This man just really needed a cigarette after running 26.2 miles
Staff Sergeant Kurt Fisher, a squad leader with the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, just wanted a cigarette after running the Boston Marathon.
Most runners reach for a bottle of water, a towel, or a Gatorade when they cross the Boston Marathon finish line.
But Staff Sergeant Kurt Fisher, a squad leader with the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, just wanted a cigarette.
As Fisher rounded out the last few miles of the race on Monday he slowed his pace to look for someone who was smoking.
He said the cigarette he had carried with him from Hopkinton broke in his pocket, and he had hoped to spark one up after completing the race.
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