An area lady operating the Chicago Marathon this weekend completed the race and helped a kitten within the course of, rescuing the small animal from the aspect of the course late within the race.
Sarah Bohan lives in Beacon Hill and works as a social employee at Boston Children’s Hospital. One day after she rescued the kitten close to Mile 21 of the Chicago Marathon, Bohan spoke to 7NEWS in regards to the expertise.
“The cat looked very thin and was crying,” she mentioned. “The fur was matted.”
“I was like, ‘OK my personal record is going out the window if I stop and walk with this cat because I don’t have any other option right now,’” she continued. “And then that became my job for the rest of the race.”
Bohan was operating the marathon for TEAM PAWS Chicago, a charity devoted to rescuing cats and dogs.
“This charity was something that was already passionate enough to me without knowing I was going to stumble on a cat in the first place,” she mentioned.
After discovering the cat, Bohan and one other good Samaritan walked for almost a mile to search out somebody to care for their new furry buddy.
Eventually, Bohan mentioned she and the opposite good Samaritan discovered two girls who took the cat in.
Their journey, although, didn’t finish there. As they neared the end line, Bohan mentioned the 2 discovered a lady collapsed on the course.
“We got on either side of her and we carried her through the finish line together, so all of us crossed the finish line together,” Bohan mentioned.
In this race, whereas she missed out on a private document, Bohan mentioned she earned a lot extra.
“You’re taking in the energy of the crowds and the spectators, I’m helping a cat and I’m helping this woman cross the finish line and that’s what it’s really about,” she mentioned. “Yes, it’s amazing to get a personal record. Yes, it’s amazing to have that glory. But it’s not what it’s always about and I think I really was able to experience that first-hand yesterday.”
Bohan is now wanting ahead to taking up one other marathon a bit nearer to home as she plans to run the Boston Marathon subsequent yr.
