Ten years ago, Boston was reeling.
Just 48 hours after a pair of explosions tore across the Boston Marathon route on Boylston Street — killing three and injuring hundreds — a mourning city needed a unifying force.
It came as little surprise that sports served as that conduit, with the resiliency and community rooted in the Commonwealth channeled onto the Fenway Park grass and frozen sheet at TD Garden.
David Ortiz’s impassioned address on April 20, 2013 was the emotional stamp on the melding of sports and spirit within Boston following the marathon bombings.