Marine carries boy across finish line after prosthetic leg breaks

Marine carries boy, bone cancer survivor, across finish line at Florida triathlon
Ben Baltz, 11, a bone cancer survivor, was running in a Florida children’s triathlon when he noticed something was wrong with his prosthetic leg. Unable to fix it, he was helped across the finish line by a Marine who wanted to make sure the boy finished the race.
BY VICTORIA CAVALIERE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2012

With an all-Marine escort, 11-year-old Ben Baltz is carried across the finish line on the back of Pfc. Matthew Morgan, 19, of San Diego.

An 11-year-old boy whose prosthetic leg fell off during a Florida children’s triathlon was carried across the finish line by a heroic Marine.

Ben Baltz, a bone cancer survivor, noticed something was wrong with his prosthetic leg during the final run portion of the race in Pensacola.

So Morgan put Ben on his back and completed the last half mile of the run, surrounded by other Marines.

As the pair crossed the finish line, a touched crowd applauded wildly.

Ben, whose leg was amputated when he was 6-years-old, was competing in his third triathlon of the summer.
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