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Edward Lychik, of Tacoma, Wash., runs past cheering Wellesley College students during the 118th Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2014 in Wellesley, Mass. Lychik ran for Team MR8, a charitable foundation in honor of Martin Richard, who died in last year's bombing. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
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Former U.S. Army Combat Engineer and Tacoma native Edward Lychik, who's left leg was amputated at the hip after a blast in Afghanistan, runs with prosthetist Ryan Blanck on Ruston Way on April 7, 2014, in preparation for the Boston Marathon later this month. Prior to the injury Edward was an avid trail runner and now hopes to combine his running and spirit of resiliency into a career as a motivational speaker and to serve as a inspiration for others. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Dean Koepfler)
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Children surround marathoner Edward Lychik after he gave an inspiring talk to fifth and sixth graders at Maplewood Elementary School in Puyallup, Wash., on April 9, 2014. The combat veteran's left leg had been amputated at the hip socket, and doctors had told him if he walked again, it would be on crutches. Lychik ignored that diagnosis and kept talking to his physical therapist, Alicia White. "The seventh time he said he wanted to run, I went in to see our prosthetist and said, 'We've got a problem," White said. "No one with this kind of amputation had ever run before, not like Edward wanted to run. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Peter Haley)
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Edward Lychik talks to fifth and sixth graders at Maplewood Elementary School in Puyallup, Wash., on April 9, 2014. The combat veteran's left leg had been amputated at the hip socket, and doctors had told him if he walked again, it would be on crutches. Lychik ignored that diagnosis and kept talking to his physical therapist, Alicia White. "The seventh time he said he wanted to run, I went in to see our prosthetist and said, 'We've got a problem," White said. "No one with this kind of amputation had ever run before, not like Edward wanted to run. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Peter Haley)
