The moment two complete strangers finished the Pittsburgh Marathon together, in last place, holding hands, has gone viral.
Laura Mazur from Ohio and Jessica Robertson from Pennsylvania met halfway along the course of the Pittsburgh Marathon on Sunday.
The two women were the last two runners on the course andquickly formed a strong bond, determined to help each other finish the race.
"I looked back to see if I was the last one and found another racer and a new friend," Mazur said on Facebook. "I told her I'd stay with her if she stayed with me."
Despite their own personal struggle, they refused to let each other quit.
Daniel Heckert, a runner who had finished the half marathon, spotted Mazur and Robertson approaching the cheer station in the last couple of kilometres, hand-in-hand.
HAND-IN-HAND: Laura Mazur and Jessica Robertson were strangers when the Pittsburgh Marathon began, but 7 hours, 22 minutes, later they completed the race holding hands, the final two runners to cross the finish line, with their image going viral and the pair linked for life. David Muir reports. #AmericaStrong https://abcn.ws/2vPLsti
