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BOSTON (CBS) – Throughout the duration of the Boston Marathon we tend to focus on whoever finishes first.
Early Tuesday morning the man who came in last had just as powerful of an impact.
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Maickel Melamed of Venezuela soldiered through the night walking for nearly 20 hours to finish the 2015 Boston Marathon.
"It was tough, the wind, the rain, the distance, the cold, everything today was overcome," he said.
Melamad has a rare muscular condition that makes walking and moving around difficult.
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Regardless, he has completed five marathons, New York, Chicago, Berlin, Tokyo, and finally Boston.
This will be his last.
"For me I'm so grateful for Boston and to Boston this is an amazing city," he said.
Melamed has a special connection to this city.
His parents brought him here as a sick child, they feared he wouldn't survive much longer.
Boston Children's Hospital gave him life-saving treatment, allowing him to return home. Now at age 39 he's