Bill Iffrig, who became a nationwide symbol of resilience for appearing in a photo that captured his fall near the Boston Marathon finish line in 2013 after the first of two bombs exploded and who soon got up and completed the race, died Jan 8. He was 89.
Bill Iffrig, who was an accomplished mountaineer and chair of a local climbing club, did not start running until he was 42. He went on to win dozens of national championships in races of varying distances.
Because he was not bleeding and all his joints were 'working OK,' he decided he could keep going, he said. 'I'm going to get up and finish this thing,' he recalled thinking. 'I'd been out there four hours. I didn't want to quit.'
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