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Playground Built in Honor Of Late Boston Marathon Bombing Surviver from Weston: Report
The Weston High School graduate survived the Boston Marathon bombing, but sadly lost her life in a car accident in Dubai.
DORCHESTER, MA — A Weston High School graduate and Boston Marathon Bombing survivor has been honored in Massachusetts in the form of a new playground, reports Fox 61.
A new playground was built in the Boston suburb of Dorchester in dedication to Victoria McGrath, 23, who was killed in a car crash in Dubai. McGrath was also known from the iconic photo of a firefighter carrying her to safety during the 2013 bombing.
She would have graduated from Northeastern University in 2016.
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The playground was builty by the Where Angels Play Foundation, which also built playgrounds in honors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Read more from Fox 61 here.
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Photo of Victoria McGrath courtesy of WHDH, 7-News
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