By Alexis Tarrazi – Straus News
Matthew Carlson, a native of Sparta, takes one last photo a mile shy of the finish line at Boston Marathon moments before he was stopped from completing the race due to two bomb explosions that killed three people and injured at least 176 on Monday, April 15 in Massachusetts.
SPARTA — For Matthew Carlson, a graduate and former runner of Pope John XXIII High School, running the Boston Marathon in Massachusetts on Monday, April 15 was his first marathon ever and one he will never forget.
With less than a mile to go to complete his first ever marathon, two bombs ignited at the finish line causing Carlson and the rest of the runners to have to stop running. The tragedy killed three people and injured at least 176.
Alexis Tarrazi 