Boy, 8, killed by blast was there to watch his father finish marathon

boy's mother suffered brain damage and his sister lost a leg.
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Family photo via WHDH

Martin Richard, 8, was killed in an explosion at the Boston Marathon as he waited to give his father a hug at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon in Boston Mass., on Monday.

By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News

The eight-year-old boy killed in the sudden blasts at the Boston Marathon was Martin Richard of Dorchester, Mass.

Richard was at the race to watch his father cross the finish line, NBC affiliate WHDH reported. The boy's mother and father were identified as William and Denise Richard by the Boston Globe. The boy's mother and his six-year-old sister were reported to have been seriously injured in the explosion. A third child has been reported uninjured.
Friends of the family gathered at Tavolo Restaurant on Monday night in Dorchester, where William Richard is a community leader.
“They are beloved by this community. They contribute in many ways. That’s why you see this outpouring,” City Councilor at Large Ayanna Pressley told the Boston Globe. “It’s surreal, it’s tragic, it’s incomprehensible. Everyone here tonight is trying to comfort one another and be prayerful.”