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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
28 Aug 2023
Joe Dwinell


NextImg:‘A Leg Forever’ golf tourney keeps helping Boston Marathon bombing victims a decade later

Boston is only getting stronger.

The 10th annual “A Leg Forever” charity golf tournament at Indian Ridge Country Club in Andover was a sellout Monday as 158 contestants pitched in $250 per player to help Boston Marathon bombing victims cope.

“It’s humbling,” said Liz Norden, whose sons J.P. and Paul lost their right legs in the 2013 explosions at the finish line on Boylston Street.

But that’s not what this August tournament is about. It is about resilience. Community. This city. And the indomitable spirit found in true Bostonians.

“I’m proud today. Proud of JP, Paul and Liz for doing this every year. They don’t get enough credit,” said Marc Fucarile, who nearly died when the bombs got him, too.

Fucarile said the “kindness and generosity of others” give marathon survivors strength.

Liz Norden wanted to thank “all the sponsors” — but especially Lighthouse Electrical Contracting of Higham and La Famiglia Giorgio’s restaurant in the North End, that parked its mobile brick oven at Indian Ridge.

“I feel incredibly blessed,” Liz Norden told the Herald. “This has all been because of family and friends who have given $20 bills. This is huge. This is heartwarming.”

Something this good has come out of something so bad. But you see it all over the city, from the remembrances to the Team MR8 runners who compete in the memory of little Martin Richard, who was killed in the twin bombings.

The golf tournament will go on and so too will the fund-raisers and services for those lost and first-responders and the medical community who stepped up that day.

Monday was about golf and a free pair of shoes for all participants so they can feel part of something bigger. An event with heart and soul and a prayer for those lost or suffering.

All proceedings go to helping with prosthetics and other needs for marathon bombing victims from the city that never forgets.

Swing away!

JP and Liz Norden, and Paul not shown in this photo, are the driving force behind the tournament. (Staff Photo Chris Christo/Boston Herald)

JP and Liz Norden, and Paul not shown in this photo, are the driving force behind the tournament. (Staff Photo Chris Christo/Boston Herald)

Nicole Browder and her husband marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile stop to talk with charity organizer Liz Norden during the tourney. (Chris Christo/Boston Herald)

Nicole Browder and her husband marathon bombing survivor Marc Fucarile stop to talk with charity organizer Liz Norden during the tourney. (Chris Christo/Boston Herald)