sent: The South African is already the most decorated Boston competitor with 10 titles.
article_snippet.sent: Roughly 30,000 runners chose to participate in the damp 2015 Boston Marathon, which first was run through the city's downtown in 1897 .
article_snippet.sent: Orange Is The New Black' actress Uzo Aduba runs Boston Marathon on behalf of the Dana Garber Cancer Institute .
article_snippet.sent: A runner collapses on the finish line of Boston Marathon after the trek through windy and rain, which is expected to get worse in the afternoon .
article_snippet.sent: Above, spectators on Boylston Street cheer on competitors near a T metro station .