Going back to move on from the horror of the Boston bombings

Bombing victim Erika Brannock is going back to where she was standing for last year’s Boston Marathon, so that she can move on, writes Abigail Jones.

IN those last few moments before two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, spraying nails, ball bearings and shrapnel into the crowd, Erika Brannock, now 30, stood in her skinny jeans, green sneakers and Baltimore Ravens T-shirt, waiting for her mom to run by.

Erika, a preschool teacher, had never been to Boston before, and she was enjoying the electrifying atmosphere of the race, and the boisterous shouts of support from onlookers directed at complete strangers.