After the bombs went off, Tom Meagher made a promise that he’d return to his job directing operations at the finish line in 2014. And he will.
Standing between Exeter and Dartmouth Streets on Friday afternoon, as crews worked diligently overhead to secure the awning that marks the end of the Boston Marathon route, cars came to a crawl as they approached. But these vehicles weren’t stopping so that excited visitors could snap a picture of the iconic blue and yellow paint that marks the roadway and alerts runners their 26.2-mile journey is complete. The drivers of these vehicles were slowing down at the finish line so the people inside could stretch their arms out the window, and wave ‘hello’ to Tom Meagher.
“A lot of people know I do this,” said Meagher, who has been the finish line coordinator at the Boston Marathon for the last 18 years, a job that garnered significantly more attention after a photo of Meagher looking down Boylston Street as the second bomb went off gained international attention.
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