They started a safety committee which began meeting in January of each year, as well as had a multi-agency coordination center to provide a place for people to go who were in need of help during the course of the race.

The Boston Marathon is an annual race stretched from multiple cities in eastern and some of western Massachusetts.

It was created under the Boston Athletic Association by the inaugural U.S. Olympic team manager John Graham.

Due to his admiration of the first Olympic Games several decades earlier, he and Herbert H. Holton, a Boston businessman, created the popular marathon.

Over a million people were expected to line the marathon route to watch the race, twice the number who attend during a typical year.

Rita Jeptoo (33) of Kenya was originally recorded as the winner, crossing the finish line with a time of 2:18:57, winning the women's competition.

However, following an out-of-competition doping test in September 2014, her title was disqualified,[8] making Buzunesh Deba the winner of the women's competition.