An unidentified man in Boston was hailed as a folk hero after he was photographed Tuesday, January 27, clearing snow from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, where twin bombs killed three people and wounded 260 in 2013.Philip Hillman II/ Boston Police Dept.
Trudging through knee-high snow, New Englanders began digging out from a blizzard Wednesday with grudging respect for the forecasters, who missed the mark in New York but were right on the money in the Boston area.
Capturing the city's resilient spirit, an unidentified man was hailed as a folk hero after he was photographed clearing snow from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, where twin bombs killed three people and wounded 260 in 2013.
The Boston Police Department was quick to take up the case, posting pictures on its Twitter feed of the Good Samaritan and cleanly-scrapped finish line, asking: "Help Boston solve a #BlizzardOf2015 mystery. #WhoShoveledTheFinishLine? #BostonStrong."
The storm buried the metropolitan area in more than 2 feet of snow Tuesday and lashed it with howling winds of over 70 mph.
By Wednesday morning, the city was bouncing back quickly. Boston buses, subways and commuter trains were running again, and Amtrak trains to New York and Washington were rolling on a limited schedule. Flights began arriving at Logan Airport just after 8 a.m.