Martin Richard, 8-Year-Old Killed in Boston Marathon Terror Attack, Made Demand for ‘Peace’ After Trayvon Martin Shooting
There’s now a face on Monday’s terror attack at the Boston Marathon: a devastating photo of a now-dead 8-year-old boy holding a poster calling for an end to violence.
“No more hurting people. Peace,” is the message held by Martin Richard in his classroom last April — part of a lesson on the shooting of Trayvon Martin, according to a Facebook post by Richard’s teacher Rachel Moo.
“My prayer is that we all live by Martin’s words … by following his example,” Lucia Brawley, a friend of Moo, posted under Martin’s picture.
Two of the five members of the Richard family were also seriously injured in the first deadly blast seconds after dad William Richard finished the 26.2-mile race.
Little Martin gave his father a warm hug after he crossed the finish line — a tender moment that would be their last.
Eight-year-old Martin Richard, pictured above, was killed in an explosion at the Boston Marathon as he waited to give his father a hug at the finishing line. Denise Richard suffered a brain injury and his younger sister lost a leg in the blast.