Boston Marathon bombing: Boylston Street one year later

Annajean McMahon, from left, who ran the marathon last year and was close to the second bomb when it exploded, will run again this year along with Marisol Ficaro and Rosie Kyes. This will be McMahon’s eighth Boston Marathon, Ficaro’s fourth and Kye’s first. After a long training run, above, they cool down talk about the bombing in front of Marathon Sports on Boylston Street, where the first bomb exploded last year.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Running shoes and clothes fill the display window at Marathon Sports, steps from where the first bomb exploded. A poster facing the sidewalk thanks all the people who helped get the store back up and running after the bombing.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The corner of Boylston and Exeter streets, near the marathon finish line, is busy with traffic and shoppers.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Runners for the One Fund gather in front of Marathon Sports on Boylston Street after a 20-mile training run.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The corner of Boylston and Exeter streets, near the marathon finish line, is busy with traffic and shoppers.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Cecille Avila, center, and other runners with the One Fund charity gather in front of Marathon Sports after a 20-mile training run. The charity raises money for victims of the bombing and their families.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Alexander “Carlos” Arredondo, left, who was among those who provided critical aid to the injured immediately after the bombing, hugs Celeste Corcoran, who lost both of her lower legs, at a reunion of survivors at the Boston Marathon finish line.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Bombing emergency aid giver Alexander “Carlos” Arredondo reunites with bombing survivors at the Boston Marathon finish line.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Annajean McMahon, left, who ran the marathon last year and was close to where the second bomb exploded, will run again this year along with Rosie Kyes. Above, they complete a long training run at the finish line on Boylston Street.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

On April 22, 2013, a week after the bombing, Bostonians gather for a moment of silence in tribute to the victims of the marathon bombing on Boylston Street near the race finish line.  (Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press)

Runner Bill Iffrig, 78, lies dazed on the ground as police officers react to the second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, Wash., was running his third Boston Marathon when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts near the finish line.  (John Tlumacki / Associated Press)

Support workers coming to the aid of fallen runner Bill Iffrig react to the second explosion near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.  (John Tlumacki / Associated Press)

An injured woman is treated on the sidewalk after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.   (John Tlumacki / Associated Press)

Smoke lingers over the injured and their rescuers on a blood- and debris-covered sidewalk after two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15, 2013.   (Ken McGagh / Associated Press)

The start of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., gave no hint of the disaster to follow.  (Stew Milne / Associated Press)

Investigators in haz-mat suits examine the scene of the second bombing on Boylston Street in Boston on the day after the explosions.  (Elise Amendola / Associated Press)

On the day of the bombing, Justine Franco of Montpelier, Vt., holds up a sign near Copley Square looking for her missing friend, who was running in her first Boston Marathon.  (Winslow Townson / Associated Press)

A bomb squad member investigates an object left on the street near Kenmore Square after the explosions at the Boston Marathon.  (Alex Trautwig / Getty Images)

An injured man is carried on a stretcher after the Boston Marathon bombing.  (Charles Krupa / Associated Press)

An unidentified Boston Marathon runner clutches a blanket around her shoulders as she walks near Copley Square after the bombing.  (Winslow Townson / Associated Press)