Opinion: A lesson in humanity at the Boston Marathon

from Weekend Edition Saturday · host Scott Simon

Two runners in this week's Boston Marathon stopped to help a racer who had collapsed just short of the finish line. NPR's Scott Simon says their generosity is its own kind of "personal best."

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