By The Huffington Post News Editors

BOSTON — Near a baseball diamond and a grassy field where 8-year-old Martin Richard used to play, hundreds of neighbors with American flags and candles gathered Tuesday night to remember a young life cut short by the Boston Marathon bombing.

Many of those from the proud, close-knit neighborhood of Dorchester had never met Martin or his family. But they attended the same church, or had kids a few grades ahead, or knew of them through Little League baseball.

“In this town, if you don’t know somebody, you’ve got family that knows them,” said Paula Connolly, a longtime Dorchester resident who saw the vigil as a much-needed chance to connect with close friends and family.

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From: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/boston-marathon-vigil-martin-richard_n_3096760.html