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MN Mom, Who Returned To Boston Marathon After Bombings, Dies

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A Minnesota mom who finished the Boston Marathon--a year after terrorist bombings kept her from crossing the finish line--died on Friday.

Elinor Scott was a quarter mile from finishing Boston's in 2013, when the terrorist bombings happened.

She re-qualified that spring, but was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

Despite that, organizers let her finish that final quarter mile this year.

Elinor passed away Friday, five months after she officially finished Boston's.

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