A photo claims to show an 8-year old Boston Marathon victim who died while running in support of the Sandy Hook victims.
It’s a hoax.
The caption claims:
See this little girl?
She died today
She was running the marathon for the Sandy Hook kids.
She’s 8.
Repost for respect of her.
Wear red tomorrow to support her and all the others who died.
Wrong Gender
Of the three Boston Marathon bombing victims, the only child killed was an 8-year old boy named Martin Richard. It appears that this image was created and circulated in the initial hours after the attack, before the gender of the victim was known.
Real Photo
The actual photo was published on May 20, 2012 in an article entitled Hundreds turn out for 3rd annual Joe Cassella 5K by The Saxon Scope Online. (See a cached copy of the page here.) The article describes the event as:
This year’s run was dedicated to Gianna Hess, daughter of Langley Coach ...
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