A Year From Tragedy, Boston Marathon Laurels Go To American By Jeff Brady • Apr 21, 2014 TweetShareGoogle+Email Listen Listening... / Originally published on April 21, 2014 6:26 pm The Boston Marathon is back, over one year since bombs rocked its finish line. NPR's Jeff Brady discusses the race, its heightened security and Meb Keflezighi, the first American to win it since 1983. TweetShareGoogle+EmailView the discussion thread.