The Road That Led to Boston

The Road That Led to Boston

The Road That Led to Boston is a true story about a Warrior and a Hero. If this Marine, who trained so hard to escape his own battlefield scars, could have guessed how his first Boston Marathon would have ended, it would not have been by crawling across the finish line on his hands and knees. Micah Herndon reached his goal that day as the whole nation watched. The finish line in Boston was just the starting point for Micah. Social Media exploded with comments and pictures of this runner as he low-crawled using only his arms to drag his body when his legs failed him and would no longer hold his body upright. That is what this Marine veteran had to do - "adapt and overcome" - in order to finish what he started out to accomplish. As some feeling started to return in his legs, he was able to then crawl on his hands and knees down the famous Boylston Street to the marathon's finish line. As the spectators cheered him on, some would ask the question, “Why not just give up and quit? " The nation soon would find out why, when he first appeared on Good Morning America, the morning after the famous Boston Marathon. ESPN ran a feature on Memorial Day, of Micah's courageous selfless act in order to honor his lost fellow Marines. The Road That Led to Boston starts off at the very beginning of Micah's life. You will experience along with Micah and his family what life events molded him into the survivor he is today. The book ends with a play-by-play of the 125th Boston Marathon... Micah's Redemption Race. When you have finished reading Micah's story, you will have discovered, along with Micah, what his "Why" and his "Purpose" really are, in this life at which he has been given a second chance. Micah hopes that other veterans who may be suffering from PTSD, Survivor's Guilt, or any other unseen battlefield wounds as he does, will see there is another way to survive this life, rather than giving up to suicide. This second edition includes, in Micah’s own words, his experience of being ask ed by The Best Defense Foundation to accompany about 40 WWII Veterans back to France for the 79th D Day commemoration in Normandy. "Semper Fidelis"