Mayor Michelle Wu applauds metropolis unity throughout Boston Marathon

‘It is all come collectively’: Mayor Michelle Wu applauds metropolis unity throughout Boston Marathon

THE BEST IN EACH OTHER, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS BOSTON MAYOR MICHELLE WU. ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A FEW MOMENTS OF YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BY. IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE. YEAH. BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACE. MAYOR WU, YOU HAVE BEEN A BUSY WOMAN THIS WEEKEND. WE WERE SAYING THIS WAS LIKE THE GLORIOUS, DELICIOUS CHERRY ON TOP OF JUST A SPECTACULAR BOSTON WEEKEND WITH ALL OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS AND ALL OF THE BIG EVENTS AND EASTER, I MEAN, AND NOW THE MARATHON, IT’S ALL COME TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALWAYS HERE. RAIN, SHINE, COLD HEAT. BUT THIS REALLY IS THE PERFECT RUNNING WEATHER, AND IT’S CAPPING OFF AN INCREDIBLE WEEKEND. WE MARKED THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF PAUL REVERE’S MIDNIGHT RIDE, SAW HUGE CROWDS COMING OUT TO CELEBRATE BOSTON’S ROLE IN OUR INDEPENDENCE AND IN OUR DEMOCRACY. AND IT’S ONLY GOTTEN BETTER SINCE THEN. WHAT IS THIS? SO THIS EVENT MEAN TO THE CITY AND THE ECONOMY HERE? IT’S TREMENDOUS. THIS IS THE BEST DAY ALL YEAR IF YOU ASK MANY, MANY BOSTONIANS, IT’S A REMINDER OF THE STRENGTH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. WE ARE NOT ONLY THE MOST HISTORIC MARATHON, BUT I’D LIKE TO THINK THAT BOSTON PLAYS A ROLE IN MAKING IT SO SPECIAL FOR THE RUNNERS, THE CROWD, AND EACH ONE OF US IN THE CITY RECOGNIZES OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP PULL THEM ACROSS THAT FINISH LINE, AND WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. AND IT’S A HUGE, HUGE BOON FOR ALL OF THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, THE ECONOMY, TO WELCOME THE WORLD TO BOSTON, GET TO SHOW OFF A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS WHAT IT’S LIKE HERE. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE HERE TO SEE THE WORLD, RECOGNIZE BOSTON SPIRIT, BOSTON STRENGTH. YEAH. AND YOU DO SEE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD JUST WALKING DOWN BOYLSTON STREET. YOU HEAR ALL DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ON THIS WEEKEND, AND IT’S JUST SO MUCH FUN. YOU PERSONALLY, AGAIN, YOU’RE VERY BUSY. YOUR MAYORAL DUTIES, OF COURSE, COME FIRST, BUT JUST PERSONALLY, IS THERE A PART OF THIS DAY THAT YOU LOVE TO SEE? I COME OUT WITH THE KIDS EVERY YEAR AND THE BABY, IS SHE HERE TODAY? THIS IS HER VERY FIRST MARATHON, THREE MONTHS OLD. AND IT’S JUST THERE’S NOTHING LIKE SEEING PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO CHEER FOR STRANGERS, TO MAKE OUT SOMEONE’S NAME ON THEIR BIB, AND THEN START CHEERING YOUR HEART OUT AS IF YOU ARE THEIR NUMBER ONE FAN. AND THAT’S SO IMPORTANT. IT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER. I ALSO LOVE JUST RECOGNIZING THIS DAY THE INCREDIBLE HARD WORK OF OUR CITY WORKERS, FROM PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS TO PUBLIC WORKS, TO EVERYONE WHO IS MANNING EVERY CHECKPOINT ON THIS COURSE AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. IT IS A HUGE EFFORT TO PUT THIS ON AND REALLY EVEN JUST DO ORGANIZATION. HOW SEAMLESS IT IS IS A TON OF WORK. IT TAKES QUITE A VILLAGE, THAT’S FOR SURE. I DO WANT TO ASK YOU, A LOT OF US WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO SOME SAD NEWS COMING OUT OF ROME. THE VATICAN ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF POPE FRANCIS OVERNIGHT. YOU WERE JUST AT THE VATICAN RIGHT AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR FOR THE VATICAN CLIMATE SUMMIT. WHAT WERE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS TO THE NEWS THIS MORNING? IT WAS A SHOCK THIS MORNING, AND I KNOW PEOPLE THE WHOLE WORLD OVER ARE MOURNING. OF COURSE, THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, BUT ALSO SO MANY WHO POPE FRANCIS TOUCHED WITH HIS CALL FOR SHEPHERDING THE POOR AND THE MOST VULNERABLE OF ACTING URGENTLY TO CARE FOR OUR TREASURED COMMON HOME, OUR PLANET, AND TAKING ACTION TO STAND UP FOR WHAT’S RIGHT. SO HE REALLY WAS AN EXAMPLE. AND HERE ARE YOUR SONS WITH THE POPE LAST YEAR. WE WILL JUST NEVER FORGET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AND HEAR HIS WORDS, AND CALLING EACH ONE OF US TO DO OUR PART. AND AS A CATHOLIC, HAVING THAT AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE. YOUR TAKEAWAY FROM MEETING HIM AND AS YOU MENTIONED, HIS MESSAGE IN TERMS OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST POOR, MOST DIRE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. THE CLIMATE COMMUNITY, HIS LEADERSHIP. WHAT WAS YOUR TAKEAWAY AND HOW DID YOU FEEL PERSONALLY IN MEETING HIM? YEAH, I MEAN, HE HAS BEEN THE EPITOME OF COMPASSION AND HUMILITY. AND TO USE THE INCREDIBLE PLATFORM AND AND VOICE THAT HE HAS TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN IN THE SHADOWS THAT SEEMED TO BE WITH EVERY WORD, EVERY ACTION, WHAT HE WAS CALLING EACH ONE OF US TO DO. AND SO I WILL WILL NEVER FORGET THAT EXPERIENCE TO BE PART OF, TO REPRESENT BOSTON AS THE ONLY AMERICAN CITY IN THAT CLIMATE CONFERENCE FOR THE WORK THAT WE HAD DONE. AND THEN TO HAVE MY FAMILY THERE AS WELL. I LEARNED THAT THE POPE HAD A SECRET CANDY STASH, THAT WHEN THE KIDS COME UP, HE WOULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT. SO HE ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING SWEET FOR EVERYONE, AND WE JUST JOIN EVERYONE IN OFFERING OUR CONDOLENCES AND MOURNING HIS HIS INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP. AND WE MENTIONED IT AT THE TOP. BUT WE ALSO, OF COURSE, ARE CELEBRATING 250 YEARS SINCE THE START OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON. PAUL REVERE’S RIDE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY ON ON THE 19TH, WHAT DO YOU TAKE FROM THAT PERSONALLY, GIVEN THIS KIND OF TUMULTUOUS TIME THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN A VERY DIVISIVE TIME, THAT WE FIND OURSELVES LIVING THROUGH? YEAH, I THINK THERE ARE. YOU KNOW, BOSTON HAS ALWAYS STOOD FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT’S RIGHT. AND THAT’S AN IMPORTANT LESSON, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WHEN PEOPLE CAN FEEL SO HOPELESS AT MOMENTS THAT WE ALL CAN TAKE ACTION. THE EVENTS 250 YEARS AGO WERE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT, AND PAUL REVERE AND SAMUEL ADAMS AND SOME OF THE HEROES NAMES WE KNOW ARE JUST SOME OF THE MANY, MANY PEOPLE, ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING THEIR VERY BEST JUST TO PROTECT THEIR FAMILY, FIGHT FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT THEY LOVE. AND THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT. AS THEY TOOK STEP AFTER STEP TO DO WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS RIGHT. BUT OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT YEARS, THEY GAVE BIRTH TO A NEW COUNTRY. AND THAT’S A LESSON THAT BOSTON, I THINK, HAS ALWAYS STOOD FOR EACH ONE OF US TAKING THE NEXT STEP TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. LOVELY MESSAGE. MAYOR MICHELLE WU, THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS FOR BEI

‘It is all come collectively’: Mayor Michelle Wu applauds metropolis unity throughout Boston Marathon

NewsCenter 5 spoke to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu through the 129th Boston Marathon, the place she talked about how the town turns into unified through the huge race. The marathon adopted a weekend of huge occasions within the metropolis this yr, together with the 250th commemoration of the battles of Lexington and Harmony, in addition to the celebration of Easter.

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