She ran 26.2 in all 50 states and on all seven continents.
During that time, Phil was getting his Ph.D. He taught as a United States Air Force Academy professor and volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan five days after he finished his Ph.D. He believed that through empathy and education, countries could change. He also felt like he needed to mentor our children, four of whom serve in the military.
My husband grew up in Venezuela in a French family. He emigrated to the United States at the age of 12 knowing only two words of English. I met him at 22 years old at the Mountain Home Air Force Base swimming pool. He got his citizenship by joining the U.S. military at age 18. He truly loved his adopted country and thought that most Americans lost sight of the freedoms and opportunities given to them by being born in the U.S. He served for 26 years; 16 years enlisted and 10 years as an officer.
In 2011 Phil volunteered to go to Afghanistan to work with and to train the Afghan military, and NATO troops. Tragically, a high-ranking Afghan military officer who he worked with, shared meals with, and trusted assassinated my husband on April 27, 2011.Boston Marathon . I had finished 26 of the 26.2 miles. I could see the finish line, and was closing in on finishing when the first bomb blasted. While I was processing what that sound and smell was, the second bomb detonated.
I ran for my life. I found myself cowering under a table in a Dunkin Donuts a half-mile from the finish line. I can’t tell you how I got there, but one thought crossed my mind—I couldn’t let terrorism take any more from me. Terrorism had taken my husband, and now was attempting to take away my running, which was the one place I felt happy after Phil’s death.
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